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Warminster Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Warminster Community Park-Sandpiper

 
 
Warminster Community Park-Sandpiper Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 20, 2015
1. Warminster Community Park-Sandpiper Marker
Inscription.
Solitary Sandpiper
When to look: April-May, August-September
*How big: 9 inches long
*What to look for: Dark back with light spots.
*What to listen for: High pitched whistle.

Spotted Sandpiper
When to look: April-September
*How big: 8 inches long
*Where to look: Near ponds or streams, sometimes nearby weedy areas
*What to look for: Spotted breast in summer, white shoulder in winter, short –necked
*What to listen for: High pitched whistle
 
Erected by Department of Parks and Recreation Township of Warminster.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: AnimalsEnvironment.
 
Location. 40° 11.662′ N, 75° 4.51′ W. Marker is near Warminster, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is in Warminster Township. It is on Veterans Way. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Warminster PA 18974, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Johnsville Naval Air Development Center (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Fitch's Steamboat (approx. Ό mile away); The Battle of the Crooked Billet (approx. 0.9 miles away); Crooked Billet (approx.

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1½ miles away); a different marker also named Crooked Billet (approx. 1½ miles away); Rev. Alfred Earle (approx. 1.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Battle of Crooked Billet Monument (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warminster.
 
Warminster Community Park-Sandpiper Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 20, 2015
2. Warminster Community Park-Sandpiper Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 527 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 28, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 10, 2026