Wissahickon
Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk, and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Wissahickon, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wissahickon Presbyterian Church and La Noce Park.
Wissahickon station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wissahickon station is a passenger rail station on SEPTA's Manayunk/Norristown Line in Northwest Philadelphia. In FY 2013, Wissahickon station had a weekday average of 410 boardings and 452 alightings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxborough and East Falls.
Roxborough
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Roxborough is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls.
East Falls
Neighborhood
East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects.
Manayunk
Neighborhood
Photo: Dasprevailz, Public domain.
Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Wissahickon and also on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States.
Wissahickon
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.01883° or 40° 1′ 8″ northLongitude
-75.2082° or 75° 12′ 30″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WIZOpen location code
87G62Q9R+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 158316653OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5219835Wikidata ID
Q3569467
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Wissahickon” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wissahickon”
- French: “Wissahickon”
- Persian: “ویساهیکون (فیلادلفیا)”
- Persian: “ویساهیکون”
- Turkish: “Wissahickon”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wissahickon War Memorial and 100 Steps Entrance.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wissahickon”. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.