Entry No. 41 — the Philadelphia file — filed under: cemetery

The Woodlands

A ~54-acre Victorian "rural cemetery" wrapped around a Federal-style mansion (built 1770 on an estate the Hamilton family had held since 1735), holding more than 30,000 burials — including artist Thomas Eakins and several Civil War generals, plus Dr. Thomas W. Evans' 150-foot obelisk, the tallest gravestone in the United States.

The move: Walk the free, dawn-to-dusk grounds along the Woodlands Heritage Trail, hunting down Dr. Thomas Evans's towering obelisk and the arboretum's oldest trees, then loop back past the mansion.

• 📍 West Philadelphia
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 4000 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Hours: Added 2026-07-19 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Further reading: Official site · Wikipedia · hiddencityphila.org

last checked: 2026-07-19