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Ralph Stover State Park, Pipersville, PA

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Ralph Stover State Park

Picnic along Tohickon Creek, climb or gaze off the High Rocks cliffs, and paddle whitewater on release weekends in Bucks County.

6011 State Park Road, Pipersville, PA 18947 · Pipersville, PA

About Ralph Stover State Park

Ralph Stover State Park is a 45-acre park on Tohickon Creek in Bucks County, on the site of an 18th-century gristmill whose millrace you can still see. Author James A. Michener donated the High Rocks section, a 150-foot sheer rock face used by experienced climbers and an overlook above the creek. Whitewater kayakers come in spring and when water is released from Lake Nockamixon upstream. There is a shaded creekside picnic area, and Pennsylvania state parks charge no entrance fee.

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