2.4-mile long one way. Multiple entrances. Parking varies based on when you enter. Friends of Radnor trail park is a good entrance with parking and a dog park. Bathrooms available there too. Wayne art center has parking. There's also a small lot off of Conestoga road by the curve across from Brookside Ave. Trail ends at Radnor Chester road and Sugartown road. Radnor Chester is a bit dangerous of an entrance. No parking available there. Parking at the shopping center across the street from the Sugartown entrance. Multiple other entrances have parking lots throughout the middle of the trail. Entrance also available from the apts by the township building and accessible from the township driving range off of Iven ave. Trail isn't flat. Has a slight tilt toward the edges. Occasional benches. Entrance by the art center is beautiful and always decorated by local art. Nice and quiet. Beautiful nature escape in the middle of a town. Mile markers on the side. Gets pretty busy when it's nice out and on afternoons. The local high school often uses the trail for cross country practice in the fall. read more

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This past weekend, it was a nice day out, so my wife wanted to get outside. We decided to try a new semi-local trail and parked at the Radnor Trailhead. We spent some time walking towards Strafford and enjoying the nice weather. This trail seemed well maintained, but was completely asphalt. Perfect for anything with wheels. There were interesting things along the way, a larger "Friends of Radnor Trail Park", with a lot of dog activity. The Wayne Art Center had some art work lining the fences of the trail. One area of the trail even had a small community garden, where the walkers could help themselves to anything that was growing. It's a nice place to be outside,but you are basically walking in an alley between back yards. Well not an alley, because an old railway was here. The trail had some interesting information about where each stop was along the trail. A great way to reclaim land from those tracks. Additionally, there were port-a-potties along the path. A nice day out, but I don't know if we would ever return. read more

2.4mile trail spanning from Sugartown Road to Radnor Chester Road. Finally tried this trail today when a trip to my usual spot (Ridley Creek) was not going to happen with all else I needed to do. After I made a return at nearby Target, I ditched my car there, and crossed the parking lot to the trail entrance at Sugartown Rd. The trend of the reviews for this trail are all high stars, and "beautiful," "well kept" etc. I will always give a trail or park 4 or 5 because it's greenspace. I tend to give 5s to places that are particularly inspiring or scenic. I've walked a lot of trails around here, and I am not sure what, to others, was remarkably beautiful? It is a lot of the backs of businesses and people's back yards or apartment buildings. At the far end by Radnor Chester Rd, there is some wooded area that was pretty, but I took ample photos to show you what I am talking about, it was just a straight shot paved trail with a lot of fences along it. I am not calling it ugly, I just saw it as more utilitarian than scenic, frankly. As for the well kept part, yes it is well kept. I was pleased to see multiple public trash cans along the trail, and aside from a little litter, it was decently kept. But note that many trails nearby are (recently visited Goshen Road Trail and Chester Valley Trail, both just as well kept). I did not know Wayne had a swamp in it, but per my photos, there is a legit "Little Bayou" section of Wayne along this trail. Like serious trees growing out of a swamp lake. That was definitely interesting. Also interesting was the Wayne Arts Center, about half-way along the trail. They have an access path from the center, a small tree fort/platform area for kids to use, some benches for sitting along the trail, a bulletin board filled with Art Center/community activity announcements, and local kids' artwork that has been blown up and put on weatherproof metal signage material. I actually had to utilize this area to rest when my baby got cranky for a bottle. It was helpful, but the wood bench slats were really thin and weak. So sturdier benches would be appreciated and probably used more. My current postpartum body is not skinny, but I am not THAT fat. Toward the Sugartown end, there is a community veggie garden offering free harvests to passers-by. Nice (and cute) touch. There are didactic panels along the trail, explaining facts about the old rail line, which part of the trail follows. This is another nice touch, and is definitely something other local trails do not have. Radnor trail is safe in terms of a smooth sound paved surface, brush and debris cleared for several feet along each side of the trail, upkept trashcans and dog waste bag dispensers, clear signage, sturdy overpass bridges with well-fixed chain link fencing, etc. Trail is marked every tenth of a mile with clear signage along the north side, but it faces westward, so only those walking from East to West can see the signs. This is a little annoying. Why not buy signs for the other way? Or put paint markers on the trail surface? I saw a number of walkers, joggers, dogs on (and one off) leash, and I can attest to an easy stroll with my stroller. There are port-a-potties around the half-way point of the trail. Radnor trail has been on my "local trails to try" list for a while. What has taken me a bit to do it is the lack of parking at the trail head or foot. Apart from the couple of parks that abut Radnor trail, providing access paths at mid-points along it, there is no trail specific parking at either end. If you don't live within walking distance it's not useful to have to access it half way along its length, and then have to choose one direction or the other, and double back. So this is a definite drawback and will prevent me from wanting to use it much, unless Target and Acme don't care about non-customers using their lots. At least xing the parking lot to and fro adds enough to round your distance out to a healthy 5 mile walk. read more

