About this Event
A celebration of the world's first electronic computer at its birthplace and a new loop walk on the Schuylkill
Start: The Porch at 30th Street Station
Finish: The Porch at 30th Street Station
Distance: 3-15mi
Where to find us: South side outside station
Optional endpoints: Lindbergh Blvd trolley(3mi), Penn(6mi)
Mini: Lindbergh Blvd trolley(3mi) or Penn(6mi)
Terrain: paved
Transit: Septa or Amtrak
Parking: 3001 JFK Blvd or Cira Centre South Garage
Difficulty: Average
Category: nature, history, urban
Coordinator: Charles Updike
Enjoy the two newest pedestrian bridges on Philly's East Coast Greenway, Bartram's Garden and Fairmount Park. In between, we visit the site of and commemorate the world's first computer, ENIAC.
Highlights:
- Schuylkill Banks
- Bartram's Gardens
- University of Pennsylvania
- ENIAC
- Shofuso
- Belmont Plateau
- Boathouse Row
- Art Museum
Partners:
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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Event venue & nearby stays
The Porch at 30th St Station, 2949 Market Street, Philadelphia, United States
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