Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with the two sections together totalling 2,052 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fairmount Park Horticulture Center and Shofuso Japanese House and Garden.
Fairmount Park Horticulture Center
Public building
The Horticultural Center in Philadelphia, USA, contains an arboretum, greenhouse, demonstration gardens, and an exhibition hall. It is located within Fairmount Park at the southeast corner of Belmont and Montgomery Drives.
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Garden
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Shofuso, also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a 17th century-style Japanese house and garden exhibited originally in New York in 1954, designed by the famed modernist Japanese architect Junzō Yoshimura.
Please Touch Museum
Museum
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The Please Touch Museum is a children's museum located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The museum focuses on teaching children through interactive exhibits and special events, mostly aimed at children seven years old and younger.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkside and Northwest Philadelphia.
Parkside
Neighborhood
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Parkside is a neighborhood that is located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Northwest Philadelphia
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Philadelphia's Northwest district is a huge area north of Lehigh Ave and west of Front St. This isn't the most visited part of town, but nonetheless there are plenty of interesting neighborhoods to explore.
Mill Creek
Neighborhood
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Mill Creek is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It sits between 44th and 52nd Streets, north of Market Street and south of Girard Avenue.
Fairmount Park
- Type: Park
- Description: largest municipal park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city
- Category: urban park
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Fairmount Park” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fairmount Park”
- Cebuano: “Fairmount Park”
- Chinese: “费尔蒙公园”
- Dutch: “Fairmount Park”
- French: “Fairmount Park”
- French: “Parc Fairmount”
- German: “Fairmount Park”
- Japanese: “フィラデルフィア”
- Japanese: “フェアマウント・パーク”
- Japanese: “フェアマウント公園”
- Japanese: “世界最大の都市公園”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fairmount Park”
- Norwegian: “Fairmount Park”
- Spanish: “Fairmount Park”
- Spanish: “Parque Fairmount”
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Highlights include Memorial Hall and Centennial Lake.
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