Let's Be Friends
FOW relies on member and volunteer support to help care for the 1,800-acre Wissahickon Valley Park for people and wildlife alike. Visit and get involved today!
Plan Your Visit
Activities
Bike, fish, hike...
Maps
Getting to the Park...
Plants & Wildlife
A natural habitat...
News & Events
Request for Proposals: Valley Green Run Restoration and Pedestrian Bridge Project
The Friends of the Wissahickon (“the Friends” or “FOW”) is accepting proposals to enter into a Master Services Agreement to provide Design, Permitting and Construction services for the Friends within the boundaries of the Wissahickon...
Dec14th
Let’s Hike! with Lisa Myers
Meet at Parkline Drive and Horter Street Join Trail Ambassador and PA Master Naturalist Lisa Myers for an approximate 5.5 mile loop that will showcase some of our favorite points of interest: the Toleration Statue,…
Dec14th
CANCELLED: Kid Friendly Hike with Marv Schwartz
This event is cancelled due to rain.
Dec15th
Shinrin-Yoku Forest Therapy with Margaret Kinnevy
Meet at the Chestnut Hill Avenue Trailhead The healing power, or medicine of the forest, is well known to Wissahickon Park lovers and Trail Ambassadors. Learning deeply about oneself, the forest, and each other, is…