Weekly Hike - City Hike - Chestnut Hill

WEEKLY HIKE - CITY HIKE - CHESTNUT HILL
(7 to 8 Miles | 400 Feet of Elevation)

DESCRIPTION
Join us for our weekly, weekday evening/night hike.

Once a month we leave the woods/nature behind us and take our weekly evening/night hike into a different part of the city. In December we will stroll the idyllic and picturesque streets of the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. We should hopefully see plenty of houses, businesses, churches, and other places decorated for the holidays along the way. We will pass by well kept row homes and multi-million dollar estates as well. We will wind our way back and forth down Germantown Avenue on the way back to our starting point to see, especially if you're not familiar with the neighborhood, the many restaurants, bars, and shops that call the neighborhood home. This is probably the best place in the city to live, if you can afford it, and makes for a safe, fun, and new place to do an evening/night hike.

TERRAIN | OBSTACLES

• Please note - this is a city or urban hike. That means you will face typical obstacles when navigating/walking/hiking through an urban environment - broken sidewalks, uneven pavements, streets with no sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, vehicular traffic, pedestrian traffic, bicycle traffic, and more!

SPEED | DISTANCE | ELEVATION

• Distance - Between 7 and 8 miles, depending on the pace we keep
• Elevation - 400 feet (estimate)
• Speed - around 3.0mph throughout the course of the hike.

BASIC INFO

• DAY & DATE: Wednesday December 4th
• START TIME: 6:30PM (AND WE START ON TIME!)
• STARTING LOCATION: ACME MARKETS
• ADDRESS: 7700 Crittenden St, Philadelphia, PA 19118
• END TIME: Target is 9pm.

GEAR:

• Hiking boots/shoes (sneakers okay but may get muddy/dirty)
• Water
• Appropriate clothing - hats, rain jackets, etc. as needed
• A change of clothes for after (at your discretion)
• Headlamps not necessary for this.
• I also advise people bring hiking bags - either to help store stuff to keep you hands free and/or to help get you accustomed to using one
• Phone | Car/House Keys | Wallet
• Snacks (as you see fit)
• Beer or other drink for before the hike.
• CAMERA!!!!! (OR PHONE!!!!!)

PARKING

• PARKING - Free parking available in the shopping center parking lot.
• DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES or anything visible in your car.

BATHROOMS

• Bathrooms available at the start (not sure about the end) at one of the nearby shops
• No bathrooms breaks, as always, on these short evening hike.

AFTERWARDS

• Afterwards we can head to a place nearby for food & drinks if enough people want to go. Everyone is welcome!

CANCELLATIONS

• I do not cancel hikes for inclement weather. It must be dangerous conditions during the hike or dangerous travel conditions to/from for me to cancel. If I ever do need to cancel or postpone I try to do so as early as possible.
• You may cancel at anytime up to and including the start time of the hike. Cancellations without contacting me after the start of an event counts as a no-show. More than 3 no-shows gets you removed from the group. If something happens, I get it, reach out and just tell me after. I've been there - hungover, busy, etc. Just be polite, and brief, if you miss and forget to cancel.