ENIAC Endless Loop Walk

A celebration of the world's first electronic computer at its birthplace and a new loop walk on the Schuylkill
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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