Angora, Philadelphia

Name: Angora
Address: Philadelphia, United States

#740 among attractions in Philadelphia

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Angora is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Although its boundaries are not precise, West Philadelphia is to its north, Kingsessing is to the south, Cedar Park is to the east, and Cobbs Creek is to the west. The Angora Commuter Rail Station on the Media/Elwyn Line, two bus lines, and a trolley line all intersect around Baltimore Avenue and 58th Street, which is unofficially the nexus of the neighborhood. ()

Coordinates: 39°56'38"N, 75°14'16"W

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Southwest Philadelphia (Kingsessing)Philadelphia United States

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Angora – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church.

0.9 miNW
Church
St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia
22 min walk • St. Cyprian Catholic Church is located on the southwest corner of 63rd St. and Hazel Ave. at 525 Cobbs Creek Parkway in Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
0.9 miS
Cemetery
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia
22 min walk • Mount Moriah Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery that spans the border between Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1855 and is the largest cemetery in Pennsylvania. It is 200 acres in size and contains 150,000 burials.
0.9 miSW
Area
Yeadon, Philadelphia
24 min walk • Yeadon is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the city of Philadelphia. The population was 11,443 at the 2010 census.
1.2 miE
Church
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia
31 min walk • St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
1.1 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Calvary United Methodist Church, Philadelphia
27 min walk • Calvary United Methodist Church is located at 801 48th Street, on the southeast corner of 48th Street & Baltimore Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
0.9 miNE
Park
Malcolm X Park, Philadelphia
23 min walk • Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, is a structured urban park located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights; it also abuts the nearby neighborhood of Adams Morgan. The park was designed and built between 1912 and 1940.
1.5 miSE
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery, Philadelphia
38 min walk • Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery is a Cambodian Theravada Buddhist temple located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The monastery was founded in 1986 in a South Philadelphia row house. In 2010, the community acquired a 238,000-square-foot plot of land, where the current temple stands.
1.3 miNE
Museum, History museum
Paul Robeson House, Philadelphia
34 min walk • The Paul Robeson House was the home of internationally renowned American bass-baritone concert singer, actor of film and stage, All-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator, human rights activist, and lawyer Paul Robeson from 1966 until 1976.
0.7 miN
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia
18 min walk • Cobbs Creek is a neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, named for the creek which forms part of Philadelphia's western border.
0.6 miE
Colonial revival architecture
Hardy Williams Academy, Philadelphia
16 min walk • Hardy Williams Academy, formerly the Anna Howard Shaw Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located in the Southwest Schuylkill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1922–1924.
0.9 miE
Neighbourhood
Kingsessing, Philadelphia
24 min walk • Kingsessing is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. On the west side of the Schuylkill River, it is next to the neighborhoods of Cedar Park, Southwest Schuylkill, and Mount Moriah, as well as the borough of Yeadon in Delaware County.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Angora?

Nearby attractions include Hardy Williams Academy, Philadelphia (16 min walk), Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia (18 min walk), Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia (22 min walk), St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia (22 min walk).

How to get to Angora by public transport?

The nearest stations to Angora:

Train

Angora (2 min walk)
Fernwood-Yeadon (26 min walk)

Tram

Baltimore Avenue & 57th Street • Lines: 34 (5 min walk)

Metro

56th Street • Lines: Mfl (31 min walk)
52nd Street • Lines: Mfl (34 min walk)