Tohickon Creek

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Tohickon Creek
A typical view of the creek from Bedminster Township.
Tohickon Creek
Tohickon Creek
Native name	Tachan Hoking (Unami) Achtuhhu Ing (Unami) Toh-hick-han Toh-hick-hanne
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Springfield Richland Haycock East Rockhill Nockamixon Tinicum Bedminster Plumstead
Borough	Quakertown
Physical characteristics
Source	The Lookout (Springfield Township)
• coordinates	40°30′35″N 75°21′37″W / 40.50972°N 75.36028°W / 40.50972; -75.36028
• elevation	640 feet (200 m)
Mouth
• coordinates	40°25′16″N 75°3′41″W / 40.42111°N 75.06139°W / 40.42111; -75.06139
• elevation	72 feet (22 m)
Length	29.5 miles (47.5 km)
Basin size	112 square miles (290 km2)
Basin features
Progression	Tohickon Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Landmarks	Haycock Mountain
Tributaries
• left	Dimple Creek Haycock Creek
• right	Morgan Creek Threemile Run Mink Run Deer Run Wolf Run Deep Run Cabin Run Geddes Run
Waterbodies	Lake Nockamixon
Bridges	Rocky Valley Road Povenski Road Hickon Road East Cherry Road California Road East Pumping Station Road Pennsylvania Route 212 (Richlandtown Pike) Erie Road West Thatcher Road Richlandtown Road Covered Bridge Road (Sheard's Mill Covered Bridge) Pennsylvania Route 563 (Mountain View Drive) South Park Road Creamery Road Farm School Road Pennsylvania Route 113 (Bedminster Road) Pennsylvania Route 611 (Easton Road) Randts Mill Road Dark Hollow Road Stover Park Road Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
Slope	19.25 feet per mile (3.646 m/km)
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

Tohickon Creek is a 29.5-mile-long (47.5 km)^[1] tributary of the Delaware River. Located entirely in Bucks County, in southeastern Pennsylvania, it rises in Springfield Township and has its confluence with the Delaware at Point Pleasant. It is dammed to form Lake Nockamixon.