Warrington Township will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Sections B & C of the Warrington Township portion of the Circuit Trails Network on Friday May. 5, 2023 at 11 a.m. The ceremony will take place in front of Fire Station 78 at 3351 Pickertown Road. Parking will be at the Public Works building located at 3361 Pickertown Road. All are welcome to attend.
Warrington Township is joining other communities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to expand the number and availability of walkable public trails included in the Circuit Trails System, an 800 plus mile network of multi-use trails throughout the Philadelphia area. These trails link urban, suburban, and rural communities, provide for healthy transportation and recreation, and connect communities to green spaces.
The trailhead begins at the Route 202 Parkway and terminates at the Bradford Dam and is approximately five miles in length. The newly constructed Segment B begins at the intersection of Mill Creek and Pickertown Roads, where Segment A ends. The trail proceeds adjacent to the westbound lane of Pickertown Road to the northwestern corner of the intersection of Pickertown and Lower State Roads. It crosses Lower State Road and then Pickertown Road and terminates at the southeastern corner. The trail continues to the Bradford Dam via a trail segment constructed by a private developer. Segment C runs along the western side of Lower State Road extending from trail Segment B at the Northwest corner of the signalized intersection of Lower State Road and Pickertown Road and continues to the intersection of Lower State Road and Bellflower Boulevard.
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Warrington Township received a grant in the amount of $350,000 from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Community Conservation Partnerships Program for the construction of trail Segments B & C. The total cost for this segment is approximately $700,000.
A private developer has completed a section of the trail starting from the intersection of Pickertown and Lower State Roads, adjacent to the Emerson Farms Preserve, to the intersection of Buttercup Boulevard and Pickertown Road, then southward to the intersection of Street Road and Morning Walk Drive. A road crossing at the intersection of Bradley and Folly Roads continues the trail into John Paul Park at Lower Nike, leading to the Bradford Dam.
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About Warrington Township
Warrington Township is located in central Bucks County, approximately 20 miles north of central Philadelphia. The Township encompasses 13.5 square miles, bordered on the north by New Britain, Warwick, and Doylestown Townships, on the east by Warminster Township, and on the south and west by Montgomery and Horsham Townships.
Warrington Township is an outstanding community in which to live, work, shop, learn, and recreate with many unique opportunities to enhance the quality of life for those who reside, work, or visit. The goal of the township is to responsibly manage community change and protect community character and assets; preserve the natural environment and farmland; improve mobility; provide adequate township services and public facilities efficiently and equitably; and promote the economic and social well-being of the community. The Township is committed to protecting the environment, improving quality of life, sustaining its neighborhoods, and protecting the health, safety and welfare of its residents and businesses. For more information, visit http://www.warringtontownship.org.
About the Circuit Trails System
The Circuit Trails System is a vast regional network of hundreds of miles of multi-use trails in the nine-county region of southeastern Pennsylvania, and central and southern New Jersey. Some of the area’s most iconic trails, such as the Schuylkill River Trail and Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk, the Manayunk Bridge, Cooper River Trail, Pennypack Trail and the Chester Valley Trail, are part of the more than 300 miles that make up the Circuit Trails. When the approximately 800 miles of the Circuit Trails are connected, the Philadelphia area will have a trail network unlike any other in the country. The Circuit Trails will connect the urban, suburban and rural communities of the fifth largest metropolitan region in the U.S. A group of more than 65 non-profit organizations, foundations and agencies are working together to advance completion of the Circuit Trails through the Circuit Trails Coalition. To learn more, visit https://circuittrails.org.
