Smith's Bridge Picnic Area — Attraction in Chadds Ford Township

this place is a great way to explore the brandywine river for free. keep in mind that because it is free, the lot will fill up quickly and parking on the road side has mostly all been eliminated by the park service via huge rocks. people will bring their entire family here for day-long fiestas where they setup tents, blankets, hammocks, chairs, grills, and just cookout the play crazy loud music and swim around in the water. get here early, well before 10 AM on the weekends, but before 9 would be better. Signs say lot is open...

I'm in Love with this place! My kids have an awesome time whenever we go! I'm actually planning a cook out there with my whole family, like a family reunion. My favorite part is there are depths of water for everyone. Littles can just stand in the water up to their ankles or bigger kids can go to different spits that are a little deeper & swim. You can also float in tubes, kayaks, blow up boats, etc. It is a friendly atmosphere & has not been any fights or anything disrespectful...

There should be an enforced noise ordinance. Its understandable that the area is packed on a weekend but when visitors have PA systems it's too much, the past three weekends when I have paddled past you can hear the music 500 yards upstream (I thought there might be a festival). Needs much more parking, a load in and...