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The narrow valley was first settled and farmed by Mennonites who also
powered their industries with the water of the Skippack. Even now, mill
remnants, mill buildings and houses from the eighteenth and nineteenth
century dot the park landscape and serve as reminders of early American
life.
Today, the park is a quilt work of cropland, meadows, old fields and
mature woodlands that attracts day use visitors from the Montgomery County
and Philadelphia areas. People come to the open play fields, picnic areas,
trails, golf course and the relatively tranquil, natural environs.
Directions:
From Collegeville, take the Germantown Pike. From PA 73, take PA 363 to
the Germantown Pike. From the Germantown Pike, take Skippack Creek Road to
May Hall Road.
Information provided by the
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and National Resources. For
more information visit the official
Evansburg State Park web site.
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