Schuylkill River
The Schuylkill River is a river in eastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows for 135 miles from Pottsville southeast to Philadelphia, the sixth-largest city in the US, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries.- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
- Description: river in eastern Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as“Dere Rauschende Strohm”“Ganschowehan”“Ganshewen”“Ganshow-hanne”“La Riviere de Mendejackse”“Landskillen”“Lenn Bikbi”“Lenni Bikunk”“Linde River”“Manaijunk”“Manaiung”“Manajaske”“Manayunk”“Matinacong”“Menejackse Kyl”“Meneyackse Kyl”“Nitabacong”“Perquemuck”“Perquemuk”“Schoolkill Creek”“Schoolkill River”“Schulkihl”“Schuylkill”“Scolkis”“Scool Kill River”“Skiar Kyl”“Skiarkillen”“Skoolkill Creek”“Skoolkill River”“Skulkill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Girard Point Bridge.
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Historic site
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fort Mifflin
Museum
Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Red Bank and National Park.
Red Bank
Hamlet
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
National Park
Village
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. National Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Schuylkill River.
Packer Park
Neighborhood
Packer Park is a neighborhood in the… Packer Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Schuylkill River.
Schuylkill River
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Latitude
39.88525° or 39° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
-75.19465° or 75° 11′ 41″ west
Open location code
87F6VRP4+34
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Schuylkill River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر شيلكيل”
- Asturian: “Ríu Schuylkill”
- Catalan: “Riu Schuylkill”
- Catalan: “Schuylkill”
- Cebuano: “Schuylkill River”
- Chinese: “思故河”
- Chinese: “斯库尔基尔河”
- Chinese: “斯库河”
- Chinese: “斯庫基爾河”
- Czech: “Schuylkill River”
- Dutch: “Schuylkill River”
- Dutch: “Schuylkill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ستشويلكيل”
- Finnish: “Schuylkill”
- French: “Schuylkill River”
- French: “Schuylkill”
- Georgian: “სკულკილი”
- German: “Schuylkill River”
- Greek: “Σκούλκιλ”
- Hebrew: “נהר שוילקיל”
- Irish: “Abhainn Schuylkill”
- Italian: “Schuylkill”
- Japanese: “スクーカル川”
- Japanese: “スクールカル川”
- Japanese: “スクールキル川”
- Korean: “스쿨킬 강”
- Korean: “스쿨킬강”
- Mingrelian: “სკულკილი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schuylkill”
- Norwegian: “Schuylkill”
- Persian: “رود اسکوکل”
- Persian: “رودخانه سکوکل”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ سکوکل”
- Polish: “Schuylkill”
- Portuguese: “Rio Schuylkill”
- Russian: “Скулкилл (река)”
- Russian: “Скулкилл”
- Serbian: “Скулкил”
- Slovenian: “reka Schuylkill”
- Slovenian: “Schuylkill River”
- Slovenian: “Schuylkill”
- South Azerbaijani: “سکوکل چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Schuylkill”
- Spanish: “Río Schuylkill”
- Swedish: “Schuylkill River”
- Swedish: “Schuylkill”
- Swedish: “Schuylkillfloden”
- Turkish: “Schuylkill Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Скулкілл (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Скулкілл”
- Venetian: “Schuylkill”
- Welsh: “Afon Schuylkill”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Girard Point and Mud Island.
Philadelphia: Highlights
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