Fodor's Expert Review Belmont Plateau
Parkway Museum District and Fairmount Park
Viewpoint
Free
Belmont Plateau has a view from 243 feet above river level, which will literally be the high point of a tour of Fairmount Park. In front of you are the park, the Schuylkill River winding down to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and, 4 miles away, the Philadelphia skyline.