Polo by the Delaware
Tinicum Park & River Polo
Riverside county parkland with a historic farmstead, a beloved arts festival, and summer Saturdays when polo thunders beside the towpath.
Tinicum Park spreads more than 100 acres of riverside meadow and woodland along the Delaware at Erwinna — county parkland with an unusually aristocratic sideline: on summer Saturdays, the Tinicum Park Polo Club plays matches on the great lawn, and spectators line the boards with picnics as the towpath's cyclists roll past behind them.
The park holds the historic Erwin farmstead — the Georgian house of Colonel Arthur Erwin, Revolutionary officer and early landowner — plus camping, trails, and river access, and each summer it hosts the Tinicum Arts Festival, one of upper Bucks' longest-running community traditions. It is the countryside's living room.
Parks & Nature
The park and the farmstead
The parkland runs from River Road to the Delaware's bank, taking in open meadow, woodland, picnic groves, a small campground, and direct access to the canal towpath. At its heart stands the 18th-century Erwin house, seat of Colonel Arthur Erwin, whose landholdings once spanned this reach of the river.
The scenery earns its painters: the Erwinna bend of the Delaware, with its islands and New Jersey hills opposite, is among the river's most composed views.
Parks & Nature
Polo Saturdays and the arts festival
The Tinicum Park Polo Club has made the park's great lawn a summer institution — weekend matches where thoroughbreds thunder past picnicking families, divot-stomping at halftime included. It is gloriously unstuffy: lawn chairs, coolers, and kids chasing the sidelines.
The Tinicum Arts Festival, run by volunteers for decades each July, fills the park with art, crafts, music, and food in support of local causes — the upper county's signature community weekend.
Questions People Ask
Tinicum Park & River Polo — frequently asked questions
What is Tinicum Park?
Tinicum Park is a Bucks County park of more than 100 acres on the Delaware River at Erwinna, PA, featuring the historic 18th-century Erwin farmstead, picnic groves, camping, trails, towpath access, and the great lawn used for summer polo matches.
Can you watch polo at Tinicum Park?
Yes — the Tinicum Park Polo Club plays public matches on summer Saturdays on the park's great lawn. Spectating is casual: bring chairs and a picnic, and join the traditional halftime divot stomp.
What is the Tinicum Arts Festival?
The Tinicum Arts Festival is a volunteer-run July tradition of many decades at Tinicum Park, gathering art, crafts, live music, and food in support of local community causes — upper Bucks County's signature summer festival.
Where is Tinicum Park?
The park lies along River Road (Route 32) at Erwinna in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, PA — about ten minutes from Ottsville and fifteen from Frenchtown, NJ via the river bridge.
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