Cynwyd Heritage Trail

This is a nice trail. One direction is all downhill so you can get a pretty good workout going back up. It’s clean, the people are friendly (although there wasn’t too many) and there is a little park for the kids.

This is a clean, well-​maintained trail suitable for walking, jogging, and cycling. The trail is a repurposed area that used to be occupied by railroad tracks. In fact, the tracks are gone, but the overhead electrical lines that once supplied power to trains remain, making for a visually interesting mix of nature and technology.
One really nice touch is that there are hard and soft trails side-​by-​side, depending on what you prefer and what is best for your chosen activity. There are also nice seating areas at regular intervals, and about halfway along the trail is Bala Cynwyd park, with seating, a water fountain, and restroom facilities.
The trail was reasonably well-​populated on a weekday afternoon but the area near the bridge to Manayunk was relatively empty. There are plans to connect the Cynwyd Heritage Trail with the Manayunk Towpath using the bridge, which I think would make that area a bit busier and less abandoned-​seeming.
The website for the trail advertises three trailheads. If you are driving here, I’d say don’t bother trying to enter at the Cynwyd train station unless it is a very off-​peak time of day. It is near-​impossible to find a spot in the parking lot there and even if you do, it is extremely narrow and cramped there.