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The Trail of History is a self-guided walking tour of some of the sites that figured prominently in the history and development of Upper Moreland and Willow Grove. Brochures are available for free from the UMHA or the Parks and Recreation Department.
Too much effort to walk around town? The Trail of History featuring the art of Joe Thomas is now available online! Both versions will open in a new window.
Note: Adobe Flash Player has been discontinued, so the above versions of the Trail of History may not display properly in your browser. Below is the downloadable pdf version: Willow Grove Walking Tour PDF
Walk Duration: 1 Hour; Distance: 3/4 Mile;
Surface: Paved; Grade: None.
Tour the sites of George Rex's Mineral Springs Hotel resort
(1803), later to become the centerpiece of the Ehrenpfort
Amusement Park, as well as other sites along Round Meadow
Run. This entire area was at one time a sphagnum swamp.
It became the original crossroads of York Road to New
Hope and New York and the Doylestown Turnpike as well
as the junction point of connecting roads to local mills.
Walk Duration: 1 Hour; Distance: 3/4 Mile;
Surface: Paved; Grade: a part is Steep Downhill
This tour begins atop the highest elevation in Eastern Montgomery
County, Frazier's Hill, where the first U. S. Geodetic
Survey took place in 1839. The Tour descends from this
high point to Davisville Road and the site of the first
school and other landmarks important in the development
of the town. Included are the sites of the old post
office, the Fountain House Inn, the first fire house,
stores and shops, a scythe factory and other items of
historic interest.
Walk Duration: 1 1/2 Hours; Distance: 1 Mile;
Surface: Gravel; Grade: Slight
This tour gives an excellent look at the natural environment
along the Pennypack Creek that provided the power resources
for several mills in the area. The tour investigates
what little remains of one of the largest and oldest
mills, Masons Mill, first built in 1762 by the Lloyd
Family.
To view a .PDF of some of our past tours see below:
Bus Tour #1 (16.1 KB) - click here
Hatboro Walking Tour (30 KB) - click here
Pennypack Creek Grist Mill Tour (15.9 KB) - click here
Willow Grove Walking Tour (34 KB) - click
here