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Welcome to Valley Forge Mountain ...

Valley Forge Mountain is located in Chester County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Forge Mountain: Valley Forge Mtn. (or less commonly used: Valley Forge Mntn.)

Valley Forge Mountain is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Valley Forge Mountain lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Valley Forge Mountain: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Valley Forge Mountain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Valley Forge Mountain.

  • Philadelphia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Norristown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Pottstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • West Chester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lansdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Phoenixville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Yeadon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
  • Darby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Darby is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
  • Lansdowne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Valley Forge Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Valley Forge Mountain.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Valley Forge Mountain. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley Forge Mountain.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Forge Mountain. See our Newspapers Page for Valley Forge Mountain.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Forge Mountain ...

Looking for more information about Valley Forge Mountain? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Valley Forge Mountain, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Valley Forge Mountain.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Forge Mountain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Valley Forge Mountain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Forge Mountain area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.