The Hill
A self-guided audio walking tour of St. Louis, United States
This self-guided audio walking tour of The Hill in St. Louis, United States covers 7 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 6.9 km on foot. Press play in the PodWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co. to Cheltenham, St. Louis. Expect a focus on history and hidden gems.
Download free, then play this walk in St. Louis — narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co.
Somewhere beneath this ground, there are layers of clay — and the ambition of people who figured out exactly what to do with…
Kings Oak, St. Louis
The neighborhood you're standing in was named by its edges — not by its…
Academy of Science, St. Louis
In 1856, while the brick kilns were still firing and the river trade was still loud, a group of scientists and businessmen decided St. Louis needed something else — a place not to make things, but to understand…
Saint Louis Science Center
In 1963, St. Louis decided that the public deserved a window into the universe — and built a planetarium to prove…
St. Louis Community College–Forest Park
In 1967, while the Science Center was still sorting out what public education could look like on this corridor, a community college opened its doors here — practical, unadorned, built for the same working-class St.
Forest Park Highlands
For sixty-seven years, this ground held something the neighborhood had never quite had before: pure spectacle, built for its own…
Cheltenham, St. Louis
For sixty-seven years, this ground held something the neighborhood had never quite had before: a place where the point wasn't to make something, but to forget the…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
The Hill walking tour — good to know
- How long is the The Hill walking tour?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 7 stops over 6.9 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the The Hill audio tour cover?
- 7 narrated stops, beginning at Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co. and ending at Cheltenham, St. Louis. Each one plays automatically as you reach it.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the walk once in the PodWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in United States. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the The Hill audio tour free?
- Your first walk on PodWalk is free. After that, walks come through one-time passes from $2.99 — there's no subscription and nothing auto-renews.
- Can I do the tour at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
Walk The Hill with PodWalk
Free to download. Your first walk is free, and you can download this one for fully offline use.