Cobbs Creek Park
1338 South 59th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
About the Cobbs Creek Park
Cobbs Creek Park is a beautiful park and tourist attraction located at 1338 South 59th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. This institution is dedicated to protecting over 10,200 acres of public land and waterways, while managing numerous recreation, environmental, and cultural centers. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation aims to connect residents to the natural world, each other, and provide fun activities and sights to enjoy.
Visitors can use the park finder to search for various activities and locations within the park. Additionally, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive is closed to vehicular traffic on weekends from the Falls Bridge to Sweetbriar Drive, offering a shared space for walkers, runners, and cyclists to enjoy great views of the river and skyline.
The park also hosts summer camps, job fairs, Love Your Park Week, and other community events throughout the year. The Farm Philly Program has expanded its community compost network, and the institution has announced the date for the 2024 Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run. Cobbs Creek Park is a must-visit destination for those looking to experience the beauty and recreational opportunities in Philadelphia.
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1338 S 59th St, Philadelphia, PA 19143, United States
Opening hours of Cobbs Creek Park
Monday:
06:00 - 21:30
Tuesday:
06:00 - 21:30
Wednesday:
06:00 - 21:30
Thursday:
06:00 - 21:30
Friday:
06:00 - 21:30
Saturday:
06:00 - 21:30
Sunday:
06:00 - 21:30
Reviews of Cobbs Creek Park
"Cobbs Creek is my most favorite place to be in the entire world. A big wooded area where the parks and recreations were built along the creek that flows through. The park is awesome, the trails are great, and you can get lost in the natural scenery. Huge location too so you can always find a spot to chill, grill, play basketball, walk, hike, or whatever else floats your boat. Highly recommended."
"Brand new park with Sprinklers to cool off. Swings soft mounds climb."
"Cobbs Creek is slowly developing into a city best neighborhood. The overhaul of the parks to the addition of trails and over all scenery is amazing. With the continuous development of our community, it has been a great site to see in my 40 years here!"
"Cobbs Creek Park essentially consists of three different things: an asphalt recreational trail along Cobbs Creek Parkway between Race Street and Woodland Avenue; a gravel trail along the Creek's eastern edge between Spruce Street and Baltimore Avenue, and completely un-improved, wild woodlands full of deer paths, unofficial man-made trails, and secret bits of old infrastructure. The asphalt trail, part of the East Coast Greenway, provides easy access to facilities such as basketball courts, tennis courts, playgrounds, and picnic areas. It also connects to the Laura Sims Skate Rink and the Cobbs Creek recreation Center between Spruce and Walnut Streets, and the Cobbs Creek Environmental Center at Catharine Street. Many of these are regularly used by the community, and on a nice day you'll see lots of people out and about grilling, playing sports, walking their dogs, exercising, and walking. The gravel trail is a hilly, unpaved path the runs along the Creek's edge. It starts just north of Spruce Street but is most easily-accessible from the Southwest corner of Spruce Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway. The trail is within the Creek's flood plain so after a big storm it can get pretty messed up, but it is maintained and things like fallen trees are always eventually cleared. It's more isolated than the paved asphalt trail and there is no lighting so at night it's completely dark, but it provides a lovely place to take a walk through the woods. It's usually used by people walking or riding bikes, but you also have to look out for people on illegal dirt bikes and ATVs sometimes. Most of Cobbs Creek Park is comprised of unimproved woodlands. The only capital improvements the City has ever made to Cobbs Creek Park were installed in the 1930s, when WPA funds were used to create the original Cobbs Creek Recreational Trail. Many White Tailed Deer live in these woods and they've created a network of deer paths that criss-cross the creek from the north end of the park to its southern tip. Humans use these deer paths as unofficial trails, and have created some of their own trails that are maintained mostly through use and probably the care of one or two individuals who clear and mark them. The unofficial trails are all over the place. Some are used my more people than others, and many of them are usually deserted. There are several locations obviously used as "secret places" with manmade lean-tos and clubhouses stashed along the creek here and there, as well as some sparsely-occupied homeless encampments. Wandering through the remote areas of the woods can feel uneasy and unsafe at times, but provides for fun hiking and exploring opportunities if you're up for it."
"Great space with even greater potential. I love playing tennis here or just watching the passers-by. ... AND THE DEER seem to come through almost every day. They usually show in pairs but sometimes there'll be 5 or more. Doe and fawn. I've never seen a buck near the basketball courts, tennis courts or the kiddie playground, though. They visit in early afternoon mostly. They like eating the east-facing foliage, apparently. The park needs a little more work and care to really achieve its best look. As the people who care join forces, I believe others will demand the needed attention be given. I feel very optimistic about its future appeal, even while the site desperately needs real restrooms and water fountains for the joggers, tennis and ball players. Maybe a dog park would be nice! It's about to go down! I mean, up! I mean, ummm ... It's gonna be GREAT-ER!"
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