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Wissahickon Valley Park

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Wissahickon Valley Park

4
 reviews
Length2.5 mi
Est. Steps6000
Introduction
Wissahickon Valley Park is a 2.5 mile (6,000-step) route located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 0 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Mount Pleasant (mansion)

Historical
Mount Pleasant is a historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River. It was built about 1761–62 in what was then the countryside outside the city by John Macpherson and his wife Margaret. Macpherson was a privateer, or perhaps a pirate, who had had "an arm twice shot off" according to John Adams.

Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge

Tourist Attraction
Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries Amtrak Northeast Corridor rail lines and SEPTA and NJT commuter rail lines over the Schuylkill River. It is located in Fairmount Park, just upstream from the Girard Avenue Bridge.It is also known as Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Division, Bridge No.

Philadelphia Zoo

Tourist Attraction
The Philadelphia Zoo, located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, was the first true zoo in the United States. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, its opening was delayed by the American Civil War until July 1, 1874.

John Coltrane House

Place
The John Coltrane House is a historic house at 1511 33rd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A National Historic Landmark, it was the home of American saxophonist and jazz pioneer John Coltrane from 1952 until 1958. On his death in 1967 the house passed to his cousin, who sold it in 2004. Efforts for restoration and reuse as a jazz venue are ongoing as of 2013.

Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Place
The Hatfield House is a historic house in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Letitia Street House

Place
Letitia Street House is a modest eighteenth-century house in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. It was built along the Delaware riverfront about 1713, and relocated to its current site in 1883. The house was once celebrated as the city residence of Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn (1644–1718); however, later historical research determined that he never lived there.

Centennial District (Philadelphia)

Place
The Centennial District is a 700 acre section of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that contains the Philadelphia Zoo, the Please Touch Museum and the Mann Music Center. The neighborhood sits on a section of town that was the location of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, which was 100 years after the founding of the United States with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Girard Avenue Bridge

Place
The Girard Avenue Bridge is an automobile and trolley bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries Girard Avenue (U.S. Route 13) over the Schuylkill River. It connects the east and west sections of Fairmount Park, and the Brewerytown neighborhood with the Philadelphia Zoo. The current bridge is the third built on the site.

Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia

Place
The Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia carries Thirty-third Street (U.S. Route 13) over the former course of Master Street in the Brewerytown section of North Philadelphia, near Fairmount Park. The bridge was built in 1901 with an unusual skewed arch, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Sedgley Woods

Place
Sedgley Woods Disc Golf Course is a section of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. A section of East Fairmount Park since 1977, Sedgley Woods is one of the oldest permanent pole-hole disc golf courses in the world. It has been host to over 2 million pole-holes of Disc Golf.
Reviews
4.5
(4)
Stuart
2022/06/14
jeffreydumas
2021/11/21
PacerPal
2021/11/20
Kenny
2020/12/01
Route Details

Length

2.5 mi

Est. Steps

6000
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