Directions to the
Camden Children’s Garden
3 Riverside Drive
Camden, NJ 08103
856.365.8733

From New Jersey:

From the New Jersey Turnpike/Interstate 295:
Traveling Southbound – Take Exit 4 to Route 73 North to Interstate 295 South (½ mile). Stay on I-295 South for approximately 8 miles until road splits. Stay on the left towards Philadelphia for Exit 26. (Sign says 76 to 676 Camden/Philadelphia). Follow ramp about 1 mile to another split in road. Stay right for 676 North/Ben Franklin Bridge/Camden. Go approximately 2 miles to Exit 5A (Mickle Blvd./Martin Luther King Blvd.), and follow Mickle Blvd./MLK and signs to the Waterfront  - Camden Children's Garden  & Aquarium. At dead end at giant propeller, make a right onto Riverside Drive and the Garden will be on your left. TO PARK: Pass Garden on left, make 1st right onto Federal Street, make 1st right onto Delaware Ave, and then make 1st right into Waterfront Parking Garage.

From the New Jersey Turnpike/Interstate 295:
Traveling Northbound – Take Exit 3 to Route 168 North (Black Horse Pike). Travel about 1 mile to I-295 South. Stay on I-295 south for approximately 0.8 miles until road splits. Stay on the left for Exit 26. (Sign says 76 to 676 Camden/Philadelphia). Follow ramp about 1 mile to another split in road. Stay right for 676 North/Ben Franklin Bridge/Camden. Go approximately 2 miles to Exit 5A (Mickle Blvd./Martin Luther King Blvd.), and follow Mickle Blvd./MLK Blvd. and signs to the Waterfront.  At dead end at giant propeller, make a right onto Riverside Drive and the Garden will be on your left.
TO PARK: Pass Garden on left, make 1st right onto Federal Street, make 1st right onto Delaware Ave, and then make 1st right into Waterfront Parking Garage.

From Garden State Parkway – If traveling in South Jersey, take Garden State Parkway to the Atlantic City Expressway and follow directions below for directions from that route. If traveling in central New Jersey, take Garden State Parkway to I-195 West. Take I-195 West to the New Jersey Turnpike going South. Then follow directions for New Jersey Turnpike/Interstate 295 going southbound. If traveling from North Jersey, follow south to New Jersey Turnpike.

From Atlantic City Expressway – Take exit for I-676 and follow to exit 5A. Take exit 5A (Mickle Blvd./Martin Luther King Blvd.) and follow signs to the Waterfront.  At dead end at giant propeller, make a right onto Riverside Drive and the Garden will be on your left. TO PARK: Pass Garden on left, make 1st right onto Federal Street, make 1st right onto Delaware Ave, and then make 1st right into Waterfront Parking Garage.

From Pennsylvania:

From Interstate 95 (North or South) – Follow toward Philadelphia and take exit 22 (sign says Historic Philadelphia/Independence/Interstate 676 East). Follow signs for I-676 East to Ben Franklin Bridge tolls (stay to the right). Cross the Ben Franklin Bridge and bear right to continue on I-676 South. Remaining in the right lane, look for Exit 5B, less than ¼ mile from toll plaza on the right-hand side. Exit at 5B “Market Street/Waterfront” that begins Market Street. Stay on Market Street (west), following blue “Waterfront/Aquarium” signs for approximately 0.6 miles to Delaware Avenue. Make a left at Delaware Avenue (south), and get into the right lane on Delaware Avenue. TO PARK: Cross over Federal Street and soon after, make a right into the Waterfront Parking Garage.  After parking, exit the garage and the Garden will be in front of you towards the right. TO DROP OFF AT GARDEN: Make a right onto Federal Street and a left onto Riverside Drive. The Garden will be on your right immediately following your turn.

From Delaware or Chester County – Take the Commodore Barry Bridge to I-295 North. Follow signs for 676 North/Camden/Ben Franklin Bridge. Take I-676 to exit 5A (Mickle Blvd./Martin Luther King Blvd.) and follow signs to the Waterfront. At dead end at giant propeller, make a right onto Riverside Drive and the Garden will be on your left. TO PARK: Pass Garden on left, make 1st right onto Federal Street, make 1st right onto Delaware Ave, and then make 1st right into Waterfront Parking Garage.

LANDMARKS NEAR THE CAMDEN CHILDREN’S GARDEN

• Located along the Delaware River, directly across from Philadelphia
• Adjacent to the Adventure Aquarium
• Across the street from the Delaware River Port Authority Building (DRPA) 
• Within walking distance of the Battleship NJ, the Tweeter Center, Campbell’s Field, home of the Camden Riversharks and Rutger’s University, Camden Campus
• Close to the Ben Franklin Bridge

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The Camden Children’s Garden is accessible by:

• NJ Transit bus
• NJ Transit’s light rail River LINE,  1.800.722.2222 
• Riverlink Ferry 1.215.925.LINK (5465)
• Patco High Speed line 856.772.6900