Shot Tower Playground
Shot Tower Playground is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shot Tower Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Queen Village, as well as near Pennsport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sparks Shot Tower and Gloria Dei Church.
Sparks Shot Tower
Tower
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Sparks Shot Tower is a historic shot tower located at 129-131 Carpenter Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened on July 4, 1808, it was one of the first shot towers in the United States, with the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia possibly predating it by a year or so.
Gloria Dei Church
Church
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gloria Dei Church, known locally as Old Swedes', is a historic church located in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 929 South Water Street, bounded by Christian Street on the north, South Christopher Columbus Boulevard on the east, and Washington Avenue on the south.
Independence Hall
Photo: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queen Village and Pennsport.
Queen Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Queen Village is a residential neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that lies along the eastern edge of the city in South Philadelphia.
Pennsport
Neighborhood
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Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsport is home to a large working-class Irish American population, many of them descendants of immigrants from the mid to late 19th century.
Little Saigon
Neighborhood
Photo: Minormadam, CC BY 3.0.
One of the largest Vietnamese neighborhoods in the United States is Philadelphia's Little Saigon, located in Passyunk Square, a neighborhood in South Philadelphia.
Shot Tower Playground
- Type: Park
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.93466° or 39° 56′ 5″ northLongitude
-75.14646° or 75° 8′ 47″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
87F6WVM3+VCGeoNames ID
8502987
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Highlights include Beck Park and Gloria Dei-Old Swedes Church National Historic Site.
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