Open in App
Try Pacer for Free
United StatesPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia
Kelly drive 1
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Kelly drive 1

Length2.1 mi
Elev. Gain32.8 ft
Est. Steps5000
River
Historic site
Off trail
Created by rharri62

Kelly drive 1 Introduction

Kelly drive 1 is a 2.1 mile (5,000-step) route located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 32.8 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Kelly drive 1

© Wikipedia © OpenStreetMap

Boathouse Row

Historical
Boathouse Row is a historic site located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, just north of the Fairmount Water Works and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It consists of a row of 15 boathouses housing social and rowing clubs and their racing shells. Each of the boathouses has its own history, and all have addresses on both Boathouse Row and Kelly Drive (named after famous Philadelphia oarsman John B.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tourist Attraction
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. The museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin.

Lemon Hill

Historical
Lemon Hill is a Federal-style mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, built around 1800 on land owned by Henry Pratt. Pratt was a merchant who owned a fleet of ships and speculated in real estate. The mansion is situated on a parcel of land that had been part of Robert Morris's 300-acre (120 ha) estate called The Hills.

Fairmount Water Works

Place
The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1812 and 1872, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. It now houses a restaurant and an interpretive center that explains the waterworks' purpose and local watershed history.

Fairmount, Philadelphia

Place
Fairmount is a neighborhood within the Greater Center City District of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its boundaries are north of Spring Garden Street, west of Broad Street, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River. While this may be the most common demarcation, the area's boundaries fluctuate depending how the neighborhood is defined.

College Boat Club

Place
College Boat Club of the University of Pennsylvania is the rowing program for University of Pennsylvania Rowing, located at #11 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its membership consists entirely of past and present rowers of the University of Pennsylvania. It hosts both heavyweight and lightweight varsity men's teams and an openweight varsity women's team.

3rd Sculpture International

Place
3rd Sculpture International was a 1949 exhibition of contemporary sculpture held inside and outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It featured works by 250 sculptors from around the world, and ran from May 15 to September 11, 1949. The exhibition was organized by the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) under the terms of a bequest made to the Association by the late Ellen Phillips Samuel.

Bachelors Barge Club

Place
Bachelors Barge Club is an amateur rowing club located at #6 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest continuously operating boathouse in the United States. It went through renovations as part of the "Light Boathouse Row" initiative, in which new LED lights were fitted to each of the boathouses.

Girard Avenue Bridge

Place
The Girard Avenue Bridge is an automobile and trolley bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries Girard Avenue (U.S. Route 13) over the Schuylkill River. It connects the east and west sections of Fairmount Park, and the Brewerytown neighborhood with the Philadelphia Zoo. The current bridge is the third built on the site.

Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club

Place
Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club (commonly abbreviated PGRC) is an amateur rowing club located at #14 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest all-female rowing club in existence. Built in 1860, the Club's boathouse is the oldest structure on Boathouse Row, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.

Comments

Matthew
2024/05/26
Matthew
2024/06/02
Emily
2024/06/02
Matthew
2024/06/09
PacerPal
2024/06/10
Matthew
2024/06/30
Matthew
2024/07/14
Matthew
2024/07/21
Matthew
2024/07/28
Matthew
2024/08/04
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

2.1 mi

Elev. Gain

32.8 ft

Est. Steps

5000
Created by
rharri62
pacer

Pacer Walking App

Pacer is the best walking app for walking challenges and finding places to walk near me.

Start Your Joyful Steps on New Routes
The Best Walking App
1.8M+ 5-star ratings
100M+ global downloads
Scan to download free
Open in App
pacer logoclose icon