High above the Schuylkill’s waters, the River Section was founded in 1880 to be convenient to the Reading Railroad’s Pencoyd Station. In this section are a Tennis Hall of Fame member, the creator of Mother’s Day, a charlatan who claimed to invent a perpetual motion machine, a man who literally changed two sports, and many others.

This tour remains on paved paths at all times and is accessible for limited mobility guests.

Generously sponsored by Carol R. Yaster and William J. Levant, Esq.

This event is being hosted in coordination with Love Your Park Week, a citywide celebration of Philadelphia’s parks and public spaces. Learn more at loveyourpark.org/events/lyp-week-2026

Tour Guide: Joe Lex

COST

• $20/General Admission (Ages 13 and up)
• $18/Seniors (Ages 65+) and Students with ID
• $15/Members of the Friends of Laurel Hill
• $10/Youth (Ages 6-12)
• $2/Access Card Holders (can purchase up to 4 tickets) **
• Free/Ages 5 and under

** Access Card + Valid Photo I.D. must be presented at check-in.

Youth and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Advanced ticket purchases are strongly encouraged. Tickets purchased at the door are credit card or exact change only.

DIRECTIONS

We will depart from the CONSERVATORY at Laurel Hill West (not the first building you see when you enter from Belmont Ave.).

• Click here for directions to Laurel Hill West.
• Laurel Hill West Cemetery is located at 225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 (GPS directions: 321 Belmont Avenue).
  • When you enter the cemetery through the main gates off of Belmont Avenue, keep going straight until a second set of gates. After those gates, you will see white dashed lines on the road that lead to the Conservatory.
  • NOTE FOR UBER/LYFT RIDERS: Have your driver go into the cemetery following the above directions — otherwise, you will have a 5 – 10-minute walk to the event location.
• Free parking is available outside the Conservatory.