Pennsylvania / Perkiomen Creek /
Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Perkiomen Creek · near Collegeville · 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
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Car parking
- Yes
- Managed by
- Borough of Collegeville
- Coordinates
- 40.18167, -75.44768
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow, water temperature at the Perkiomen Creek at Graterford, PA gauge · USGS, 3.3 mi away on Perkiomen Creek
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Perkiomen Creek at Graterford, PA, 3.3 mi from this launch on Perkiomen Creek: 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, 2.3 mi away (straight line; direction not known).
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA) - Low-head dam, 2.4 mi upstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 3.5 mi downstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 4.3 mi upstream. · Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
- Low-head dam, 5.2 mi downstream. · 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
- Harry F. Hoy Memorial Park Fishing Pier · 2.2 mi · Skippack Creek
- Upper Schuylkill Valley Park · 3.5 mi · Schuylkill River
- Phoenixville · 3.7 mi · Schuylkill River
- Mont Clare · 4.1 mi · Schuylkill River
- Spring City · 4.4 mi · Schuylkill River
- Spring City Boat Ramp · 4.8 mi · Schuylkill River
Sources
- OpenStreetMap n1289425398 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: OSM access=yes, government operator. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.