Hog Island, Philadelphia
Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River.
Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River. Part of Philadelphia International Airport now occupies Hog Island and the infilled channel behind it. It was the site of a major shipyard during World War I; sandwiches made for workers there may be the origin of the name "hoagie".
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Worth seeing in and around Hog Island, Philadelphia
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Fort Beversreede
Fort Beversreede was a Dutch-built palisaded factorij located near the confluence of the Schuylkill River and the Delaware River. It was an outpost of the colony of New Netherland, which was centered on its capital, New Amsterdam in present-day Manhattan, New York City, on the North River, now the Hudson River.
3.8 km · fort in Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 02Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
The Tinicum Island Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located in the Billingsport section of Paulsboro in Gloucester County, New Jersey, the rear of a pair of range lights marking a section of the channel in the Delaware River south of Philadelphia. The lighthouse is surrounded by baseball fields next to the new marine terminal for the Port of Paulsboro and is still active for navigation on the Delaware River.
2.7 km · lighthouse in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 03George C. Platt Bridge
The George C. Platt Memorial Bridge is a through truss bridge that carries PA 291 over the Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was opened to traffic in 1951, replacing a swing bridge to the south which carried Penrose Ferry Road across the river.
3.8 km · bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hog Island, Philadelphia
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 0 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 128 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 145 km
- Stations
- Philadelphia International Airport stations, 800 m · Port of Paulsboro, 3.6 km
- New York → Hog Island, Philadelphia140 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · $13–18
- Newark → Hog Island, Philadelphia132 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · $12–17
- Baltimore → Hog Island, Philadelphia134 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · $12–17
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- Get inAir charter companies such as Monarch Air Group and Mercury Jets fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
- Get inThe RiverLink and Freedom Ferry services provide travel from Philadelphia to neighboring Camden, New Jersey, between April and September.
- Get inAccess to the other waterfront attractions, including an aquarium, is also provided by the ferry service.
- Get aroundThose rates are as follows: Lindenwold, Ashland & Woodcrest Stations and Philadelphia: $3.00 Haddonfield, Westmont & Collingswood Stations and Philadelphia: $2.60 Ferry Avenue (Camden) Station and Philadelphia: $2.25 Travel within Pennsylvania, between Broadway and City Hall (Camden), and between PA and those two stations: $1.40 Any other trip within New Jersey: $1.60 Note that PATCO is not operated by SEPTA and uses its own fare system.
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Hog Island, Philadelphia is 11 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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