Delaware River · PA
Philadelphia
William Penn's city, where the nation declared its independence.
- Population
- 1,603,797 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1682
- Declaration
- July 4, 1776
- Tides
- Two highs, two lows a day
Then
- Before 1682
The Lenape live along the Delaware, with a village at Shackamaxon.
- 1682
Quaker William Penn founds Philadelphia.
- 1776
The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence on July 4 in what is now Independence Hall.
- 1787
The Constitutional Convention signs the Constitution there on September 17.
Now
Philadelphia sits between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, and its port is growing along the Delaware. Camden and the New Jersey shore lie across the river, and the stations here follow the tidal river up past Burlington.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Market Street Bridge, PA over the next 365 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Two highs and two lows a day, close in size
- Typical daily range
- 6.2 ft
- Biggest swing
- 7.1 ft on Sep 1
- Smallest swing
- 5.0 ft on Jun 2
- Highest high
- 7.3 ft, Aug 3 at 2:11 AM
- Lowest low
- −0.4 ft, Jan 25 at 10:41 PM
24 tide stations around Philadelphia
- Market Street Bridge0.8 mi
- Philadelphia, Municipal Pier 11, Pa.1.4 mi
- PHILADELPHIA, US Coast Guard Station, Pa.1.8 mi
- Pavonia, Cooper River, RR. bridge, N.J.3.2 mi
- Penrose Avenue Bridge4.5 mi
- Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pa.4.9 mi
- Westville, Rt. 47 bridge, Big Timber Creek, N.J.5.9 mi
- Woodbury Creek, N.J.6.5 mi
- Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge7.0 mi
- Tacony-Palmyra Bridge7.7 mi
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- Palmyra, Pennsauken Creek, Route 73 bridge, N.J.7.8 mi
- Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge7.8 mi
- Norwood City8.3 mi
- Billingsport, N.J.8.4 mi
- Paulsboro, Mantua Creek, N.J.9.0 mi
- Wanamaker Bridge9.1 mi
- Pompeston Creek, N.J.9.3 mi
- Mantua, Mantua Creek, N.J.10.9 mi
- Bridgeboro13.4 mi
- Cornwells Heights, Pa.14.4 mi
- Burlington, N.J.18.0 mi
- Hainesport, South Branch18.2 mi
- North Branch18.6 mi
- Assiscunk Creek, Route 130 bridge, N.J.18.7 mi