Eakins Oval
Eakins Oval is a traffic circle in Philadelphia. It forms the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway just in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with a central array of fountains and monuments, and a network of pedestrian walkways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philadelphia Art Museum and Rocky Steps.
Philadelphia Art Museum
Museum
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The Philadelphia Art Museum, formerly the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Rocky Steps
The Rocky Steps are 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky.
Rodin Museum
Museum
The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that contains one of the largest collections of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring Garden and Fairmount.
Spring Garden
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Spring Garden is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bordering Center City on the north. Spring Garden is a neighborhood that combines diverse residential neighborhoods and significant cultural attractions.
Fairmount
Neighborhood
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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.
Francisville
Neighborhood
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Francisville is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are Fairmount Avenue to the south, Girard Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Corinthian Avenue to the west.
Eakins Oval
- Type: Park
- Description: traffic circle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the USA
- Categories: traffic circle and recreation area
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96384° or 39° 57′ 50″ northLongitude
-75.17857° or 75° 10′ 43″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
87F6XR7C+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1204792304OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Eakins Oval” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Eakins Oval”
- Japanese: “エイキンズ・オーバル”
- Spanish: “Óvalo de Eakins”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ericsson Fountain and Eli Kirk Price Fountain.
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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 “Eakins Oval”. Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.