Ridley Creek State Park – Delaware County, PA Distance – 13 miles total (we did 4.8 in a lollipop) Type – Various Difficulty: 3 of 10
Website – Ridley Creek State Park Open – Day use areas open dawn to dusk.
Terrain – Forest, hills, stream, and woods Surface – Some paved, some dirt, some rocks
Trailheads – N 39° 56.727 W 075° 25.290
Directions – 598 Barrens Road, Media, PA
Parking – Very crowded on nice days. Parking lot is at trailhead coordinates, additional parking along Chapel Hill Road.
Dog friendly? Leashed dogs allowed Stroller friendly? Some are, some are very much not Benches? [...]
Ben Franklin Bridge Walk – Camden, Camden County, NJ to Philadelphia, PA Distance – about 1.5 miles one way Type – Out-and-back Difficulty: 3 of 10 (steepest trail for miles around, sun and wind can be an issue)
Closed until Spring 2019!
NOTE: The South Side walkway is closed until Spring of 2019 for renovations. We’ll include information for it here, but it won’t be actually usable until then. The North Side walkway is open, and that’s the one that we used.
Website – http://www.drpa.org/bridges/ben-franklin-walkway.asp Open [...]
Washington Crossing Historic Park – Washington Crossing (Upper Makefield Township), Bucks County, PA Distance – we did 0.75 miles total Type – Out-and-back Difficulty: 1 of 10
Website – Washington Crossing Historic Park Open – Visitors Center – 10 AM – 5 PM.
They do guided tours of the village at half past every hour. You can also walk the village on your own, which is what we did.
Terrain – Riverside lawns Surface – Paved or grass.
Trailheads – 40°17’44.54″N, 74°52’20.86″W (at the crosswalk from the parking lot)