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Welcome to Willow Gardens ...

Willow Gardens is located in Berks County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Willow Gardens: Willow Gdns. (or less commonly used: Willow Gardns., Willow Grdens. or Willow Grdns.)

Willow Gardens is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Willow Gardens lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Willow Gardens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Willow Gardens - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willow Gardens.

Communities near Willow Gardens ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Willow Gardens.

  • Reading
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pottstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyomissing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
    • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <3>
  • Shillington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Birdsboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kutztown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • West Reading
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sinking Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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 Willow Gardens. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willow Gardens.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Willow Gardens. 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 Willow Gardens.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Gardens ...

Looking for more information about Willow Gardens? 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 Willow Gardens, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Willow Gardens.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Berks, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Gardens - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.