Sandy Run

Sandy Run is a stream in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sandy Run is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lexington Park, as well as near Winchester Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abraham Lincoln High School and Frankford Avenue Bridge.

Abraham Lincoln High School

School

Abraham Lincoln High School, a public school located in the Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its main entrance is located at Ryan and Rowland Avenues. The principal is Jack Nelson. It serves Mayfair, Holmesburg, and Torresdale.

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.

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School

School

Joseph H. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school on Frankford Avenue at Stanwood Street in Holmesburg, in the Northeast Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently serving students from kindergarten to eighth grade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lexington Park and Winchester Park.

Lexington Park

Neighborhood

Lexington Park is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Roosevelt Boulevard, and on the north, east and south by Pennypack Park.

Winchester Park

Neighborhood

Winchester Park is a neighborhood in Far Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the vicinity of Pennypack Park, north and west of Holmesburg.

Pennypack

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Pennypack is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States. It is located between Northeast Philadelphia Airport and Pennypack Park. The neighborhood's name originates from the Lenape word "penepekw", meaning “deep water”.

Sandy Run

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

40.04872° or 40° 2′ 55″ north

Longitude

-75.03962° or 75° 2′ 23″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87G62XX6+F5

GeoNames ID

5210891

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