Whitewater Runs in Illinois

Run I-II(IV)

N2300 Rd to Vermilion River (0.5-1.5 miles)

Bailey Creek

1.0 mi IL

Run II(III)

Ozark Road to Redbud Parking area (3.4 miles)

Bay Creek

3.4 mi IL

Run II-III

Bell Smith Springs (1.4 miles)

Bay Creek, Hill Branch

1.4 mi IL

Run III

Straight Street bridge to Lusk Creek (2.25+1.5 miles)

Bear Branch

3.7 mi IL

Run I-II

CR900E to Hwy 96 in Marcelline (3.6 miles) *Access Issues*

Bear Creek

3.7 mi IL

Run II

Jaycee Pond Park (PnP)

Blackberry Creek

0.3 mi IL

Run I-II

Point Rock Park to Jacobstown Road (at Scenic Bluff Rd) (6.2 miles)

Carroll Creek

6.1 mi IL

Run II-IV

5th St to Bob Bangart Park on Bottom Road (1 mile)

Cedar Creek (Adams Co.)

0.5 mi IL

Run I-II(IV)

Cedar Creek Rd to Peru Bottom Rd (5.9 miles)

Cedar Creek (La Salle Co.)

5.7 mi IL

Run II(III)

E1800 (E.18th Rd.) to Hwy.71 (6.5 miles)

Covel Creek

6.5 mi IL

Run I-II

a) Wheeling, Dam #1 (Removed) (PnP)

Des Plaines

0.2 mi IL

Run I-II

b) Lockport, Fishnet Rapids: Romeo Rd. to Division St. (0.75 mile or 4.25 mile)

Des Plaines

4.4 mi IL

Run I(II)

Shorewood: W.Black Road to W.Shepley Rd. (6.6 miles)

DuPage

6.6 mi IL

Run I-IV

End of Gorge Trail to Parking Lot (0.7 miles)

Fall Creek

0.7 mi IL

Run I-II(III)

St.Charles: Burr Road to Leroy Oaks Forest Preserve (4.7-5.0 miles)

Ferson Creek

4.8 mi IL

Run I-II(IV)

C) Batavia Dam (PnP)

Fox (Illinois R. trib.)

0.2 mi IL

Run I-II

D) Yorkville: Marge Cline Whitewater Course (PnP)

Fox (Illinois R. trib.)

0.2 mi IL

Run II

Joliet: Corcoran Park to S.Joliet Street (3.75 miles)

Hickory Creek

3.7 mi IL

Run II(III)

Levings Lake to Rock River (2.37 miles)

Kent Creek, S.Fk.

2.5 mi IL

Run II-III+(IV)

Downstream of dam at Little Grassy Lake (0.2 mile)

Little Grassy Creek

0.1 mi IL

Run I-II(III)

N3179 Rd to I&M Canal (Canal St/Rockwell Rd, La Salle) (6.5 miles)

Little Vermilion

6.5 mi IL

Run I-III

Lusk Creek Canyon (8.1 miles)

Lusk Creek

8.1 mi IL

Run I-II

Sumner Park / Zen Wave (PnP)

Pecatonica

0.2 mi IL

Run III-IV

Piney Creek Ravine (2 miles)

Piney Branch

2.3 mi IL

Run II-IV

Rockton Dam (PnP)

Rock

0.3 mi IL

Run II

Rock Hole

Saline, S.Fk.

0.1 mi IL

Run III

Petersburg: "Dead Carp Drop" (PnP)

Sangamon

0.4 mi IL

Run I-II

Lake Holiday dam to Fox River (10.7 miles)

Somonauk Creek

9.7 mi IL

Run I-II

1600N Rd to RR bridge above Illinois River confluence (6.8 miles)

Spring Creek

6.3 mi IL

Run II

Troy Grove Blacktop to Little Vermilion (2.8 +4.7 miles)

Tomahawk Creek

7.6 mi IL

Run I-II

Elgin: Eagle Heights Park to Fox River (4 miles) *** Access Issues ***

Tyler Creek

3.9 mi IL

Run II-III

N.2249th Rd. to landing off of Ed Hand Hwy. (8.15 miles)

Vermilion

8.2 mi IL

Run II

Oswego: Stone Gate Park to Fox River (0.54 - 2.2 miles)

Waubonsie Creek

2.2 mi IL