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Escape the Park turns Old City Philadelphia into three self-guided outdoor mystery games, played on your own phone with no guide and no fixed schedule. One booking unlocks all three.
The Bell's Lost Word is built for junior agents ages 6-12. Count clues hidden on real landmarks - columns, stars, names, statues - and use a Junior Agent Codebook to return the Liberty Bell's lost word.
The Shadow of Old City is the intermediate game. Gather a letter at eight real landmarks, from Washington Square to Elfreth's Alley to the President's House, and name the shadow that has followed the city since 1776.
The Spy Winter goes deepest - play a courier in Major John Clark's spy ring in British-occupied Philadelphia, 1777-78, and decode a cipher hidden in the city's monuments.
Each game stands alone and runs 1 to 2 hours at your own pace, on foot. Play one now and save the others for next time. Start anytime and walk the streets the founders walked.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Begin at Washington Square, at the memorial in the center of the square. Open your game link on your phone and start Stop 1 - there is no in-person check-in. The junior-agent game, The Bell's Lost Word, starts two blocks away at Signers' Garden, 5th and Chestnut.
Itinerary
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1Independence Hall
Solve clues at the exterior of the building where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and signed. The game uses features you can see from the public square - no ticket or timed entry required.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Elfreth's Alley
Walk the oldest continuously inhabited residential street in the country and find the clue hidden in its doorways and markers. Free to walk at any hour.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Washington Square
Two of the three games open here, at the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier and the memorial wall. An outdoor public square, open and free at all hours.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Second Bank of the United States
Count the Greek Revival columns across the front and read the site signage - two different games take a clue from this building. Everything needed is visible from the street.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5First Bank of the United States
The oldest bank building in the country. Junior agents count its marble Corinthian columns to crack one letter of the code. Exterior only, free, always visible.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Christ Church Burial Ground
Benjamin Franklin's grave lies just inside the corner railing, readable from the sidewalk. Two clues come from here - the names on the slab and the burial-ground sign.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Betsy Ross House
Count the stars on the flag flying over the courtyard, and find the state marker on Arch Street. Both clues are outdoors - no ticket needed to solve them.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Franklin Court
Franklin's home site, the ghost-frame steel outline, and the B. Free Franklin Post Office sign - the sign itself hides a clue. All outdoors and free to reach.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9The President's House
The open-air memorial on the site of the executive mansion, where the nine people Washington enslaved here are named on the granite wall. All three games take a clue from this site. Free, outdoors, always open.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Powel House
A Georgian townhouse on Third Street whose bronze tablet supplies clues in two of the games. Washington and Lafayette were frequent guests here. Read the tablet from the pavement.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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