OutdoorsSaturday, December 12
ENIAC Endless Loop Walk
Saturday, December 12 · 9 a.m.-4 p.m. · The Porch at 30th Street Station
- When
- Saturday, December 12 · 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Where
- The Porch at 30th Street Station30th and Market Sts · Philadelphia, PA · 19104
- Good to know
About this event
Please register for FREE to attend.
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]( https://greenway.org " https://greenway.org ") 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]( http://circuittrails.org/ " http://circuittrails.org/ ") 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.
More about FreeWalkers: [Our calendar of walks and hikes]( https://freewalkers.org " https://freewalkers.org ") | [About FreeWalkers]( https://freewalkers.org/history " https://freewalkers.org/history ") | [Walker stories]( https://freewalkers.org/stories " https://freewalkers.org/stories ") | [Walking tips]( https://freewalkers.org/qatips " https://freewalkers.org/qatips ") [New Jersey walks]( https://freewalkers.org " https://freewalkers.org ") | [Pennsylvania walks]( https://freewalkers.org " https://freewalkers.org ") | [New York City walks]( https://freewalkers.org " https://freewalkers.org ")
Listed by Meetup: Philadelphia, PA, Meetup: Trenton, NJ and Meetup: New York, NY, gathered by the West Chester events calendar.