How do I get to Pitts, from Phila by boat.?

Question

I need to know how do I get to Pitt, from Phila, by boat.

Answer 1

I live in Pittsburgh, K.B. has it right , that is the only way here now, did you buy a boat in Phila ? you will have to wait till
spring though . not sure about the Miss. but a lot of locks
are closed for the winter on the Ohio now .Check your
route with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. they run the
locks. on the Miss. and all the inland rivers here.

Answer 2

Did you buy a new boat and need to get it to Pittsburg or are you planning a neat canoe trip?
If it is the neat trip, you can go up the West branch of the Susquehanna, but there is a portage called the Allegheny Portage of about 25 miles over the Allegheny Mountains.
If you are talking about a bigger boat, it is down the Deleware, C&D Canal, down the Chesapeake, take the ICW inside , around FL and up the Mississippi to the Ohio.
Have a good trip.

Answer 3

You might be better off trailering the boat, by water it would be a long trip....here goes, Delaware river south to Delaware bay to Atlantic ocean, north along the new jersey coast into new york harbor, thru new york harbor to the Hudson river, north on the Hudson to lake Champlain, across lake Champlain thru the Canadian heritage canal into the st Lawrence seaway, west on the st Lawrence to lake Ontario, thru lake Erie, cross more Canadian canals to Chicago, south on the Illinois river to the Mississippi river to the Ohio river, then the Ohio river to Pittsburgh, it'd be a great trip and a goodly portion of it is part of what is called " the great loop" the great loop is a trip where you begin anywhere along it and circumnavigate the eastern united states back to where you began....hope this is helpful to you :)

Answer 4

there used to be such a route, back in the days of canal boats called the Allegheny Portage.......a complicated series of locks and switchbacks and canals and bridhes to get canal freight boats up and over the Alleghenies.about 5 years after they finally got it built, the railroad pushed aline accross and that was that.......I dount the Portage still is in existance however..but you could start there, or ask the PA Dept of Parks what river routes still exist...now you could down to the Chesapeak, up the west branch of the Susquehana, carry a small boat across about 25 miles of nasty hills to the Allegheny.........

Answer 5

If you mean Pittsburg to Philadelphia (by sailing a boat) it's like the old man at the gas station says, "Son, you can't get there from here."

Answer 6

You'd have to go down the coast, around Florida, up the MississippiRiver then up the Ohio River to Pitt. But........why?!?

Answer 7

Find somebody with a boat trailer and a big truck to tow you.

Answer 8

Who would want to? Just drive, it's only four hours, or fly, it's about 30 minutes.