Delaware River Heritage Trail Loop Walk

New territory for FreeWalkers to explore along the Delaware!

Start: Franklin Square

Finish: Franklin Square

Distance: 26mi

Where to find us: South end of the square, near Race Street

Optional endpoints: Pennsauken, Tacony

Terrain: paved

Transit: Septa rail or Patco

Parking:

Difficulty: Average

Category: urban, scenic

Coordinator: Charles Updike

Join us for a trip around the lower loop of the Delaware River Heritage Trail, a great exploration, with river views, parks and trail segments.

Highlights:

• Ben Franklin Bridge
• Cooper's Poynt Park
• Cramer Hill Park
• Pennsauken
• Tacony Palmyra Bridge
• K&T Trail
• Fishtown
• Penn Treaty Park
• Race Street Pier

This walk is part of the 2026 celebration of the Delaware River Heritage Trail. Join us as we walk the trail on these dates:

May 2?: Turnpike Gap Challenge, Bristol to Burlington

Aug 15: Delaware River Heritage Trail Loop Walk

(Philadelphia, Camden, Pennsauken, Palmyra, Tacony, Port Richmond)

Aug 29: Lower Bucks Loop Walk, Levittown to Bristol, Fairless Hills

Sep 5: Roebling Ramble, Roebling to Trenton

Sep 26: Burlington Heritage Trail Walk, Burlington to Palmyra

Oct 3: 17.76 mile Heritage Trail Freedom Walk, Philly and Camden

Oct 17: Bristol Stomp, Bristol to Trenton

Partners:

The Delaware River Heritage Trail is a scenic multi-use pathway loop highlighting the cultural and natural resources along the upper portion of the scenic Delaware River estuary, linking dozens of communities from Trenton and Morrisville to Philadephia and Camden, connecting active travellers to parks, canals, waterfront views, and colonial and industrial history.

The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a non-profit organization developing a public multi-use 3,000 mile trail from Canada to Key West through New Jersey and New York. Donations and memberships help make this dream trail a reality.

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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