Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch

Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch is a park in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch is situated near Frankford Arsenal Trailhead, as well as near Bridesburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Frankford Arsenal and Bridesburg station.

Frankford Arsenal

Historic site

The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford Creek. Frankford Arsenal is situated 1,500 feet west of Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch.

Bridesburg station

Railway station

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Bridesburg station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Bridge Street and Harbison Avenue in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Bridesburg station is situated 3,800 feet west of Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch.

First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg

Church

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First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridesburg and Wissinoming.

Bridesburg

Neighborhood

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Bridesburg is the northernmost neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A mostly working-class neighborhood, Bridgesburg is an historically Irish and German community, with a significant community of Polish immigrants who arrived mostly in the early- to mid-twentieth century.

Wissinoming

Neighborhood

Wissinoming is a neighborhood in the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia, United States. It was the site of locomotive builder Matthias Baldwin's estate "Wissinoming", which was located near Tacony and Van Kirk Streets.

Palmyra

Village

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Palmyra is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,438, an increase of 40 from the 2010 census count of 7,398, which in turn reflected an increase of 307 from the 7,091 counted in the 2000 census. Palmyra is situated 1½ miles east of Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch.

Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch

Type: Park
Also known as: “Frankford Boat Launch”
Category: recreation area
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.0072° or 40° 0′ 26″ north

Longitude

-75.05711° or 75° 3′ 26″ west

Open location code

87G62W4V+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 746793112

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Frankford Arsenal Trailhead and Bridesburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch and Dietz & Watson.

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