Ford Road North Playground
Ford Road North Playground is a park in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Ford Road North Playground is situated nearby to Woodside Park, as well as near the pitch Chamounix South Playing Fields.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ridgeland Mansion and The Lilacs.
Ridgeland Mansion
Historic building
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
Ridgeland Mansion is an historic 2+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed house located in west Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The land was purchased by a yeoman named William Couch in 1718 and the current house was probably constructed sometime between 1752 and 1762. Ridgeland Mansion is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Ford Road North Playground.
The Lilacs
Historic building
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
The Lilacs is an early 18th-century farmhouse located in northwestern Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The house has a large addition constructed in the early 19th century, with its name derived from the many lilac bushes on the property. The Lilacs is situated 2,800 feet east of Ford Road North Playground.
Boelson Cottage
Historic building
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
Boelson Cottage is a Dutch and Swedish-style colonial era cottage located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed fieldstone cottage was built sometime between 1678 and 1684. Boelson Cottage is situated 3,700 feet south of Ford Road North Playground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wynnefield Heights and Wissahickon.
Wynnefield Heights
Neighborhood
Wynnefield Heights is a middle class neighborhood that is located in the greater West Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by City Avenue to the north, Belmont Avenue to the west, Fairmount Park to the south and east, and the Schuylkill Expressway to the east.
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.
Northwest Philadelphia
Photo: ChristineFisher, CC BY 2.0.
Philadelphia's Northwest district is a huge area north of Lehigh Ave and west of Front St. This isn't the most visited part of town, but nonetheless there are plenty of interesting neighborhoods to explore.
Ford Road North Playground
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99938° or 39° 59′ 58″ northLongitude
-75.20652° or 75° 12′ 24″ westOpen location code
87F6XQXV+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 229100072OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Woodside Park and Chamounix South Playing Fields.
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