Schuylkill 4 Schuylkill Banks to Manayunk , PA Special Amenities Access Overview Many restaurants and cafes are available where Trip Ideas the trail passes through Center City, at Lloyd Public Transit General Characteristics Out-and-Back Trip Hall on , in East Falls, and in Take SEPTA to Manayunk SEPTA Regional Rail • Trail segment length: 7.5 miles Manayunk. Head downhill toward Main Street and access The Waterworks Interpretive Center at the All stops on the Manayunk/Norristown line • Multi-use asphalt trail the Trail, which is a boardwalk at this location, Fairmount Waterworks is a free environmental through View Park. SEPTA Market-Frankford Line and trolleys • Restroom facilities located at the Schuylkill education museum and learning center. Exit at 30th Street Station onto JFK Blvd, Banks at Walnut Street and at Lloyd Hall Head south, away from the bridge that crosses The trail passes below the Philadelphia Museum the river, and bike to Center City. descend the stairway on the east side of the • Completely separated from traffic except Schuylkill River that goes directly to the Trail of Art, one of the largest art museums in for one on-road section in Manayunk the countrty. Tickets to the museum include Tour length - 7 miles SEPTA Bus • Connects to many cultural, historic, and admission to the nearby Rodin Museum and Biking - 35 minutes Routes 38 and 43 at Spring Garden Street recreational amenities in Philadelphia guided tours of ’s historic houses. Walking - 2.5 hours Routes R, K, 1, and 63 at Midvale Avenue Routes 1, 9, 27, 31, 61, 62, 65, 124, 135, and R • Part of a regional trail that continues to the is a popular and traditional sport, with Fairmount Park Loop at the Wissahickon Transfer Center source of the Schuylkill River in Pottsville several historic boathouses located at Boathouse Begin at Fairmount Park Waterworks Row. Watching shells and occasional dragon History and Future Take the north toward Bicycle boats on the River is a popular pastime. The Schuylkill River Trail was originally Manayunk/East Falls The Laurel Hill Cemetary, a National Historic Several shared lanes and buffered bicycle conceived by Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park Landmark and one of the oldest rural cemetaries Cross the Schuylkill RIver at Falls Bridge lanes link with Schuylkill Banks. The off- Commission to give new life to an important in the country, is located in East Falls above the road links with the SRT industrial corridor that helped build the Return to via the multi- trail. Its thousands of 19th- and 20th-century at Ridge Avenue. The Schuylkill River Trail economy of the region. The trail follows the use trail that follows the west side of the river. monuments include obelisks and elaborately currently extends beyond Manayunk out into Schuylkill River through five counties and sculpted hillside tombs and mausoleums. Montgomery and Chester Counties. Refer to necessitates cooperation of many jurisdictions. Tour length - 8.6 miles the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Biking - 45 minutes Currently, over 60 miles of trail is completed, East Falls and Manayunk are historic mill regional map for recommended bicycle routes. Walking - 3 hours and the remaining segments are either under towns incorporated into Philadelphia in 1854. construction, in design, or being studied. Their unique main streets are lined with local Monumental Philadelphia When the trail is complete, it will stretch 130 businesses and adaptively reused historic Vehicle Parking Start on the Schuykill River Trail in East Falls. miles from Philadelphia to Pottsville. For more buildings. There are several parking facilities along both information on the trail’s development, visit Head south to Hunting Park Avenue. Kelly Drive and Martin Luther King Drives in www.schuylkillrivertrail.com. In Manayunk, the trail becomes a boardwalk Turn left on Hunting Park and continue to Fairmount Park, as well as at the Fairmount along the Schuylkill Navigation Canal. The Laurel Hill Cemetary. Explore the monuments. Waterworks. There are paid private parking canal was the first to begin construction in the lots near Schuylkill Banks; on-street parking is country opened in the early 19th century to tap Return to the trail and head south to the very limited. On street parking in East Falls and the coal resources in upstate Schuylkill . Philadelphia Art Museum and Water Works. Manayunk is possible, but sometime limited After visitng the museums, return to the trail during busy period; however, there are paid Venice Island, visible from the trail in Manayunk, and continue to the Schuykill Banks Boardwalk private parking lots available as well. is home to a state-of-the-art Performing Arts and Recreation Center. to experince monumental views of the skyline.