Still plenty of urban grit, but this section heading south from Center City Philadelphia is getting better for biking — and more is coming.
Nine years ago, I biked from suburban Conshohocken through Philadelphia to Wilmington, Delaware along the East Coast Greenway route.
It was time to see how part of the East Coast Greenway route had changed since then.
Continue reading “The East Coast Greenway from Philadelphia to John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge”Today’s 50-mile route was bookended by two fabulous trails: The Schuylkill River Trail and the Northern Delaware Greenway trail.
Today’s 50-mile route was bookended by two fabulous trails: The Schuylkill River Trail that runs from Conshohocken (actually 27 miles from Valley Forge, or even beyond, with some road bits) to Philadelphia, and the Northern Delaware Greenway trail, which runs for at least nine miles, sometimes in sight of I-95(!), and connects several parks before it essentially dumped us out in downtown Wilmington.
In between was plenty of urban grit and some surprises, such as the view of the Philadelphia skyline from Bartram’s Garden. And then the birds enjoying the wetlands of the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge within sight of the airport.
Of course we also stumbled across odd stuff too, like the groups of guys who drove their cars onto the piers under the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester. Not that there looked like there was much to do in town.
Exploring by bicycle 