One day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A day through Philadelphia’s best-known sights that lie close together: Independence Hall, Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Comcast Center, Franklin Institute and Barnes Foundation. 6 stops, about 1.9 mi between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Independence HallArchaeological site · On the map
- Philadelphia City HallSkyscraper · 0.7 mi on from Independence Hall · On the map
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsMuseum · 0.2 mi on from Philadelphia City Hall · On the map
- Comcast CenterSkyscraper · 0.3 mi on from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · On the map
- Franklin InstituteMuseum · 0.4 mi on from Comcast Center · On the map
- Barnes FoundationMuseum · 0.2 mi on from Franklin Institute · On the map
6 stops, 2.2 mi on foot along the streets: about 43 min of walking.
More for Philadelphia
- Things to do in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 40 places to see, led by Independence Hall and Philadelphia Museum of Art
Day trips from Philadelphia
- New York City81 mi awayStatue of Liberty40 places to see, led by Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building
- Manhattan85 mi awayMetropolitan Museum of Art6 stops in a day, starting at American Museum of Natural History
- Brooklyn80 mi awayBrooklyn Museum6 stops in a day, starting at Lesbian Herstory Archives
- The Bronx92 mi awayBronx Zoo6 stops in a day, starting at Paradise Theater
Photo credits
- Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Philadelphia City Hall: Versatile Aure, CC BY 2.0
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: César Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Comcast Center: Smallbones, Public domain
- Franklin Institute: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Barnes Foundation: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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