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Walk to the 1876 World’s Fair

May 23 @ 9:15 am - 3:30 pm
Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the most massive world’s fair in American history, explore its grounds and its forgotten history

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the most massive world’s fair in American history, explore its grounds and its forgotten history

Start: The Porch at 30th Street Station

Finish: Manayunk Station

Distance: 15mi

Where to find us: South side outside the station

Terrain: paved

Transit: Septa, Amtrak, NJ Transit

Return: Septa

Parking: 3001 JFK Blvd or Cira Centre South Garage

Difficulty: Average

Category: nature, history, urban

Coordinator: Charles Updike

Explore some of the prettiest expanses of Fairmount Park, once home to one of the most amazing attractions in the nation’s history. Finish with food and drink in Manayunk.

Highlights:

  • Schuylkill Banks
  • Art Museum
  • Boathouse Row
  • Lemon Hill
  • Memorial Hall
  • Shofuso
  • Belmont Plateau
  • Cynwyd Trail
  • Manayunk

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Circuit Trails is 800 miles of interconnected trails in Greater Philadelphia in the making, already one of America’s largest trail networks. Once connected, the Circuit Trails will be one of the nation’s premier urban trail networks and it will provide multiple benefits to neighborhoods, communities and the region as a whole.

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