DANGER! Black Rock Dam. 40.148261, -75.506349

For your safety, Pennsylvania law does not allow boat traffic between the buoy line and dam.

To continue downriver below this dam, you must portage. Until a proposed RR portage is completed, there are two less-than-ideal portaging options currently available:

Long carry:
Take out on RL at the Upper Schuylkill Valley Park ramp (1.1-miles up-river at 40.160700,-75.507311). Carry for 1.6 miles on the Upper Schuylkill River Trail to the Schuylkill Canal Park launch (40.144801,-75.509052) to re-enter the river below the dam.

Vehicular portage:
Take out on RL at the Upper Schuylkill Valley Park ramp (1.1-miles up-river at 40.160700,-75.507311). Load boat onto vehicle for a 4.5-mile drive on Black Rock Road and PA-29 (Collegeville Road) to the Schuylkill Canal Park launch (40.144801,-75.509052) to re-enter the river below the dam.

For more information about the portage take-out and put-in for this dam, see “Upper Schuylkill Valley Park” and “Schuylkill Canal Park” in the Water Trail Landings.