Farm park · East Norriton Township, Montgomery County
Norristown Farm Park
Crops still grow on land farmed since the 1700s, and paved paths loop past fields, old stone farmhouses and barns, woodlots and a trout nursery along Stony Creek.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Biking
- Cross-country skiing
- Fishing
- Picnic areas
- Wildlife and bird watching
- Historic features
- Accessible trails
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Elmwood Park Zoo
Hand-feed giraffes, come face to face with jaguars and zip-line through the treetops above bison and elk at this friendly mid-sized zoo.
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Evansburg State Park
A meandering creek has carved wooded ridges and ravines into this green island in the suburbs, with a 1792 stone-arch bridge at its edge and trails for hikers, riders and mountain bikers.
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Valley Forge National Historical Park
Where Washington's Continental Army camped through the winter of 1777-78: rolling fields, rebuilt huts, his headquarters and miles of trails.
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John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove
The first American home of John James Audubon, now a museum of his bird art set amid woods, meadows and trails along Perkiomen Creek that are rich in birdlife.
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Fort Washington State Park
Hawk watchers crowd the observation deck each fall as raptors stream south over hills where Washington's army dug in during the autumn of 1777, weeks before Valley Forge.
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Hope Lodge
A Georgian mansion of the 1740s, used as the army's medical headquarters during Washington's Whitemarsh encampment, and later filled by collectors with colonial and Federal furnishings.
