Philadelphia Pennsylvania Recreation

State Parks

• Neshaminy State Park
  3401 State Road • Bensalem, PA 19020
  Located along the Delaware River
  215-639-4538
  The 330.17-acre Neshaminy State Park in lower Bucks County features picnic areas, swimming pools,... more...  map

Recreation Areas

• Lawncrest Recreation Center
  6000 Rising Sun Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19111
  215-685-0597
  Gymnastics, tumbling, basketball, swimming, tennis, volleyball and weightlifting are just some of... more...  map

• Murphy Recreation Center
  Shunk Street • Philadelphia, PA 19148
  Located between 3rd and 4th Streets
  215-685-1874
  After school programs, arts & crafts, baseball, karate, gymnastics, basketball, swimming, and... more...  map

• Parkside-Evans Recreation Center
  53rd and Parkside Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19131
  Located in the West Park
  215-473-2517
  This recreation center offers camps, basketball courts, a children's playground, and a picnic... more...  map

• Smith Playground
  2100 24th Street • Philadelphia, PA 19145
  215-685-1898
  Basketball, football, arts & crafts, chess, and track are just some of the activities that can be... more...  map

Golf

• Bala Golf Club
  2200 Belmont Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19131
  215-877-0661 (Golf Shop)
  Founded in 1897, Bala Golf Club is a private 18-hole, parkland course built on a rolling terrain. ... more...  map

• Cobbs Creek Golf Course (Karakung)
  72nd & Lansdowne Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19151
  215-877-8707
  The sister course of the Olde Course, the 18-hole Karakung Course features several elevation... more...  map

• Cobbs Creek Golf Course (Olde)
  72nd & Lansdowne Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19151
  215-877-8707
  Built by designer Hugh Wilson in 1916, the 18-hole Olde Course is the "sixth best municipal golf... more...  map

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Golf Course
  South 20th Street and Pattison Avenue
  215-462-8997
  One of Philadelphia's six public golf courses, this public Florida-style 18-hole golf course... more...

• John F. Byrne Golf Course
  9500 Leon Street • Philadelphia, PA 19114
  Located in Northeast Philadelphia
  215-632-8666
  "One of the most respected courses in Philadelphia," this public 18-hole, par 67 golf course... more...  map

• Juniata Golf Course
  1391 Cayuga Street • Philadelphia, PA 19124
  Located in Tacony Creek Park
  215-743-4060
  Designed by Ed Ault, the 18-hole par 66 Juniata Golf Course is a challenging public golf course... more...  map

• Walnut Lane Golf Club
  800 Walnut Lane • Philadelphia, PA 19128
  215-482-3370
  Located within Fairmount Park's Wissahickon Valley Park, the public Walnut Lane Golf Club offers an... more...  map

Hiking & Climbing

• Go Vertical
  950 North Penn Street • Philadelphia, PA 19123
  215-928-1800
  The largest rock climbing gym on the east coast and the only rock climbing gym in Philadelphia, Go... more...  map

Skating

• Penn Ice Rink, The
  3130 Walnut Street • Philadelphia, PA 19104
  University of Pennsylvania Class of 1923 Arena
  215-898-1923
  This ice rink offers daily public and freestyle ice skating, as well as figure skating and hockey. ... more...  map

• Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society
  220 Holland Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19003
  Located in Ardmore
  610-642-8700
  The oldest and largest figure skating club in the United States, this skating club offers adult and... more...  map

Swimming

• John B. Kelly Pool
  4231 North Concourse Drive • Philadelphia, PA 19101
  Located in West Fairmount Park
  215-685-0174
  This regulation Olympic-size pool is open to the public throughout the summer. more...

• Lincoln Pool
  201 Ryan Avenue • Philadelphia, PA 19136
  215-685-8751
  Visitors of Lincoln Pool can participate in such activities as basketball and swimming. more...  map

Miscellaneous Activities

• Sedgley Woods Disc Golf Course
  33rd & Oxford Streets • Philadelphia, PA 19190
  Located in Fairmount Park
  215-361-7699
  The oldest disc golf course on the east coast, this disc course is played with an aerodynamic... more...