Ralph Stover State Park
| Ralph Stover State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 The view of Tohickon Creek from the top of High Rocks during autumn.
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| Named for: Ralph Stover | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Townships | Plumstead, Tinicum |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 256 ft (78.0 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°26′04″N 75°05′55″W / 40.43444°N 75.09861°WCoordinates: 40°26′04″N 75°05′55″W / 40.43444°N 75.09861°W |
| Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Ralph Stover State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Ralph Stover State Park | |
Ralph Stover State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 45 acres (18 ha) in Plumstead and Tinicum Townships, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a very popular destination for whitewater kayaking on Tohickon Creek and rock climbing on High Rocks (Triassic sandstone of the Newark Group). Ralph Stover State Park is two miles (3.2 km) north of Point Pleasant near Pennsylvania Route 32.
Tohickon Creek was named by the Lenape some of the first inhabitants of the area. "To-Hick-Hanne" means "Deer-Bone-Creek". Ralph Stover State Park was the site of an 18th-century gristmill that was built on Tohickon Creek by the park's namesake, Ralph Stover. Remnants of the mill and mill race can still be seen near Tohickon Creek.
The Stover family gave their land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1931. The recreational facilities were built during the Great Depression by the Federal Works Progress Administration created by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide work for the unemployed. Author James A. Michener donated the High Rocks area to the park in 1956. Although "High Rocks State Park" is listed in the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System and the coordinates given in USGS GNIS are located here, it was never an official name according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or a separate park.
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