Directions

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 RiverKelly 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.