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  2. Wissahickon Creek - Wikipedia

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    Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania . Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery County, runs approximately 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia. Its watershed covers about 64 square ...

  3. Wissahickon Valley Park - Wikipedia

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    1964. 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. For several miles, the creek winds through a dramatic wooded gorge known ...

  4. Cresheim Creek - Wikipedia

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    Cresheim Creek before it meets Wissahickon Creek. Cresheim Creek is a creek in southeastern Pennsylvania.Rising at Wyndmoor in Springfield Township (in a park near the USDA's Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center, adjacent to the border between Montgomery County and Northwest Philadelphia), it runs about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) southwest, passing through part of Northwest ...

  5. Wissahickon, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Zipcode. 19128. Area code (s) 215, 267 and 445. 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.

  6. Morning on the Wissahiccon - Wikipedia

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    Morning on the Wissahiccon. The Opal, 1844, edited by N.P. Willis. John C. Riker, New York. " Morning on the Wissahiccon " (also called " The Elk ") is an 1844 work by Edgar Allan Poe describing the natural beauty of Wissahickon Creek, which flows into the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It borders between being a short story and a travel essay .

  7. Devil's pool (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Devil's Pool (Victoria Falls), a natural pool at the edge of Victoria Falls, Africa that is occasionally safe for swimming. Devil's Pool (Pennsylvania) the section of Cresheim Creek just before its confluence with Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia. Devil's pool, a form of pin billiards native to Australia, making use of upright obelisk-like ...

  8. Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin) - Wikipedia

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    Devil's Lake State Park is a state park located in the Baraboo Range in eastern Sauk County, just south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is around thirty-five miles northwest of Madison, and is on the western edge of the last ice-sheet deposited during the Wisconsin glaciation. [2] The state park encompasses 9,217 acres (3,730 ha), [3] making it the ...

  9. Category:Wissahickon Valley Park - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Wissahickon Valley Park" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...