South Philly Tour
Credit: thanks to Henry Lazarus for finding the way around the
airport. The rest is mine. Maps: SEPTA red.
start at Art Museum
go up Kelly Drive
QR 25th
QR Pennsylvania Ave
L 24th
QR Green
R 21st
L Pine (after a few blocks)
R 8th
L South
R 2nd
Mummers Museum at corner of Washington
R Federal (1 block after Washington)
X Passyunk
R 9th, go thru' Italian Market
L Christian
L 10th, ride a ways, pass stadiums
R at T Pattison
X Broad (or can go L on Broad to see
the gate of the Naval Shipyard)
L into FDR Park
go around loop, come out again
L Pattison
R 20th
X Oregon
L Ritner
BL Passyunk, go over bridge, pass
refineries (~3.5 miles in total)
L at T Bartram, go under bridge
L at 1st light, sign says
"left to Penrose Ferry Rd"
follow signs for "Maritrans" til you
see a tall black thing ahead; there
are two R turns, take the hard R
you are now on Hog Island Rd
L at sign for Ft. Mifflin
go to fort, go back out
L Hog Island Rd
L at T Island Ave
go a long ways, pass UPS
go around fence at end
follow gravel road; this turns into
paved road; when paved part ends,
follow dirt paths to real road
R on real road (Tinicum Island Rd)
see blue sign saying Cargo City
take next L (at stop sign), road goes
under bridge, becomes Bartam
L 84th (at light)
L Lindbergh
R at "Heintz Wilflife Refuge" sign
coming out of refuge, L Lindbergh
go about 4 miles on Lindbergh
to see Bartram's Gardens:
R 53rd (just before RR tracks)
back along 53rd, R Lindbergh to continue
Lindbergh merges with Grays Ave, then CL
R Woodland
L 43rd
L Locust to Koch's for food
go back to 43rd, L 43rd (same direction you were going)
R at T Powelton
Powelton CL
R Spring Garden at light
X Spring Garden bridge to Art Museum