Grays Ferry Crescent Trail Park

I've been here a couple times and every time it's been quiet and peaceful, not too crowded like some other waterfront areas in the city. People come here to fish, ride bikes, walk, and use the skate park. It's pretty easy to get here from West Philly - I like walking across the Grays Ferry Ave bridge for a cool skyline view and then taking the trail to the 34th st bridge to get back into University City.

Beautiful quiet trail near the river.

Formerly Dupont Crescent for DuPont's Marshall Laboratory (now Pennovation Center) where paint products were made until 2009, this environmentally-remediated riverfront park offers a unique view of a quiet loop of the tidal Schuylkill River. A section of the Schuylkill River Trail also meanders through the site and will eventually connect to the new swing bridge and Bartram's Mile to the south and the Christian to Crescent bridge to the north. Features views of 18th c. Woodlands estate, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, the Mill Creek Sewer and a skate park underneath Grays Ferry Ave. Bridge. Entrances at Trolleyworks and 34th St.

You can walk, run, bike this part of the Schuylkill River Trail up to the University Avenue Bridge. Highlights include a skate park and a new walkout fishing pier. There is a paved flat trail, with river and city views. There are some benches and trash cans along the way. The start of the Cresent Trail section is popular for fishing. You can find free street parking in the Grays Ferry neighborhood if you want to start the trail from here. We discovered that the Innovation Center ( where we planned to park) is closed to visitors/parking on the weekend.

It was hard to find because GPS through Google maps doesn't take you there. It's very industrial. The skate park part is small but worth trying.