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♦︎♦︎ Big Reading Dam Rapid" />
CAUTION. Class II rapid. Large tree, with its rootball facing upriver, is currently wedged in the strong wave train...
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Use this Graph when paddling the Tidal Schuylkill River between Schuylkill Banks (RM 7.3) and Bartram's Garden (RM 5.1),...
Continue Reading♦︎ Motorboat Traffic" />
CAUTION. Be alert for motorized boat traffic for the next 2+ miles.
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Use this Gauge when paddling between Flat Rock Park (RM 16.1) and Lloyd Hall (RM 8.6).
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Use this Gauge when paddling between Betzwood Access (RM 28.3) and Flat Rock Park (RM 16.1).
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Use this Gauge when paddling between Pottstown Riverfront Park (RM 53.9) and Betzwood Access (RM 28.3).
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Use this Gauge when paddling between Kerper's Landing (RM 75.5) and Pottstown Riverfront Park (RM 53.9).
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Use this Gauge when paddling between Port Clinton Park (RM 102.3) and Kerper's Landing (RM 75.5).
Continue Reading♦︎ Lower Tidal Schuylkill" />
CAUTION. 6-ft tide changes. Limited access/egress. Large boat and barge traffic.
Continue Reading♦︎ Upper Tidal Schuylkill" />
CAUTION. 6-ft tide changes. Limited access/egress.
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River Mile 5.1 to 0.0
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River Mile 8.5 to 5.1
Continue Reading♦︎♦︎ Fairmount Dam" />
DANGER! Stay well away from this dangerous low-head dam and exit the river at either West Park Access or...
Continue Reading♦︎ Racing Boat traffic" />
CAUTION. Be alert for rowers for the next 2.5 miles.
Continue Reading♦︎♦︎ Flat Rock “Whitewater Mile”" />
EXTRA CAUTION. The turbulent outflow of Flat Rack Dam and the natural geological fall line below the dam create...
Continue Reading♦︎♦︎ Flat Rock Dam" />
DANGER! 20 ft. dam. Click/tap "Read More" for portage path options.
Continue Reading♦︎♦︎ Norristown Dam" />
DANGER! To continue downriver below this dam, you must portage 0.2 mile from the Upper Merion Boathouse to the Bridgeport...
Continue Reading♦︎ Goodrich Dam Remnants" />
CAUTION. Best route through this breached dam is diagonally through its left center opening.
Continue Reading♦︎♦︎ Black Rock Dam" />
DANGER! Portage required to continue downriver. Take out 1.1-miles up-river on RL at Upper Schuylkill Valley Park for a...
Continue Reading♦︎ Remnants of Vincent Dam" />
CAUTION. Easily run through the RL chute (splashy drop) or the left center chute (bigger splash)!
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