Wissahickon Valley Park. The park has 50 miles of trails and many entrances. Today we went in on Henry avenue in the Roxborough section of the city. Last time I visited we entered near Valley Green Inn. The park includes 3 stables and is owned bythe City of Philadelphia. Parks and Recreation is responsible for it's maintenance and conservation. Lots of wildlife inhabit the park including opossums, red foxes, raccoons, snakes, woodpeckers, chipmunks, turtles, toads, frogs, and salamanders, deer, groundhogs, and turtles. Some of the woodland plants and trees include Canadian wild ginger, tiarella, nodding trillium, umbrella magnolia, and tulip poplar. |