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==Parks== Bernville has two parks. Umbenhauer Park, on Umbenhauer Drive, is home to a baseball field, tot-lot, and pavilion. Stanton Clay Park, on the corner of Third Street and Penn Valley Road, is home to a gazebo and a small field. Northkill Creek feeds into [[Blue Marsh Lake]], and the Blue Marsh slackwater is federal property. Hence a portion of Bernville is part of the Blue Marsh system. Blue Marsh Lake is a popular recreation site, offering hiking, boating, and fishing. The lake is also important for water supply, flood control, and wildlife habitat. A levee along Northkill Creek protects Bernville from Blue Marsh flooding above {{convert|300|ft}} elevation.<ref>{{cite web | title = Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville Protective Works. Design Memorandum Number 13 Schuylkill River basin. Tulpehocken Creek, Pennsylvania | publisher = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | date = 1975-03-11 | url = http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA081831 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110520115535/http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA081831 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2011-05-20 | access-date = 2008-11-10 }} Abstract: Construction of protective works for the Borough of Bernville is necessary to relieve that community of flooding hazards created by the construction of the Blue Marsh Dam and Lake project. Below elevation 300 at the proposed project site lies a relatively uninhabited low-lying area which serves as an overbank flood plain. Many commercial and private improvements, as well as a utility substation and sewage treatment facility, lie above elevation 300. Therefore, elevation 300 was fixed as the upper allowable flooding elevation from project-induces flooding. Four alternate plans--and several options under each plan--were investigated and priced to determine the most economical way to provide effective flood protection acceptable to local officials/utility owners. The alternative selected called for diverting both the upper and middle tributaries of the Schuylkill River through culverts to Northkill Creek. This plan substantially reduced the size of the pond area and the anticipated use of part of this excavated material to construct the levee</ref> Bernville also used to be home of [[Blue Marsh Ski Resort]], before it ceased operations in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcski.com/lostareas/viewlostprofile.php?id=43 |title=Blue Marsh |access-date=2008-11-18 |work=Mid-Atlantic Lost Ski Areas |publisher=DCSki, LLC}}</ref>
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