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It's a long enough trail for a nice walk. All paved and no where to walk off the beaten path. Just watch out for bikes. It's not very wide. But if you just want some exercise and a nice day it does the job. Plus it's right outback of our personal training studio. read more

Absolutely beautiful with changing scenery. Parts are in direct sun and parts are shaded so its a good variety. Love that they have a porta potty on the trail. read more

Nice hiking trail. Plenty of room to ride your bike or run. Pretty scenery along the way.

Great trail! Well kept and always other people using the trail. Everyone is always friendly so I feel safe running there. I usually run the 2.5 mile trail and then 2.5 miles back. This is my favorite trail because it isn't boring. There is some incline and a hill at the end. In addition, there are trees and the art museum on the trail. Mile markers are very helpful! There is a portable bathroom but I've never used it. This trail is the perfect location, ending right at WaWa! read more

A walking, jogging, bike trail that follows an old railroad line. A great idea, but so much of the trail is bordered by high fences, so that you can't look out onto the adjacent properties, that it becomes a claustrophobic experience with little of anything green to be seen. It's a shame to waste so much money to build a walking path, and then fence it in to appease adjacent property owners. read more

When you aren't in the mood to do the 5 mile trek in Valley Forge- this is a GREAT alternative. The route is about half and you can bike, walk, run, walk the dogs through pretty green scenery. Since you have houses on both sides of the trail, sometimes you get a wiff of trash. Oh and you have to watch out for the 'families' that think they are the only ones on the trail. Other than that, no complaints. Cute, shaded trail to enjoy a brisk run! read more

Lovely green trail is well-utilized by locals. Safe, nicely paved, and much of the trail has a gravel side option for extra width. Very shady with incredibly tall trees and some grade at the E end of the trail, and more sunny with patches of shade and quite flat in the middle and at the W end. Several parking options along the trail and a port-a-potty at about the halfway mark, at the parking lot near Brookside Ave. Brian M.'s comment from 2012 is bizarre, as there are plenty of verdant views of the back of houses or trees. The adjacent properties have built individual fences (not by the township to "appease" them), either at the time the railroad went along this way, or after the trail was established and they realized they would have hundreds of people walking just along their back yard lines. I don't blame them for wanting assurance that nobody would be wandering into their back yards. read more

Love this trail! Short and sweet, I think it's about 5 miles round trip? It's paved, so it gets an occasional cyclist (who didn't catch the memo on how short it was?) which is the only downfall. read more

This is a beautiful course approximately 4.8 miles, well kept. A few weird incidents but Radnor police was on top of it. Dogs, families, Walker's, cyclist, runners, lovers, and me too :) read more

Gorgeous trail - clean, safe, well-traveled, which used to be a train track. It sits in the middle of beautiful homes with tons of trees. You can run on paved or gravel surfaces - gravel follows along side the paved path. The total length is about 2.5 miles (one-way). But, we started near Brookside and Conestoga Avenue where there was a trail head. Note: when we googled the trail it took us past this pull off but we never did find where google maps was trying to take us, so we turned around and used the trailhead at Brookside and Conestoga. From that trailhead you can either go left or right. Folks there said it wasn't far if you went left, so we went right and it was about 2 miles up to the end. Not really long enough for a bike ride and probably too crowded anyway, but there were families there with little kids riding that that seems appropriate use. read more