About 5 miles northwest of downtown, the 1,800-acre Wissahickon Valley Pack offers more than 50 miles of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails. Plus, visitors can go bird-watching ...

After nearly two decades with Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW), and the past five years as its executive director, Ruffian Tittmann will be leaving the organization to pursue a new opportunity.

The proposed Wissahickon Gateway would give Schuylkill River Trail walkers, runners, and cyclists a way to circumvent the busy nexus of roads around Ridge Avenue and Main Street in Manayunk.