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| EDGEMONT, MIDDLETOWN, UPPER PROVIDENCE |
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| Colonial Plantation |
Ridley Creek State Park is a 2,606-acre Pennsylvania state park in Edgmont, Middletown and Upper Providence Townships, Delaware County. 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.
The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is a living museum on the 112-acre farm where the Pratt family lived from 1720-1820. Admission is charged and it is open to the general public on weekends from April through November
In 1976 these properties were registered on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district.
