This small building has an interesting story. I assumed it was simply a gatehouse between trails in the Wissahickon Gorge park (connecting Forbidden Drive and the Creek Trail). Actually it is one of a network of phone stations used in the old days to connect a phone line running through the park, for the park police. This building was the tenth phone box (aka Ten Box).

Hannah Blumenfeld

July 6, 2022

Cycling

If you're trying to use the Wissahickon Bike Trail, a chain link fence blocks the path right about here. You can use Lincoln Drive to continue but I don't recommend it. Otherwise, you'll have to use the Yellow Trail detour which is really rough going unless you have a beefy mountain bike.

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3. Valley Green Inn – Turtle Rock Lighthouse loop from Philadelphia 30th Street Station

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1. Valley Green Inn – Turtle Rock Lighthouse loop from Philadelphia 30th Street Station

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