Pennsylvania / Perkiomen Creek /
Meadow Park boat launch
Boat ramp · on Perkiomen Creek · near Schwenksville · 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
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Car parking
- Yes
- Restrooms
- No
- Managed by
- Local government
- Website
- schwenksville-pa.org
- Coordinates
- 40.25492, -75.46187
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow at the East Branch Perkiomen Creek near Schwenksville, PA gauge · USGS, 1.7 mi away on Perkiomen Creek
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge East Branch Perkiomen Creek near Schwenksville, PA, 1.7 mi from this launch on Perkiomen Creek: water level, flow, 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, 1.1 mi downstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 1.8 mi upstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 2.9 mi downstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 3.0 mi downstream.
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA) - Low-head dam, 7.0 mi upstream. · 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 Perkiomen Creek
River in Pennsylvania. All launches on Perkiomen Creek.
Community
Where people who use Perkiomen Creek talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp · 5.1 mi · Perkiomen Creek
- Limerick Township · 6.2 mi · Schuylkill River
- Spring City · 6.8 mi · Schuylkill River
- Spring City Boat Ramp · 6.9 mi · Schuylkill River
- Upper Schuylkill Valley Park · 7.0 mi · Schuylkill River
- Phoenixville · 7.1 mi · Schuylkill River
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {2BA1D9B8-0E56-41F0-9046-D17C4586798E} · PFBC terms: credit PFBC, describe modifications, no implied PFBC approval (ArcGIS item 13d48d0bec7640e289a7a399ff951b04)
- OpenStreetMap n10691328685 © 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.