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DATE WALK MILES LOCATION
Sun Jan 1 Hike in South Mt Reservation 7mi Milburn NJ
Jan 1 - 15 FreeWalkers New Year's Challenge ?? Virtual
Sat Jan 14 Delaware Canal Training Loop 10-35mi Trenton NJ to New Hope PA
Sat Jan 21 Union County Olmsted Parks Walk 12.5mi Cranford to Union NJ
Sun Jan 29 Training Walk 14mi Maplewood to Morristown NJ
Sat Feb 4 FreeWalkers Kennedy50 50mi Potomac MD to Harpers Ferry WV
Sat Feb 18 Princeton Loop Tour 10mi Princeton NJ
Sat Feb 25 Jersey City Mural Art Walk part 1 16mi Exchange Place Jersey City
Sat Mar 4 FreeWalking with Stiles 23-26mi Trenton to Wash Crossing NJ
Sat Mar 11 Jersey City Mural Art Walk part 2 17mi Journal Square Jersey City
Sat Mar 18 Spring Ahead Walk (XNJ) 13-40mi Trenton NJ to Princeton/New Brunswick
Sat Mar 25 Forgotten D&R Canal section and Raritan River 14mi New Brunswick NJ
Sun Mar 26 Great Staten Island Loop 19mi Jersey City NJ via Staten Island
Sat Apr 1 Allaire Village Shore Walk 18mi Manasquan NJ to Allaire
Sun Apr 2 Crescent Trail Meander to the National Zoo 14-18mi Bethesda MD
Sat Apr 8 Columbia Trail Hike 12mi Califon to High Bridge NJ
Sat Apr 15 Great Canal Walk (XNJ) 28mi Princeton to New Brunswick NJ
Sat Apr 22 Celebrate Trails Day 4-7mi Cranford to Kenilworth NJ
Sun Apr 23 Roosevelt Island Loop 10-14mi Manhattan to Astoria Queens
Sat May 13 Kruimer Walk (XNJ) 13mi New Brunswick to Metropark NJ
Sat May 20 The Big Walk 2022 (XNJ) 50mi MetroPark NJ to Manhattan
Sun May 21 East Coast Greenway to Old Town Alexandria 20mi College Park MD to to Alexandria VA
Sat May 27 Philly Freedom Tour 11-15mi Philadelphia
Sat Jun 3 Hudson River Loop Walk 30mi Jersey City via GWB and Manhattan
Sun Jun 4 Baltimore Inner Harbor FreeWalk 12-16mi Baltimore MD
Sat Jun 10 Philly Mural Tour 9mi Love Park, Philadelphia
Sat Jun 17 Brooklyn: A Place Like No Other 12mi Manhattan to Brooklyn
Sat Jun 24 Sandy Hook Hike 16mi Highlands NJ
Sat Jul 1 Old Croton Aqueduct Hike 43mi Croton-on-Hudson NY to Manhattan
Sat Jul 8 Montauk Lighthouse Walk 15mi Montuak, Long Island
Sat Jul 15 Lawrenceville Hopewell Trail 12-32mi Trenton to Lawrenceville NJ
Sat Jul 29 Wissahickon Trolley Trek 20mi Chestnut Hill PA to Philly
Sun Jul 30 Jockey Hollow Morris County Ramble 8mi Morristown NJ
Sat Aug 5 Croton Dam Loop: The Hard Way 14mi Ossining NY
Sat Aug 12 FreeWalkers Getaway:Bucks County 23-28mi Trenton NJ to Warminster PA
Sun Aug 13 FreeWalkers Getaway:Pennypack Trail 16-23mi Warminster to Holmesburg PA
Sat Aug 19 Greenbelt Walk: Staten Island (XNJ) 23-26mi Elizabeth NJ to Manhattan
Sat Aug 26 Long Haul: Schuylkill Trail 40-62mi Reading to Philadelphia PA
Sat Sep 9 Down the Shore: Wildwood 16mi Wildwood to Sea Isle City NJ
Sun Sep 10 Down the Shore: Ocean City 13mi Sea Isle City to Ocean City NJ
Sat Sep 16 South Jersey River Walk 18mi Burlington to Palmyra NJ
Sat Sep 23 Endless Summer Walk 30mi Matawan to Asbury Park NJ
Sat Sep 23 East Coast Greenway to Mount Vernon 20mi Alexandria to Mount Vernon VA
Sat Sep 30 Bronx Coast to Coast Walk 18mi Bronx NY
Sun Oct 8 Following Franklin's Footsteps 3-16mi Bordentown to Burlington NJ, Philadelphia
Sat Oct 14 Bristol Stomp! 18mi Bristol PA to Trenton NJ
Sat Oct 21 Jockey Hollow Morris County Ramble 8mi Morristown NJ
Sun Oct 22 Bethesda Kensington Antique Row Loop 13mi Bethesda to Kensington MD
Sat Oct 28 Bronx River Tibbetts Brook Walk 14.5mi Bronx to White Plains NY
Sat Nov 4 FreeWalkers Marathon -- Philadelphia 13-26mi Philly to Chestnut Hill PA
Sat Nov 11 Brandywine Winterthur Walk 15-22mi Wilmington to Brandywine DE
Sat Nov 18 WawaWalk 14mi Swarthmore to Wawa PA
Fri Nov 24 Gobble Gobble Hike 7mi South Mountain, Maplewood NJ
Sat Dec 2 Winter Hudson River Loop Walk 30mi Jersey City via GWB and Manhattan
Sat Dec 9 Philly Christmas Walk 10mi Love Park, Philadelphia
Sun Dec 10 Winter C&O Canal Walk 10-23mi Potomac MD
Sat Dec 30 Battle of Trenton March 4-12mi Wash Crossing PA to Trenton NJ

