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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Devil’s Pool and Valley Green Inn.
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Historic building
Photo: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is the largest independent school in Philadelphia serving students 18 months through 18 years in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, approximately 10 miles from Center City.
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
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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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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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