Blue Bell Park

For the baseball stadium in College Station, Texas, see Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

Blue Bell Hill Park[1] commonly known as Blue Bell Park is a small park located in Blue Bell Hill by Germantown, Philadelphia. The park is located on the Wissahickon Creek and is directly southeast of Wissahickon Valley Park.[2][3] The RittenhouseTown Historic District is located at Blue Bell Hill.[4]

In 1974, a small group of undergraduate Pan-Hellenic Council members known as "The Family" founded the Philadelphia Greek Picnic in Blue Bell Park which later attracted an attendance of over 250,000 people.[5][6]

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