The trolley’s demise As the story goes, the advent of the automobile killed the need for the Fairmount Park Trolley, and it shut down service in September 1946. The park’s trails suffered years of ...

The conservation project aims to make the trail underneath safer for hikers and mountain bikers and allow the bridge to survive decades into the future. The Fairmount Park Conservancy plans to ...

The map features spots we know well and love — Boxer’s Trail, which earned itself a Best of Philly award for best city running trail a few years back, the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center ...

The trails start at the bottom of the hill at the Plateau. Three of them—3, 5, and 8 kilometers, used primarily by cross country racers and mountain bikers—snake into the woods of West Fairmount Park.

On Wednesday, Fairmount Park Conservancy unveiled upgrades to the Boxers' Trail conservancy. It stands at Greenland and Dauphin Drives off of 33rd Street. It was first installed in 2008.