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Collegeville Bridge looking up the Perkiomen Creek
Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp. Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

97Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Wind 2 kn gusting 7, Air 22 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 99 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 98 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 93 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
20°C
Rain
3.3 mm

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 97 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 87 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 296, good
  2. Tue 399, good
  3. Wed 498, good
  4. Thu 593, good
  5. Fri 6100, good
  6. Sat 797, good
  7. Sun 888, good
  8. Mon 987, good
  9. Tue 1074, good
  10. Wed 1174, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov96, good5 kn13kn18°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov99, good5 kn14kn20°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov98, good6 kn12kn22°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov93, good6 kn19kn20°C3.3 mm
Fri 6Nov100, good2 kn7kn22°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov97, good6 kn14kn19°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov88, good4 kn14kn13°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov87, good3 kn9kn12°C0.6 mm
Tue 10Nov74, good7 kn14kn12°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov74, good8 kn25kn12°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for grade III paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp

Perkiomen Creek under bridge morning mist
Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Perkiomen Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Perkiomen Creek at Ridge Pike, Collegeville (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Photo: Joseph Elliot(t), Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Welakamike Creekside Park Boat Ramp

A launch on the Perkiomen Creek. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 7.1 km away. The town to stay in is Collegeville. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Perkiomen Creek
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 7.1 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,130–US$2,060 each

about US$1,130–US$2,060 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to PHL, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$154–US$315
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$147
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,060

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Collegeville

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Closest

Collegeville

about 5 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Collegeville · Booking.com

About Collegeville its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 4h 50m

About 4h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PHL, direct, then 1h by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits