This trailhead is less than a mile from the northern terminus of Philadelphia County's Pennypack Trail, which runs north from the Delaware River at Holmesburg.

Here, the trail crosses Moredon Road and begins to run parallel to Pennypack Creek on the west bank.

The trail enters Lower Moreland Township and heads across the Pennypack Creek again before coming to a grade crossing with SEPTA's West Trenton Line.

The trail crosses Terwood Road before it heads across the Pennypack Creek on a 165-foot (50 m) long bridge and then enters Bryn Athyn.

In January 1983, SEPTA suspended service between Fox Chase and Newtown because of low ridership, a labor dispute, and failing diesel equipment on this section of line, which lacked electrification.