Schuylkill River Trail

Schuylkill River Trail
The trail runs along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location
UseMulti-use trail
SeasonAll
Sights
Surface
  • Paved
  • Crushed stone
  • Wooden boardwalk
  • On-road
Maintained by
  • Schuylkill River Development Corp.
  • Montgomery County
  • Chester County
  • Schuylkill River Greenway Assn.
Websiteschuylkillriver.org/schuylkill-river-trail/
Trail map

The Schuylkill River Trail (/ˈskuːlkɪl/ SKOOL-kil, locally /-kəl/) is a multi-use trail along the banks of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States. Partially complete, the trail is ultimately planned to run about 120 miles (190 km) from the river's headwaters in Schuylkill County to Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia.

Completed portions of the trail include a section from Auburn to Hamburg, a 19.5-mile (31.4 km) portion from Reading to Pottstown, and a 23.2-mile (37.3 km) portion from Oaks to where Christian Street would meet the Schuylkill River, just South of Center City Philadelphia and East of University of Pennsylvania.

Large stretches of the trail are rail trails. Parts of it belong to the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) trail system connecting Maine and Florida.

On many maps and street atlases, and on some of the trail's signage, the segment between Philadelphia and Valley Forge is still identified by the older name Philadelphia–Valley Forge Trail.

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