Pidcock Creek Watershed

Pidcock Creek is a small tributary of the Delaware River, which serves as an important drinking water source for both Camden and Philadelphia. The creek is over 6.5 miles long and drains an area of approximately 12.7 square miles in the Bucks County townships of Buckingham, Upper Makefield, Solebury and Wrightstown.

Designated a Lasting Landscape® in early 2006, the 8000-acre Pidcock Creek Watershed is formed by a ring of hills: Buckingham Mountain, Solebury Mountain, Jericho Mountain, and Bowman's Hill, which is a continuation of the diabase ridge that forms Jericho Mountain.

The landscape features steep wooded hillsides, rolling agricultural fields punctuated with historic houses and barns, and clear beautiful streams. The area includes spring coralroot, a sycamore floodplain forest, a rich hemlock mesic hardwood forest and a red oak mixed hardwood forest.

Among the many natural treasures located in the Pidcock Creek Watershed is Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, with its native plant nursery and bird observatory. The watershed is also an Important Bird Area with 59 recorded species, including 11 rare breeders.

View map of Lasting Landscapes® initiative for Pidcock Creek Watershed. [261K PDF]