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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
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Perkiomen Creek joins the Schuylkill River approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) downstream of the community of
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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wildlife sanctuary Mill Grove Farm, once the estate of 19th-century ornithologist
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The Green Lane Reservoir is formed by a dam on the creek on the north side of
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Index


Schuylkill River
Norristown

Rahns, Pennsylvania
tributary
Schuylkill River
Berks
Lehigh
Montgomery
Pennsylvania
Thomas Holme's 1687 map
Perkiomen Trail
Schuylkill River Trail
Hereford Township, Berks County
Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County
Lenape
Green Lane
Route 663
Audubon
National Audubon Society
John James Audubon
East Branch Perkiomen Creek
Hall and Oates
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
The National Map


ISBN
0-9749692-0-6

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