Cresheim Creek

Cresheim Creek is a creek in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rising at Wyndmoor in Springfield Township, it runs about 2.7 miles southwest, passing through part of Northwest Philadelphia and forming the boundary between Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill, before emptying into the Wissahickon Creek at Devil's Pool not far south of the Valley Green Inn.

Photo: Axcordion, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Devil’s Pool and Valley Green Inn.

Devil’s Pool

Photo: Seaflour, CC0.

Valley Green Inn

Restaurant

Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.

Valley Green Inn is a restaurant.

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

Historic building

Photo: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is an independent school in Philadelphia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxborough and Manayunk.

Roxborough

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Roxborough is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls.

Manayunk

Neighborhood

Photo: Dasprevailz, Public domain.

Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Wissahickon and also on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States. Manayunk is situated 1½ miles south of Cresheim Creek.

Mount Airy

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Mount Airy is a neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Mount Airy is situated 2 miles east of Cresheim Creek.

Cresheim Creek

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

40.05094° or 40° 3′ 3″ north

Longitude

-75.21407° or 75° 12′ 51″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

87G63Q2P+99

GeoNames ID

5185856

Wikidata ID

Q5184473

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Satellite Map

Discover Cresheim Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Cebuano—“Cresheim Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Cresheim Creek”
Cebuano: “Cresheim Creek”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Carpenter station and West Mount Airy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cresheim Valley and Allens Lane Park.

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