Best 10 (More) Scenic Places to Photograph in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 2

Ambler Arboretum at Temple University, Ambler Campus 

580 Meetinghouse Rd., Ambler, PA

Sign the Visitor Log in Admissions or your car will be ticketed. 

Gardens, Barn, Springhouse, Root Cellar, Trellis, Paths

Daily, Dawn-Dusk

Penn State Abington 

1600 Woodland Rd., Abington, PA

College Campus 

Stone Buildings, Arches, Gazebo, Wooded, Pond

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Dixon Meadow Preserve

548 Flourtown Road 

Lafayette Hill, PA

Boardwalk, Creek, Fields, Wildlife

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Arcadia University 

450 S Easton Rd., Glenside, PA

College Campus 

Castle, Stone Buildings, Arches, Courtyard

Prophecy Creek Park

205 Skippack Pike, Whitpain, PA

Daily, Dawn-Dusk 

Gazebo, Barn, Silo, Bridge, Pond

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Trewellyn Preserve 

Sumneytown Pike, Springhouse,  PA 19002

Daily, 8am-Sunset 

Trails, Pond, Waterfalls, Bridges 

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Frick's Locks 

Lower Frick's Lock Rd., East Coventry PA

Technically in Chester County but borders Montgomery County.

Once abandoned, now in the process of stabilization 

you can only access when there are tours. 

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Lorimer Park

183 Moredon Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 

Daily, 8am-Sunset

Professional Photography requires a permit. 

Ursinus College 

601 E Main Street, Collegeville, PA

College Campus 

Green Ribbon Trail 

Four Mills Nature Reserve, Willow and Morris Rds., Ambler, PA

Daily, Dawn-Dusk 

For more scenic places in Montgomery County 

check out my previous post. 

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those containing people are restricted. 

A Tour of Ambler

Hello Travelers! 

And welcome to Ambler, PA:
A small town in the suburban Philadelphia region.

What brings you to Amber? 

Perhaps your fascination for our old time theater 

in the Spanish Colonial style 

dating back to 1928.

Today, the theater operates as a non profit 

which has invested in the renovations to restore the building. 

(I love a happy ending.) 

Or maybe you are in search of our castle.


The castle today.

Lindenwald Castle 

sits proudly in Ambler 

and has much to do with the history of the town. 

2nd floor sitting room of the castle

Mr. Mattison, once the king of the castle, was a businessman 

who discovered asbestos 

and made quite a bit of money manufacturing it in Ambler.

It was a boon for the small town of Ambler.


The asbestos factory before recent renovations.

Nearby the castle is my favorite street in town,
Lindenwald Avenue.

It is lined with mini-castles
once inhabited by the executives for Keasby and Mattison.


An old post card of Lindenwald Ave.

I would settle for a castle carriage house
behind one of these mini-castles.

Carriage House on Lindenwald Ave.

A visit to the Ambler Train Station is in order too,
since Ambler was once called Wissahickon.



Now home of the Trax Cafe

Because of the valiant effort of Mary Ambler ,
who helped rescue and nurse survivors of the Great Train Wreck of 1856,
the town was renamed to Ambler in her honor after her death.


The new Ambler Train Station, 
where my husband gets a ride to work in Phila. everyday.

And you can't leave town without a little walk
through Ambler's best kept secret.

Hidden from view is a quiet path
that leads you along the Wissahickon Creek.
This trail is know as the Green Ribbon Trail, south.
When you need a quick mental escape from suburbia,
this trail does the trick.

So come give Ambler a visit.