Off the Beaten Path Sunset Hike in the Chestnut Hill Wissahickon Area

1.5-2 hours walk, brisk pace, Wissahickon and Chestnut Hill,

Chestnut Hill with it's mansions and gardens and the Wissahickon with 55 miles of trails are the gem of the city. After exciting trips abroad or out West, I can take a fresh look around when I arrive home. Probably not so uncommon. I always think: this is a great place to live and explore. Join me for different explorations in an area I have lived for 40 years, still adore, and find new stuff every day.

There are zillions of places to see like: the Historic French Village, reminiscent of architecture in the Normandy region of France,George Washington's Ancestral Home; the Buttercup Farm Barn Ruins, Historic Glen Fern, Druim Moir, The Ghotto, Fingerspan, Tedyeskium, Andorra Natural Area, Valley Green, Devil's Pool, The Wissahickon Inn, Louis Kahn Esherick House, The Philadelphia Cricket Club, dozens of palatial mansions with beautiful gardens, hidden foundations of houses and mills, Fingerspan helicopter bridge, Ten Pan, Rittenhouse Mill and house, Cedar House, Woodward Horse Farm, etc, etc, etc. History and beauty in every direction. Sometimes we have been invited in for tours.

Each hike is different.

Besides the beautiful and varied architecture of houses and arboretum type landscaping, we can experience an unobstructed sunset over the Wissahickon gorge.

GENERAL RULES : ••Hike at my pace. ••Hike lengths are approx: allow 30min -1hr extra. ••Donation requested. All monies donated to recreational charities like Natural Lands and the Friends of Wissahickon. ••Donations as of Oct 1: if you have not donated before the one time calendar year fee is $10 for all events till Dec 31 or donate $5 for each event. ••Pay in person or at mrbasketball.net/HIKEpay.html . Thanks.