Schuylkill Trail at Schuylkill Banks

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The Schuylkill River Trail, a multi-use landscape trail built as part of the Schuylkill Banks improvement project. Photo by Jeffrey M. Vinocur.

Winner 2022 NRT Photo Contest, Urban Trails and Greenways. Photo by Lane Fike.

The trail is illuminated in the evenings to provide extended hours for users to enjoy the trail. Photo by Lane Fike.

Schuylkill River Falls at the Fairmount Dam opposite the Fairmount Water Works. Photo by michaelwm25.

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The Schuylkill Trail at Schuylkill Banks is a multi-use recreational trail extending along the east bank of the Schuylkill from Fairmount Water Works, a national historic site, to Locust Street in the city of Philadelphia. The trail lies within a greenway of variable width (20 feet to 120 feet) and provides access to the Schuylkill River and riverbank along a section of the river that had been previously inaccessible.

The Schuylkill Trail at Schuylkill Banks is an urban trail paralleling the active tracks of the CSX Railroad. It is located adjacent to the Logan Square and Fitler Square neighborhoods, which form a portion of the Center City Philadelphia. The trail, approximately 1.2 miles in length, has become heavily used with an average of 14,000 user trips per week (a user trip is one person passing a cordon line in either direction). It accommodates workers, runners, bicyclists, in-line skaters, commuters, and people heading for a destination or event at or along the greenway (concert, movie, kayak tour, riverboat cruise, etc.).

The greenway includes suitable park furniture (benches, trash receptacles, etc.) and is planted with a well-designed palette of trees, shrubs, and ground cover.

The greenway and trail are a part of the Fairmount Park System and are managed by the Schuylkill River Development Corporation, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to revitalize the tidal Schuylkill River.

Allowed Uses:

Other Activities

• Fishing

• Certified as an NRT
  May 31, 2007