page_title: Ridley Creek State Park
section_title: Nearby state parks
hierarchical_section_title: Ridley Creek State Park / Nearby state parks
caption_attribution_description: English: Mansion and Park Office at Ridley Creek State Park Pennsylvania. My own work, donated to the Public Domain.
context_page_description: Ridley Creek State Park is a 2,606-acre Pennsylvania state park in Edgmont, Middletown, and Upper Providence Townships, Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park, about 5 miles north of the county seat of Media, offers many recreational activities, such as hiking, biking, fishing, and picnicking. Ridley Creek passes through the park. Highlights include a 5-mile paved multi-use trail, a formal garden designed by the Olmsted Brothers, and Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, which recreates daily life on a pre-Revolutionary farm. The park is adjacent to the John J. Tyler Arboretum. Ridley Creek State Park is just over 16 miles from downtown, Philadelphia between Pennsylvania Route 352 and Pennsylvania Route 252 on Gradyville Road.
context_section_description: The following state parks are within 30 miles (48 km) of Ridley Creek State Park:
  Alapocas Run State Park (Delaware)
  Auburn Valley State Park (Delaware)
  Bellevue State Park (Delaware)
  Benjamin Rush State Park (Philadelphia County)
  Brandywine Creek State Park (Delaware)
  Delaware Canal State Park (Bucks and Northampton Counties)
  Evansburg State Park (Montgomery County)
  Fort Delaware State Park (Delaware)
  Fort DuPont State Park (Delaware)
  Fort Mott State Park (New Jersey)
  Fort Washington State Park (Montgomery County)
  Fox Point State Park (Delaware)
  French Creek State Park (Berks and Chester Counties)
  Lums Pond State Park (Delaware)
  Marsh Creek State Park (Chester County)
  Neshaminy State Park (Bucks County)
  Norristown Farm Park (Montgomery County)
  Wilmington State Parks  (Delaware)
  White Clay Creek Preserve (Chester County)
  White Clay Creek State Park (Delaware)
caption: Park office, located in the Jeffords Mansion
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