Evansburg State Park, located in south central Montgomery County between Norristown and Collegeville, offers a significant area of green space and relative solitude in an urbanized area. Its main natural feature, the Skippack Creek, has dissected the land into ridges and valleys that create feelings of enclosures and provides scenic views.

The narrow valley was first settled and farmed by Mennonites who also powered their industries with the water of 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 quiltwork 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 playfields, picnic areas, trails, golf course and the relatively tranquil, natural environs.

• Stroll through the valleys and open fields, crossing creeks and nourishing the soul in this tranquil urban playground.
• Learn about the lifestyles of the German Mennonite families in the eighteenth century by touring the historic buildings.