Mom Rinker’s Rock

Mom Rinker's Rock is a scenic outlook in Wissahickon Valley Park along the Wissahickon Creek in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on a ridge on the eastern side of the park just a little north of the Walnut Lane Bridge, close by the statue dedicated to Toleration.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Monastery and Walnut Lane Bridge.

The Monastery

Historic building

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Monastery is a historic stone house in Philadelphia, located on Wissahickon Creek at Kitchens Lane. It was built in 1747 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Monastery is situated 1,100 feet west of Mom Rinker’s Rock.

Walnut Lane Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Walnut Lane Bridge is a concrete arch bridge located in Northwest Philadelphia that connects the Germantown and Roxborough neighborhoods across the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Walnut Lane Bridge is situated 1,100 feet south of Mom Rinker’s Rock.

Upsal station

Railway station

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Upsal station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 6460 Greene Street, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. The former station house, which was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was a café and restaurant in the 2010s. Upsal station is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Mom Rinker’s Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxborough and Wissahickon.

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.

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.

Germantown

Neighborhood

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854.

Mom Rinker’s Rock

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.03519° or 40° 2′ 7″ north

Longitude

-75.19977° or 75° 11′ 59″ west

Open location code

87G62RP2+33

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13058728101

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

Wikidata ID

Q3319716

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In Other Languages

“Mom Rinker’s Rock” goes by many names.

French: “Mom Rinker’s Rock”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Park Line Drive Entrance and Mt. Airy United Fellowship.

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