Black Rock Road Site
Black Rock Road Site is a park in Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Black Rock Road Site is situated nearby to the pond Dove Lake, as well as near the nature reserve Idlewild Farm Preserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dove Lake and Bryn Mawr College.
Dove Lake
Pond
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Dove Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was created by damming Mill Creek. Dove Lake was the setting of the 1885 painting The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins. Dove Lake is on a privately owned property in Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne.
Bryn Mawr College
College
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Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States. Bryn Mawr College is situated 1¼ miles west of Black Rock Road Site.
Old Library
Library
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The Old Library is a college library at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Previously named the M. Carey Thomas Library after Bryn Mawr's first dean and second president, it was formally renamed in 2018 as a result of controversy surrounding Thomas's history of racism and anti-Semitism. Old Library is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Black Rock Road Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gladwyne and Haverford.
Gladwyne
Village
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Gladwyne is a suburban community in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States along the historic Philadelphia Main Line. In 2018, Gladwyne was ranked the sixth richest ZIP Code in the country in a study by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Haverford
Hamlet
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Haverford Township is a region of Delaware County in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It is a western suburb of Philadelphia. About 50,000 people live in Haverford Township. It was founded by the Welsh Quakers in 1681 and purchased by William Penn.
Bryn Mawr
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Bryn Mawr is a census-designated place located in Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just west of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue, also known as U.S. Route 30.
Black Rock Road Site
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.03393° or 40° 2′ 2″ northLongitude
-75.29435° or 75° 17′ 40″ westOpen location code
87G62PM4+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1327302144OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Idlewild Farm Preserve and Williamson Road Site.
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