# Pennypack Park > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pennypack_Park > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pennypack_Park.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennypack_Park > Source revision: 1284779871 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Municipal park in Philadelphia [Pennypack Creek](/source/Pennypack_Creek) in Pennypack Park **Pennypack Park** is a [municipal park](/source/Municipal_park), part of the [Philadelphia Parks & Recreation](/source/Philadelphia_Parks_%26_Recreation) system located in [Northeast Philadelphia](/source/Northeast_Philadelphia) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). Established in 1905 by ordinance of the City of Philadelphia, it includes about 1,600 acres (6 km2) of woodlands, meadows and wetlands. The [Pennypack Creek](/source/Pennypack_Creek) runs through the park from Pine Road to the [Delaware River](/source/Delaware_River). The park has playgrounds, hiking and bike trails, and bridle paths for horseback riding. An adjunct to the park is the Pennypack Environmental Center on Verree Road. More than 150 species of nesting and migrating birds use the park, including the tiny [ruby-throated hummingbird](/source/Ruby-throated_hummingbird), the [great blue heron](/source/Great_blue_heron), [warblers](/source/Warbler), the [pileated woodpecker](/source/Pileated_woodpecker), several kinds of seabirds, [ducks](/source/Duck), [geese](/source/Geese), [hawks](/source/Hawk), [great horned owls](/source/Great_horned_owl) and the little [screech owl](/source/Screech_owl) to name only a few. Famous for its large, scattered deer herd, the park is home to a large variety of mammals, including several kinds of bat, the [red](/source/Red_fox) and [gray fox](/source/Gray_fox), [rabbits](/source/Rabbit), [chipmunks](/source/Chipmunk), [mice](/source/Mouse), [muskrats](/source/Muskrat), [groundhogs](/source/Groundhog), [raccoons](/source/Raccoon), [skunks](/source/Skunk), [opossum](/source/Opossum) and [weasels](/source/Weasel). The park is home to many reptile species including several kinds of [snakes](/source/Snake), [turtles](/source/Turtle) (including [common snapping turtles](/source/Common_snapping_turtle)), [frogs](/source/Frog), the [common toad](/source/Common_toad) and several kinds of [salamanders](/source/Salamander). Many historic structures remain intact throughout Pennypack Park. Built in 1697, the [King's Highway Bridge](/source/Frankford_Avenue_Bridge) at [Frankford Avenue](/source/U.S._Route_13) is the oldest stone bridge still in use in the [United States](/source/United_States). [Pennepack Baptist Church](/source/Pennepack_Baptist_Church), another of the park's historic sites, was chartered in 1688.[1] During the [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War) The Verree House on Verree Road was the site of a raid by [British](/source/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain) troops. Pennypack also contains some more modern landmarks, including the [Ed Kelly Amphitheater](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed_Kelly_Amphitheater&action=edit&redlink=1) .The trained eye can rediscover abandoned railroad grades, remnants of early mills, mill races and other reminders that generations of mankind have gathered in the "Green Heart" of Northeast Philadelphia. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## See also - [Philadelphia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Philadelphia) - [Greenbelt Knoll](/source/Greenbelt_Knoll) - [List of parks in Philadelphia](/source/List_of_parks_in_Philadelphia) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Pennypack Park](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pennypack_Park). - [Friends of Pennypack Park website](https://web.archive.org/web/20200403213001/https://www.friendsofpennypackpark.org/) (archived version) - [Video: A news piece on Pennypack Park from *The Philadelphia Inquirer*](http://www.philly.com/philly/video/20600079.html) - [Delaware River - Penny Pack Park Tide Times and Heights](http://tides.willyweather.com/pa/philadelphia-county/delaware-river--penny-pack-park.html) - [Map of Pennypack Park Trails](http://jasonsladinski.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8dd092b90db74fbdb71ffed204305fc0) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Tilford, Tony; Tilford, Jean Marie (September 7, 2007). ["The Amazing Drama Behind Pennepack Baptist"](http://www.pennepackbaptist.org/history.html). *Pennepack Baptist Church*. Retrieved October 7, 2014. [40°03′28″N 75°01′24″W / 40.0577°N 75.0234°W / 40.0577; -75.0234](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pennypack_Park¶ms=40.0577_N_75.0234_W_region:US_type:landmark) v t e Parks of Philadelphia Burholme Park Clark Park Dilworth Park Eakins Oval Fairmount Park Fitler Square Fox Chase Farm Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park Franklin Square Girard Fountain Park Hunting Park Independence National Historical Park Innovation Plaza Logan Circle Love Park Malcolm X Park Pastorius Park Penn Treaty Park Pennypack Park Pretzel Park Reading Viaduct Rittenhouse Square Spruce Street Harbor Park Stephen Girard Park Thomas Paine Plaza Washington Square Wissahickon Valley Park Weccacoe Playground List of parks --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pennypack Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennypack_Park) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennypack_Park?action=history)). 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