The Perkiomen Creek forms its natural western boundary and drains it into the Schuylkill River.

Its villages include Creamery, Lucon, Providence Square (also in Worcester Township), and Skippack.

The township has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) and average monthly temperatures in the village of Skippack range from 30.7 °C in January to 75.4 °C in July.

SEPTA provides Suburban Bus service to Skippack Township along Route 91, which provides Saturday service between the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown and State Correctional Institution – Phoenix.

An example is the Garment Factory which provides inmates with shirts, trousers, insulated coveralls, baseball caps, bibs, and handkerchiefs.

The State Park offers a variety of recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, horse back riding and an 18-hole golf course.

The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $414,500, which was about 25 higher than Montgomery County, and more than double that of Pennsylvania.

[9] Skippack Township is run by an elected five person Board of Supervisors, each of whom serve staggered six year terms.

Other elected offices include the Tax Collector, Laurie Augustine (R), the Board of Auditors, Tom Biggar (D), Phil Wimpenney (D) and Bohdan Marchuk (R) and the Constable, Luke DiElsi (R).