Media to Swarthmore
Route from Media (where I live) to Swarthmore (where I work). There are two routes - a short one (4.5 miles) and a long one (9.5 miles). Each route is given as directions, a map, and a profile. There are shorter routes, but these avoid busy roads (i.e., Baltimore Pike).
|
Total Dist (miles) |
Dist |
Directions |
|
0 |
0.04 |
Start - North on S Olive St |
|
0.04 |
0.48 |
Turn right(ESE) on to W Jefferson St (turns into E Jefferson) |
|
0.52 |
0.37 |
Turn right(S) on to Vernon St |
|
0.89 |
0.58 |
Turn left(SE) on to Wallingford Ave |
|
1.47 |
0.08 |
At T - bear right(SSE) on to SR 252 (S Providence Rd) |
|
1.55 |
0.36 |
At light, turn left(E) on to E Possum Hollow Rd |
|
1.91 |
0.04 |
At T - turn right(SSW) on to E Brookhaven Rd |
|
1.95 |
0.79 |
Almost immediately - turn left(SE) on to Avondale Rd |
|
2.74 |
0.32 |
At T - bear left(ESE) on to E Rose Valley Rd (turns into Yale Ave) |
|
3.06 |
0.29 |
Turn left(NE) on to Harvard Ave |
|
3.35 |
0.16 |
Turn left(N) on to SR 320 (S Chester Rd) |
|
3.51 |
|
Finish at Swarthmore |


| Mile | Dist | Directions | MAP (Notes) |
| 0.0 | 0.1 | South on South Olive Street | ADC Philadelphia and Delaware County 34 |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | At T, left on Jefferson Street | . |
| 0.2 | 0.6 | At T, right on Park Ave | . |
| 0.8 | . | At T, left on Ridley Creek Rd (becomes Knowlton) | . |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Cross 352 | . |
| 3.6 | 1.7 | Left on Creek (Chester Creek) Road | . |
| 5.3 | 0.1 | At T, left on Bridgewater | ADC Philadelphia and Delaware County 42, 43 |
| 5.4 | . | Left on Brookhaven | . |
| 6.1 | 1.1 | Cross 352 | ADC Philadelphia and Delaware County 34 |
| 6.5 | 0.4 | At light, right on Waterville | . |
| 7.1 | 0.3 | Left on Media Pkwy | . |
| 7.4 | 0.4 | Left on Georgetown Road | |
| 7.8 | 0.4 | Right on Meadow Lane | |
| 8.2 | 1.1 | At light, straight (becomes Rose Valley Road, then Yale Ave) | . |
| 9.3 | 0.4 | At light, left on Route 320 | . |
| 9.7 | Swarthmore |

