Pennypack Creek
Pennypack Creek is a 22.6-mile-long creek in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It runs southeast through lower Bucks County, eastern Montgomery County and the northeast section of Philadelphia, before emptying into the Delaware River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Philadelphia
- Also known as: “Dublin Creek”, “La Riviere de Pennicpacka”, “Pemipacka”, “Pennebackher”, “Pennepack Creek”, “Pennishpacha Kyl”, “Pennishpaska”, and “Riviere de Pennicpacka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cinnaminson station and Holmesburg Junction station.
Cinnaminson station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cinnaminson station is a station on the River Line light rail system, located on Broad Street in Cinnaminson, New Jersey. The station opened on March 15, 2004.
Holmesburg Junction station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line.
Frankford Avenue Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.
The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellview and Upper Holmesburg.
Bellview
Hamlet
Cinnaminson Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Cinnaminson Township borders the Delaware River, and is an eastern suburb of Philadelphia.
Upper Holmesburg
Neighborhood
Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Delaware River and Pennypack Creek, from Frankford Avenue to Willits Road.
East Riverton
Hamlet
Cinnaminson Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Cinnaminson Township borders the Delaware River, and is an eastern suburb of Philadelphia.
Pennypack Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Pennypack Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Pennypack Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pennypack Creek”
- Dutch: “Pennishpacha Kyl”
- French: “Riviere de Pennicpacka”
- Japanese: “ペニーパック川”
- Russian: “Пеннипак-крик”
- Venetian: “Pennypack”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Union Landing and Holmesburg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pennypack on the Delaware and Torresdale Range.
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