Schuylkill Banks - It all starts on Schuylkill Bank, an eight mile stretch of distinctly urban riverfront in Philadelphia. As Philadelphia’s newest riverfront destination, Schuylkill Banks, is destined to change lives for the better. Its graceful banks are home to greenways, parks, docks, the nation’s leading educational institutions, award-winning residential developments and active industrial sites that more and more are making way for livable spaces.
Surf the Schuylkill River Watershed - from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Welcome to the Schuylkill River - a collection of educational resources
Streamflow and water level - realtime data from the U.S. Geological Survey
Welcome to the Schuylkill River Heritage Corridor - With the 128-mile Schuylkill River as its spine, our Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area is alive with a remarkable diversity of historic, recreational and cultural attractions. Along "the Revolutionary River," visitors can shadow the birth of our nation from the cobblestone streets and fabled landmarks of old Philadelphia to the huts and hollows of Valley Forge. Upstream you'll find a wealth of historic places, quaint river towns, abundant parks and access points to the river and trails, and year-round festivals and activities.
Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works, 1800-1860 - The Fairmount Dam, built to divert the flow of the river for the Waterworks, created the basin on which we row. Without the Waterworks there would be no dam, and without the dam there would be no rowing on the Schuylkill. This site is a great historical sketch of the Waterworks.
Schuylkill River Greenway in Montgomery County
The Schuylkill Canal - brief history of the Schuylkill Navigation, the Lock Tender's house at Lock 60, the Schuylkill Canal Association
Schuylkill Watershed Conservation Plan - a conservation plan for the entire Schuylkill River watershed from the Conservation Fund, Natural Lands Trust and the Patrick Center for Environmental Research of The Academy of Natural Sciences
Skate Level and Black Rock Dam
Schuylkill River, the largest tributary in the Delaware River Basin and accounts for about one third of the Delaware's total flow.
Schuylkill River Source Water Protection Partnership
Earliest Pennsylvania Covered Bridges
Delaware River Basin Commission
The Schuylkill Navigation Company was chartered in 1815 to build a series of navigation improvements in the Schuylkill River.
The Schuylkill Canal Association
Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers
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