Mercer County Park

From South Via Interstate 295

• Take Interstate 295 North to exit 65 A, Sloan Avenue

• Go East on Sloan Avenue to 1st traffic light

• Go straight through intersection onto Flock Road and travel 0.7 miles to Paxson Avenue

• Turn left onto Paxson and go 0.9 mile to intersection of Hughes Drive and entrance to the park

From South Via NJ Turnpike

• Take Turnpike to Exit 7A

• Follow west on I-195 to exit 5B (first exit on 195)

• Travel North on Route 130 to 1st light (Rt. 526)

• Turn left at light and right at next light (still Rt. 526)

• From this point travel 3 miles to Rt. 535 (Edinburgh Rd.)

• Turn left on 535 and travel 0.2 miles to entrance of Mercer County Park on right

Schuylkill River – Kelly Drive

Kelly Drive will be closed for most regattas and for most regattas our boat trailer will be parked at the St. Joe’s/Canoe Club boathouse parking lot.

· Take I-76, the Schuylkill Expressway, west.

· Follow I-76 West to exit 340A (not Roosevelt Blvd) on the right.

· Take this exit, turn right at foot of exit and get in the left lane as you go over City Avenue Bridge across the Schuylkill River.

· Stay left and follow signs for Kelly Drive.

· The ramp will spiral downwards in a counter-clockwise direction and will merge you onto Kelly Drive, southbound.

· Move to right lane of Kelly Drive after merging at the bottom of the spiral.

· Take Kelly Drive past four traffic lights.

· The first building on the right, between the river and Kelly Drive, is the Canoe Club, where all out-of-town crews launch, except for Dad Vails or Stotesbury. The very next building is St. Joe’s Boathouse which is aprox. 1 ½ miles to boathouse row and the Art Museum.