Dove Lake
Dove Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was created by damming Mill Creek. Dove Lake was the setting of the 1885 painting The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins. Dove Lake is on a privately owned property in Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bryn Mawr College and Haverford station.
Bryn Mawr College
College
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Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States.
Haverford station
Railway station
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Haverford station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of a few express runs, and is located on Haverford Station Road.
Old Library
Library
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The Old Library is a college library at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Previously named the M. Carey Thomas Library after Bryn Mawr's first dean and second president, it was formally renamed in 2018 as a result of controversy surrounding Thomas's history of racism and anti-Semitism.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gladwyne and Haverford.
Gladwyne
Village
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Gladwyne is a suburban community in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States along the historic Philadelphia Main Line. In 2018, Gladwyne was ranked the sixth richest ZIP Code in the country in a study by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Haverford
Hamlet
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Haverford Township is a region of Delaware County in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It is a western suburb of Philadelphia. About 50,000 people live in Haverford Township. It was founded by the Welsh Quakers in 1681 and purchased by William Penn.
Ardmore
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Ardmore, Pennsylvania is in a small town on the border of Montgomery County and Delaware County in the Philadelphia Region.
Dove Lake
- Type: Pond
- Description: body of water
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.0309° or 40° 1′ 51″ northLongitude
-75.29142° or 75° 17′ 29″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
87G62PJ5+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 110945180OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondGeoNames ID
5187213Wikidata ID
Q5302402
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Dove Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “Dove Lake”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bryn Mawr and Rose Glen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Williamson Road Site and Black Rock Road Site.
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