Underground Railroad FreeWalk: Philadelphia

Juneteenth walking history tour of Underground Railroad and related sites in the city of Philadelphia

Start: Love Park, 16th and JFK, near Suburban Station

Finish: Chestnut Hill East Station or Love Park

Distance: 6-20mi

Where to find us: near 16th and JFK

Optional endpoints: Many, including return to Su

Mini: 10K (6mi) loop back to Love Park

Terrain: paved, gravel

Transit: Septa to Suburban Station

Return: Septa Regional Rail

Parking: Love Park, Family Court Building, nearby garages

Difficulty: Beginner(short) to Advanced(full length)

Category: nature, history, urban, theme

Coordinator: Enithie Hunter and Charles Updike

Travel on foot as many Underground passengers did, learn about the history of the abolitionist movement in Philadelphia that helped to spawn the Underground Railroad, and the local routes moving people through the Philadelphia region, visit the Underground Railroad Museum, and finish with an escape from the city as many did along the Old Baltimore Pike.

Complete the short loop walk, or travel further with a visit to the museum, admission not included, perhaps a lunch stop, and return to the start by train.

Further details to come.

Highlights:

• Octavio Catto memorial
• Paschall Alley
• St Georges Church
• Arch Street Wharf
• Front and Market
• Anthony Benezet Home
• Lucretia Mott home
• Pennsylvania Hall
• Liberty Bell
• President's house
• Washington Square
• Mother Bethel AME Church
• James Forten House
• William Still house
• W E B DuBois mural
• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House

FULL ROUTE includes:

• Belmont Mansion
• Underground Railroad Museum
• Johnson House
• Cliveden
• Old Baltimore Pike

Partners:

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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