Directions to PCOP when Kelly Drive is closed
From Downtown:
Take Kelly Drive past the Art Museum to the light at the base of boathouse
row. (If you made a left, you would go into the parking lot at this
light). Take a RIGHT at this light onto SEDGLEY DRIVE. Stay to the right
as Sedgley veers left and this road becomes POPLAR DRIVE. Stay on this
street as it crosses Girard; ** (it
becomes 33rd Street). Go over a little bridge and you will see the park start
on your left. Turn LEFT onto RESERVOIR DRIVE, the first entrance to the
park on your left. (The sign at this intersection says Oxford Street, the
continuation of Reservoir Drive on the right side of 33rd Street.) Stay
on Reservoir Drive until you can make a LEFT onto MOUNT PLEASANT (0.4 mi).
If you go too far and see Rockland across the field, take a left on Fountain
Green and then a right onto Mt. Pleasant. Drive past the Mt. Pleasant mansion;
Rockland is on the left.
From the North:
Two possibilities: Take Route 1 South 76 South. Exit at Girard
Avenue. Turn LEFT on GIRARD across the Girard Bridge. Take the
first left onto 33rd Street, and proceed as above, from **.
Second: Exit Route 1 South just before you cross the Schuylkill River (signs may be for Ridge Ave or for Kelly Drive). LEFT on RIDGE going South. (You will be following Laurel Hill Cemetery on your right.) Bear right to keep the cemetery and the park to your right and go onto 33rd Street (as Ridge goes into the city just around York Street). First right after you curve right (to keep the park to your right) is Dauphin Drive. RIGHT on DAUPHIN DRIVE. The first cross street is East Reservoir Drive. LEFT on RESERVOIR DRIVE. Stay towards the right as Reservoir Drive veers left and you will be on Fountain Green. RIGHT onto MOUNT PLEASANT. Drive past the Mt. Pleasant mansion; Rockland is on the left.
From the West:
Two possibilities: Take BELMONT AVENUE south to South Concourse Drive (1.7 mi. south of City Line). Turn LEFT onto SOUTH CONCOURSE DRIVE and proceed one mile to a big stone bridge. (You will pass under 3 smaller bridges and the sign for Sweetbriar; the road becomes Lansdowne Avenue.) Just after passing under the stone bridge, turn LEFT onto GIRARD AVENUE. Cross the Girard Bridge, take the FIRST LEFT onto 33rd STREET (0.2 mi). Go over a little bridge and you will see the park start on your left. Turn LEFT onto RESERVOIR DRIVE (0.3 mi), the first entrance to the park on your left. (The sign at this intersection says Oxford Street, the continuation of Reservoir Drive on the right side of 33rd Street.) Stay on Reservoir Drive until you can make a LEFT onto MOUNT PLEASANT. If you go too far and see Rockland across the field, take a left on Fountain Green and then a right onto Mt. Pleasant. Drive past the Mt. Pleasant mansion; Rockland is on the left.
Second: Take MONUMENT AVENUE south to FORD ROAD. Take Ford Road through the park, across Strawberry Mansion Bridge and you will be on WOODFORD DRIVE. Take your first RIGHT onto GREENLAND DRIVE, the next RIGHT onto DAUPHIN DRIVE. The first cross street is East Reservoir Drive. Turn LEFT onto RESERVOIR DRIVE. Stay towards the right as Reservoir Drive veers left and you will be on Fountain Green. RIGHT onto MOUNT PLEASANT. Drive past the Mt. Pleasant mansion; Rockland is on the left.