The World on a Turtle
The World on a Turtle is a work of art in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. The World on a Turtle is situated nearby to the church The Summit Lighthouse of Philadelphia, as well as near Jeannette’s School of Dance.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leverington Cemetery and Roxborough Branch Library.
Leverington Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Dwkaminski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leverington Cemetery is a historic non-denominational cemetery established in 1745 in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Leverington Cemetery is situated 790 feet east of The World on a Turtle.
Roxborough Branch Library
Library
Photo: Spybeak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roxborough Branch Library is situated 1,300 feet northwest of The World on a Turtle.
AMY Northwest Middle School
School
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Academy for the Middle Years Northwest Middle School, formerly the William Levering School, is a historic middle school located in the neighborhood of Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. AMY Northwest Middle School is situated 1,200 feet southeast of The World on a Turtle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxborough and Manayunk.
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.
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
Neighborhood
Photo: Kmdevoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
The World on a Turtle
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: mural
- Category: tourism
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.03389° or 40° 2′ 2″ northLongitude
-75.21543° or 75° 12′ 56″ westInception
2009Open location code
87G62QMM+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 12986471437OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=mural
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