Philadelphia municipal parking lot | Informal Campsite

October 28th, 2021 by omnisrex

ONLY FOR VANCAMPERS! Small parking lot, lots of narrow streets to get to parking lot. Do NOT attempt to go here if you are in a class C or A!

November 25th, 2019 by julika.guenther

got lucky and got the last parking spot. stayed a night no problems. pretty quiet!

October 31st, 2019 by sb_fifi

Tried the parking lot. All full especially since it's Halloween night. Went to Walmart instead as we are a 21ft TT and SUV.

August 30th, 2019 by realfoodcook

Got here late on Labor Day weekend. Had to wait almost two hours, but someone finally left and we got ourselves parked. Awesome find, thank you to the original poster for the heads up! Felt safe, pretty quiet and within walking or biking distance to everything we planned on doing.

June 5th, 2019 by you_me_go_see

Thanks for sharing this location! It’s such a gem for visiting Philly. No parking restrictions. Within walking distance to the sights. Very safe neighbourhood & is quiet. We parked in a 2 hour zone out the front then came back & luckily found a park in this lot. The lot was full the whole time we were here. We’re in a Sprinter and we fit in nicely though it is quite tight. Stayed 2 nights, absolutely no problems.

January 4th, 2019 by lrln

Cool spot. The parking spaces are pretty tight. We decided to just head to another area since we are a relatively large vehicle(a little smaller than a sprinter van). We might try again tomorrow.

July 10th, 2018 by kaatriine

Exactly as described. We had to wait 5-10 minutes before getting a parking spot but absolutely worth it.
We only stayed there one night.
It’s literally just a parking lot but it’s very convenient to visit the city as everything is close by.

November 2nd, 2017 by jimmccormick

One of the best finds of our two year journey as far as city sightseeing goes! We parked here for four nights. Not even two kms from city centre - we toured the
Mural routes, walked to the kimmel centre to see the philharmonic, independence square and the Arts Museum at the end of Ben Franklin Boulevard (yep - in our fifties so did the Rocky thang). Not far from the Italian market.

Free and absolutely no restrictions. Trick is to actually get a spot - worth hanging out in the morning or late afternoon at the diner next door to wait. There are other free municipal lots - check out visitphilly.com but we added two screenshots to this post of the spots. We have a truck camper - anything bigger will not fit here.

Loved Philly!