Fort Mifflin Disposal Area

Fort Mifflin Disposal Area is a landfill in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Fort Mifflin Disposal Area is situated nearby to Mud Island, as well as near Girard Point Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Girard Point Bridge.

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

Historic site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded as a commercial operation in 1776, it became the Navy's first yard in 1801, and was historically important for nearly two centuries. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is situated 1 mile east of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Girard Point Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

The Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Girard Point Bridge is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Fort Mifflin

Museum

Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport. Fort Mifflin is situated 1 mile southwest of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Bank and National Park.

Red Bank

Hamlet

National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. Red Bank is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

National Park

Village

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. National Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Packer Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of Packer Park in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s. Packer Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Fort Mifflin Disposal Area.

Fort Mifflin Disposal Area

Type: Landfill
Also known as: “Fort Mifflin Confined Upland Disposal Facility”
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.88697° or 39° 53′ 13″ north

Longitude

-75.20006° or 75° 12′ 0″ west

Operator

US Army Corps of Engineers

Open location code

87F6VQPX+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1143774514

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=landfill

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Highlights include Mud Island and Vane Brothers Philadelphia City Dock.

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