Kennett Square ICE CREAM Hike

Meet at the Kennett Square Library (formerly Bayard Taylor Library), 216 E. State Street, Kennett Square, PA. Arrive ready to leave at 7:00 p.m. for a 3-mile summer evening walk in downtown Kennett Square, with a stop for ice cream at La Michoacana. Bring your ice cream money! Park on the street or in the lot behind the library. Parking is free on Sunday. If you get lost, call the hike leader. DRIVING DIRECTIONS from Concord Pike, Rt. 202, or Kennett Pike, Rt. 52: Driving North to US Rt. 1, E. Baltimore Pike, turn left onto E. Baltimore Pike, drive past Longwood Gardens and take the FIRST Kennett Square exit off of US Rt. 1 (just past the Longwood Village Shopping Center and Walmart). Continue to downtown Kennett Square on East State Street. Drive past the YMCA and Blitz Automotive. After you cross Willow Street, look for the Kennett Library on your left, just past the post office. Turn left to access the parking lot behind the library, or park on the street. DRIVING DIRECTIONS from Newark or Hockessin, DE: take Rt. 7 (Limestone Road) North to Rt. 41 North (Lancaster Pike), to just before Avondale, PA. Turn sharp right onto Baltimore Pike and continue through Toughkennamon toward Kennett Square until the road becomes W. Cypress Street and follow W. Cypress Street to Willow Street. Turn left onto Willow Street to E. State Street, then left onto E. State Street. The Kennett Library is on your left, just past the post office. Turn left to access the parking lot behind the library, or park on the street.

From the intersection of US-1 & PA-52 (Kennett Pike). Take US-1 south & proceed 2.0 mi. Exit on the right onto E Baltimore Pike & proceed 1.5 mi. Turn right onto N Broad St & proceed 2 blocks. Turn left into E Linden St & proceed 256 ft. Turn left into the parking garage.

No parking fee on weekends or evenings after 5.

Parking Garage Our well-lit and convenient parking garage located on East Linden Street has ground floor metered parking and the rest is permit. Meter and permit enforcement happens Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm. The parking garage is free in all areas after 5pm on weekdays and all weekend long.