Pennsylvania / Schuylkill River /
Betzwood
Boat ramp · on Schuylkill River · near West Norriton Township · Pennsylvania
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Motors
- No horsepower limit
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Website
- google.com
- Coordinates
- 40.10841, -75.42143
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow, water temperature at the Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA gauge · USGS, 3.5 mi away on Schuylkill River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA, 3.5 mi from this launch on Schuylkill River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
Low-head dams drown people every year: the current below the drop circles back and holds a swimmer or a boat at the face. Portage around them; stay well clear above and below.
- Low-head dam, 4.8 mi upstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 7.5 mi downstream: Plymouth Dam.
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
Sources: Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA).
On Schuylkill River
River in Pennsylvania. All launches on Schuylkill River.
Community
Where people who use Schuylkill River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Harry F. Hoy Memorial Park Fishing Pier · 3.2 mi · Skippack Creek
- Norristown Riverfront Park · 3.5 mi · Schuylkill River
- Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp · 5.2 mi · Perkiomen Creek
- Mont Clare · 5.3 mi · Schuylkill River
- Upper Schuylkill Valley Park · 5.8 mi · Schuylkill River
- Phoenixville · 5.9 mi · Schuylkill River
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {C9262ECB-047D-4A45-8075-8134FEF31501} · PFBC terms: credit PFBC, describe modifications, no implied PFBC approval (ArcGIS item 13d48d0bec7640e289a7a399ff951b04)
- OpenStreetMap n617378680 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.