East Branch Jenkintown Creek

East Branch Jenkintown Creek is a stream in Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. East Branch Jenkintown Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet McKinley, as well as near Elkins Park Gardens.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abington Art Center and Beth Sholom Synagogue.

Abington Art Center

Arts center

Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abington Art Center is an art center built in 1939, and located in Abington Township, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The center resides within Alverthorpe Manor and the surrounding 27-acre grounds that were formerly the residence of Lessing J.

Beth Sholom Synagogue

Synagogue

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

Beth Sholom Synagogue is a Conservative Jewish synagogue at 8231 Old York Road in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The main synagogue building, completed in 1959, was the only Jewish house of worship designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; it consists of a hexagonal base topped by a tetrahedron-shaped pyramidal roof.

Richard Wall house

Museum

Photo: Ike9898, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Richard Wall house is a historic home in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, built in 1682. It was owned by the Wall family for 165 years, and was in continuous occupancy from its construction until 1979.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include McKinley and Elkins Park.

McKinley

Hamlet

McKinley is a census-designated place, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Almost all of it is in Abington Township, while some blocks are in Cheltenham Township.

Elkins Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the northern suburbs outside of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly 7 miles from Center City.

Hollywood

Hamlet

Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hollywood is an unincorporated community in the southern portion of Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is well known for its collection of Southern California-style homes.

East Branch Jenkintown Creek

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

40.08178° or 40° 4′ 54″ north

Longitude

-75.11045° or 75° 6′ 38″ west

Elevation

194 feet (59 metres)

Open location code

87G63VJQ+PR

GeoNames ID

5187806

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Satellite Map

Discover East Branch Jenkintown Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Elkins Park Gardens and Foxcroft Square.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rolling Hill Hospital and Saint Marys Cemetery.

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