Perkiomen Creek
Perkiomen Creek is a 37.7-mile-long (60.7 km)[1] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania.[2] The water course was also named Perquaminck Creek, on Thomas Holme's 1687 map.
History
The Perkiomen Trail was established in 2003 as a partnership with the Montgomery County Planning Commission and local governments to provide a walking, jogging, and biking path along the creek that stretches south from Green Lane Reservoir Park to near the Schuylkill River, where it meets the Schuylkill River Trail.
Geography
The creek begins in
The Green Lane Reservoir is formed by a dam on the creek on the north side of Green Lane that backs up water from there to the north of Route 663.
Perkiomen Creek joins the Schuylkill River approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) downstream of the community of
In popular culture
The 1970 song "Perkiomen" by Hall and Oates is named after the Perkiomen Creek.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- ^ "gilwell.com: the Lenape / English Dictionary". www.gilwell.com.