The Grotto

The Grotto is an overfalls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Grotto is situated nearby to the neighborhood Saint Martins, as well as near the locality East Mount Airy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Martins station and Mount Airy station.

St. Martins station

Railway station

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Saint Martins station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 311 West Springfield Avenue near the intersection of West Willow Grove and Seminole Avenues, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line.

Mount Airy station

Railway station

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Mount Airy station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 with Frank Furness as the likely architect.

Vanna Venturi House

Historic building

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Vanna Venturi House, one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement, is located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill.

Mount Airy

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Mount Airy is a neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Chestnut Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for the high incomes of its residents and high real estate values, as well as its private schools.

Wyndmoor

Village

Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wyndmoor is a census-designated place in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,853 at the 2020 census. Wyndmoor has the same ZIP code, 19038, as the towns of Glenside, North Hills, and Erdenheim.

The Grotto

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

40.06511° or 40° 3′ 54″ north

Longitude

-75.19796° or 75° 11′ 53″ west

Elevation

279 feet (85 metres)

Open location code

87G63R82+2R

GeoNames ID

5192174

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