Getting Here and Around

Penn's Landing is within easy walking distance of the Historic Area, Old City, and Society Hill, or can be accessed by SEPTA. To reach Penn's Landing, cross the Walnut Street Bridge at Front Street, which deposits you at the Independence Seaport Museum. The RiverLink Ferry connects Penn's Landing to Camden, New Jersey.

RiverLink Ferry. This passenger ferry makes a 10-minute trip across the Delaware River; it travels back and forth between the Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing and Camden's waterfront attractions, including the New Jersey State Aquarium, the Camden Children's Museum, and the battleship New Jersey. On summer weekends, you can also take a 30-minute water-shuttle tour, departing hourly between noon and 6 pm, departing from the Spruce Street Harbor Park dock. You can get a picturesque view of Philadelphia's skyline and the Ben Franklin Bridge. It runs daily from June through August and then weekends only in May and September. Besides its daytime schedule, the ferry runs express service before and after Susquehanna Bank Center concerts and Camden Riversharks baseball games. Round-trip tickets cost $7. Penn's Landing, Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19106. 215/625–0221; www.delawareriverwaterfront.com/places/riverlink-ferry.

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