Wissahickon, Philadelphia
Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States.
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. The name of the neighborhood is derived from the Lenni Lenape word wisameckham, for "catfish creek", a reference to the fish that were once plentiful in the Wissahickon Creek.
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Worth seeing in and around Wissahickon, Philadelphia
10 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.
- 01Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
3.5 km · private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia - 02Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017.
1.6 km · private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 03Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree. In 1867, the college was renamed the Woman's Medical College.
2.3 km · American medical school, now absorbed by Drexel University School of Medicine · Wikipedia - 04Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as Center City and portions of Philadelphia's River Wards. It has been represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle since 2019.
1.1 km · U.S. House district for Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 05Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill
Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill was an 1808 iron-chain suspension bridge built across the Schuylkill River, north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by inventor James Finley, it became the model for his later chain suspension bridges.
2 km · bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 06Laurel Hill Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery, also called Laurel Hill East to distinguish it from the affiliated West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, is a historic rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
2.5 km · cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 07West Laurel Hill Cemetery
West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869, is 200 acres in size, and contains the burials of many notable people.
1.2 km · cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 08Columbia Railroad Bridge
Columbia Railroad Bridge, also known as Columbia Bridge, is a 1920 concrete arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries CSX Trenton Subdivision rail lines over the Schuylkill River. Located in Fairmount Park, upstream of the Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Bridge, it is the third railroad bridge at the site.
3.6 km · bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 09Drexel University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The medical school represents the consolidation of two medical schools: Hahnemann Medical College, originally founded as the nation's first college of homeopathy, and the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, the first U.S. medical school for women, which became the Medical College of Pennsylvania when it admitted men in 1970; these institutions merged in 1993, became affiliated with Drexel University College of Medicine in 1998, and were fully absorbed into the university in 2002.
2.6 km · medical school of Drexel University · Wikipedia - 10Cliveden
Cliveden, also known as the Benjamin Chew House or Chew House, is a historic mansion at 6401 Germantown Avenue in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the Battle of Germantown, fought in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War.
3.9 km · historic mansion built for Benjamin Chew in Germantown, Philadelphia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wissahickon, Philadelphia
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 16 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 115 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 140 km
- New York → Wissahickon, Philadelphia128 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $12–17
- Newark → Wissahickon, Philadelphia119 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · $11–16
- Baltimore → Wissahickon, Philadelphia145 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · $13–18
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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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Next door to Wissahickon, Philadelphia
Wissahickon, Philadelphia is 8 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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