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Collegeville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia on the Perkiomen Creek. Collegeville was incorporated in 1896. It is the location of Ursinus College, opened in 1869. The population was 5,089 at the 2010 census.
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1. Sky Riders Balloon Team
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 140 reviews
Champagne Balloon flights over beautiful Pennsylvania countryside. A fantastic experience, a great way to celebrate a special occasion, and a unique gift.
2. Perkiomen Trail
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4.5 based on 113 reviews
Reviewed By Gaiasci - Bethlehem, United States
The Perkiomen Trail passes through the geologic history of the Perkiomen Valley. It is a great teaching tool. If you start at Central Perkiomen Park you are in some of the oldest part of this trail. As the ancient super-continent Pangaea began to pull apart, rift-valleys formed and the land in those areas subsided and filled with water and sediment. Those sediments hardened into the red-brown sedimentary rocks. In different parts of the trail you can see exposures of this rock; but it's softer and older so it doesn't hold up well when exposed at the surface. As you head north, just above Schwenksville you might catch a glimpse of some darker purple-red rock called Hornfels. It's a very narrow band here. Soon you'll be in the forests that flank Spring Mountain and the landscape is very different. Spring Mountain is millions of years younger than the surrounding landscape. It actually formed deep underground and has been exposed by weathering and erosion of the rock that existed above and around it. As the Pangaea continued to pull apart, magma from deep in the earth pushed into the existing sedimentary rock where it cooled and hardened into large igneous rock structures (sills and dikes). Estimates differ, but the surface of the Earth was at least several miles above your head here at the time this occurred. That's how much rock has eroded away over the past 160 million years or so. The narrow band of hornfels rock is a remnant of sedimentary rock that wasn't melted by the magma, but was so severely heated and altered by it, that it's properties were profoundly changed (metamorphosized). At Spring Mountain, the harder igneous rock rises steeply. Huge boulders are everywhere. After a brief departure just north of Schwenksville, the trail once again, closely follows the creek and the forest is deep and wonderful. Anywhere along the creek you might see enormous blue herons swooping down along the water to snag a meal.
3. Red Buffalo Ranch
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4.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Foxbite2 - Lansdale, United States
If you like to ride, check out this place. The horses were all gentle. I was riding Strain. The staff was very friendly and very happy to answer questions. They gave us quick instructions on how to handle horses and we were off, riding around Evansburg state park. We crossed a couple back roads, but we were mostly in fields and on trails. Ride lasted two hours. You ride in single file, no trotting. It was relaxing. Horses seemed well taken care of and ranch was clean with a bathroom and lemonade after the ride. We will definitely go back
4. Worcester Golf Club
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
5. Evansburg State Park
6. Skydive Collegeville
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4.5 based on 9 reviews
