Staying Home Sucks, home
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 Wed 4: Wind 8 kn gusting 17, Air 22 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 99 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
24°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Fri 6 · 99 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
20°C
Rain
2.3 mm

Sat 7 · 98 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 89 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 87 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
26kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 10 · 96 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 3100, good
  2. Wed 4100, good
  3. Thu 599, good
  4. Fri 699, good
  5. Sat 798, good
  6. Sun 889, good
  7. Mon 987, good
  8. Tue 1096, good
  9. Wed 1190, good
  10. Thu 1283, 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
Tue 3Nov100, good5 kn11kn20°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good8 kn17kn22°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov99, good8 kn18kn24°C1.2 mm
Fri 6Nov99, good2 kn7kn20°C2.3 mm
Sat 7Nov98, good9 kn19kn20°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov89, good11 kn22kn14°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov87, good8 kn26kn14°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov96, good10 kn21kn18°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov90, good8 kn18kn14°C0 mm
Thu 12Nov83, good6 kn14kn9°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.

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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

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About

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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 2 November 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$148
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$349–US$584
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$376
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

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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 2 November 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

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