Skippack Creek is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km) [1] tributary of Perkiomen Creek in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] Skippack Creek joins Perkiomen Creek approximately 3 miles (5 km) upstream of that creek's confluence with the Schuylkill River. [2]
A portion of the creek flows through Evansburg State Park and passes by the census-designated place of Skippack. [2]
Skippack is a Native American name purported to mean "a pool of stagnant water". [3]
It is stocked with brown and rainbow trout; other fish in the creek include smallmouth bass, catfish, sucker, carp, panfish, and freshwater eel.
40°14′26″N 75°22′08″W / 40.24042°N 75.36878°W
Skippack Creek is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km) [1] tributary of Perkiomen Creek in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] Skippack Creek joins Perkiomen Creek approximately 3 miles (5 km) upstream of that creek's confluence with the Schuylkill River. [2]
A portion of the creek flows through Evansburg State Park and passes by the census-designated place of Skippack. [2]
Skippack is a Native American name purported to mean "a pool of stagnant water". [3]
It is stocked with brown and rainbow trout; other fish in the creek include smallmouth bass, catfish, sucker, carp, panfish, and freshwater eel.
40°14′26″N 75°22′08″W / 40.24042°N 75.36878°W