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Wissahickon Valley Park is a large urban park that is located in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It protects 2,042 acres (8.26 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodland surrounding the Wissahickon Creek between the Montgomery County border and the Schuylkill River .
The village of Wissahickon was founded by officials of the Pencoyd Iron Works in the late nineteenth century. [1] Beginning in the 1880s, growing numbers of mill owners and wealthy business owners from neighboring Manayunk sought elegant homes on ample lots; they set their eyes on land previously owned by prominent Philadelphia families – including the Camac, Dobson, Salaignac, and Wetherill ...
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Wissahickon may refer to the following in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Wissahickon, Philadelphia, a section or neighborhood of Philadelphia; Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, spans the above creek in Philadelphia; Wissahickon Trail, a suburban trail
Park Neighborhood / Area Acres Ref. Fairmount Park: West: 2052 [7] Wissahickon Valley Park: Northwest: 2042 [7] Pennypack Park: Northeast: 1343 [7] Cobbs Creek Park: West, Southwest: 851 [7] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park: South: 348 [8] Tacony Creek Park Northeast 304 [7] Benjamin Rush State Park: Northeast 275 [9] Poquessing Creek Park ...
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.
Between the years 1890 and 1917, the site was acquired through donations and purchases by the City of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Commission. A nonprofit organization called Historic RittenhouseTown, Inc. was founded in 1984 to preserve, restore, and historically interpret RittenhouseTown. [ 5 ]
Thomas Mill Rd., Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°04′19″N 75°13′32″W / 40.07187°N 75.22559°W / 40.07187; -75