Fort Mifflin Disposal Area

Fort Mifflin Disposal Area is a reservoir in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fort Mifflin Disposal Area is situated nearby to the village National Park, as well as near the hamlet Red Bank.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Mifflin and James and Ann Whitall House.

Fort Mifflin

Museum

Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport.

The Red Bank Battlefield is located along the Delaware River in National Park, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was the location of the Battle of Red Bank in the American Revolutionary War on October 22, 1777. Fort Mercer and its sister, Fort Mifflin in Pennsylvania, defended the river and prevented the British from using it for transportation.

Fort Mercer

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Mercer was an earthen fort on the eastern shores of the Delaware River in New Jersey that was constructed by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include National Park and Red Bank.

National Park

Village

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. National Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Red Bank

Hamlet

National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. Red Bank is situated 2 miles east of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Thorofare

Hamlet

Thorofare is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within West Deptford Township in northwestern Gloucester County, situated in the South Jersey region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Thorofare is situated 2½ miles south of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Fort Mifflin Disposal Area

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.87678° or 39° 52′ 36″ north

Longitude

-75.20796° or 75° 12′ 29″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87F6VQGR+PR

GeoNames ID

4558022

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