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Lake Nockamixon is a reservoir in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States, and the largest lake in Bucks County. It is formed by a dam on Tohickon Creek and is the centerpiece of Nockamixon State Park. Swimming is not allowed in the lake, but boating is popular. The park maintains a marina and a boat rental as well as three other boat-launch ...
A view of the lake near the boat rentals. Nockamixon State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 5,283 acres (2,138 ha) in Bedminster and Haycock Townships in northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Tohickon Creek widens as it flows into Lake Nockamixon. Lake Nockamixon. Almost exactly halfway through its route, the creek forms and runs through Lake Nockamixon. This is the only section of the course of significant distance where it flows northeast. It is about 5 miles (8 km) from where the stream becomes the lake and the dam where it ...
A view of Lake Nockamixon from the Haycock Boat Launch area in Haycock on Thursday, June 29, 2023. "Taking in fall foliage sights is always a fun activity, but leaf peeping from the water takes it ...
Creating Lake Nockamixon in Upper Bucks County included burying history and a way of life.
Lake Nockamixon was intended to fill a gap in between the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas. [9] As a result of building the dam and creating the lake, the northernmost portion of PA 563 had to be relocated to a new alignment to the north of the planned lake as it would sever a portion of the route north of Kellers Church.
Skilled kayakers, canoeists and rafters converge on the Tohickon Creek in Upper Bucks County for the semi-annual water release from Lake Nockamixon.
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania has a hot-summer, wet all year, humid continental climate (Dfa).Dfa climates are characterized by at least one month having an average mean temperature ≤ 32.0 °F (≤ 0.0 °C), at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ 50.0 °F (≥ 10.0 °C), at least one month with an average mean ...