 

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Featured Events

FreeWalkers Marathon -- Philadelphia (Fairmount Park)

Created by Jenn Popper (See other events)
Our most diverse and scenic walk of the year. Bring your camera!
 
  • Start: 30th St Station
  • Finish: Chestnut Hill West Station
  • Distance: 13-26mi
  • Return: SEPTA train
  • Coordinator: Charles Updike

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Transit: Amtrak, Megabus, NJTransit AC and NJTransit/Septa connections to 30th Street Station
Optional endpoints:- East Falls Station, Highland Station and numerous other mass transit options.
Some details may be subject to change. Register to stay tuned to developments.
An Autumn Walk in the Park
26.2 miles (or 13.1 miles) from 30th St Station to Chestnut Hill through Fairmount Park and the Wissahickon Valley.
 
Walk the entire breadth of the city through the largest landscaped city park in the world, Fairmount Park, with the autumn colors at their peak along the Schuylkill River Trail and Forbidden Drive along the Wissahickon Creek.
 
In the early 19th century, the Wissahickon was a hub for small industry, due to its steady water flow for powering mills. When industry moved downtown, the area was preserved to protect the water supply for the region, producing an environment that became world renowned for its beauty and inspired the works of Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, Edgar Allen Poe, Christopher Morley, and Currier and Ives. Forbidden Drive is so named for its prohibition of all motor vehicles. The Wissahickon Valley has a stillness untouched by time, strange for one of the world's larger cities, and is surely Philadelphia's best kept secret, offering as appealing a walking route as is available for a hundred miles around.
 
"The Wissahickon is of so remarkable a loveliness that, were it flowing in England, it would be the theme of every bard." -- Poe
 
"Some of my happiest hours have been spent there, some of my freest hours." -- Whitman
 
Our journey begins at 30th Street Station, with convenient connections to Septa, NJ Transit, Amtrak and Megabus. The walk ends in the tony main-street neighborhood of Chestnut Hill, where we shall meet for eats and libations, with two train stations available to carry us back to 30th Street. Easy gravel and paved terrain, with very few road crossings after one leaves Center City. Two snack bars with nearby bathrooms assist along the way.
 
The half-marathon route is a shortest-distance trek along the Schuylkill and Wissahickon. The full route provides a broad and meandering treatment of all of the many highlights of sprawling Fairmount Park, along with visits to the places of debate and worship of our founding fathers, the site of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, the world's tallest masonry building, dozens of works of public art, and the nation's most pioneering and pedestrian-friendly cemetery, replete with graves of countless war heroes, inventors, tycoons and even local icons like Harry Kalas and Rocky's Adrian Balboa.
 
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Map of walking route
 
MARATHON WALK Highlights
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk
  • Rittenhouse Square
  • Washington Square
  • Independence Hall
  • Carpenters Hall
  • Spruce Street Harbor Park
  • Penns Landing
  • Christ Church
  • City Hall
  • Logan Circle
  • Ben Franklin Parkway
  • Art Museum steps
  • Fairmount Waterworks
  • Boathouse Row
  • Kelly Drive
  • Memorial Hall
  • Japanese House and Garden
  • Belmont Plateau
  • Strawberry Mansion Bridge
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
  • Falls Bridge
  • Wissahickon Creek
  • Battle of Germantown
  • Forbidden Drive
  • Valley Green Inn
  • Magarge Dam
  • Covered bridge
  • Chestnut Hill
 
HALF-MARATHON Highlights
  • Fairmount Waterworks
  • Boathouse Row
  • Kelly Drive
  • Falls Bridge
  • Wissahickon Creek
  • Battle of Germantown
  • Forbidden Drive
  • Valley Green Inn
  • Magarge Dam
  • Covered bridge
  • Chestnut Hill
Tags: historical, medium distance (10 - 25 miles), long distance (25+ miles)
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