205 spots tracked
Kayaking in Illinois
Live wind, flow, and tide conditions for paddling spots across Illinois. Open any spot for its current Paddle Score.
Monitored river gauges (205)
Every active USGS streamgage in Illinoisthat reports flow. Conditions are real; launch access and hazards are not something we've verified for these, so each page links out to where paddlers discuss them.
- Addison Creek at Bellwood
- Apple River near Hanover
- Aux Sable Creek near Morris
- Bear Creek near Marcelline
- Big Bureau Creek at Princeton
- Big Muddy River at Plumfield
- Big Muddy River at Rte 127 at Murphysboro
- Big Muddy River below Rend Lake near Benton
- Black Slough at Creek North near Philo
- Blackberry Creek near Montgomery
- Blackberry Creek near Yorkville
- Boneyard Creek at Lincoln Ave at Urbana
- Boneyard Creek at Urbana
- Bonpas Creek at Browns
- Boone Creek near Mc Henry
- Buffalo Creek near Wheeling
- Butterfield Creek at Flossmoor
- Cache River at Forman
- Cahokia Creek at Edwardsville
- Calumet Sag Channel at Blue Island
- Calumet Union Drainage Canal near Markham
- Casey Fork at Mount Vernon
- Chicago River at Columbus Drive at Chicago
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont
- Copper Slough at Champaign
- Crab Orchard Creek near Marion
- Deer Creek near Chicago Heights
- Des Plaines River at Algonquin Road at Des Plaines
- Des Plaines River at Lincolnshire
- Des Plaines River at Riverside
- Des Plaines River at Route 53 at Joliet
- Des Plaines River at Russell
- Des Plaines River near Gurnee
- Des Plaines River near Des Plaines
- Des Plaines River near Lemont
- Du Page River at Shorewood
- Du Page River near Plainfield
- East Branch Du Page River at Bolingbrook
- East Branch Du Page River near Downers Grove
- East Branch Dupage River at Short Street at Lisle
- East Bureau Creek near Bureau
- East Fork Kaskaskia River near Sandoval
- East Fork Shoal Creek near Coffeen
- Edwards River near New Boston
- Elkhorn Creek near Penrose
- Embarras River at Lawrenceville
- Embarras River at Ste. Marie
- Embarras River near Camargo
- Farm Creek at Farmdale
- Ferson Creek near Street Charles
- Flag Creek near Willow Springs
- Flint Creek near Fox River Grove
- Fondulac Creek near East Peoria
- Fox River at Algonquin
- Fox River at Dayton
- Fox River at Johnsburg
- Fox River at Montgomery
- Fox River at South Elgin
- Fox River at Yorkville
- Fox River (Tailwater) at Algonquin
- Green River near Geneseo
- Hanson Gravel Pit at Culvert near Morris
- Henderson Creek near Oquawka
- Hickory Creek at Joliet
- Hickory Creek near Brownstown
- Hurricane Creek near Mulberry Grove
- Illinois River at Henry
- Illinois River at Kingston Mines
- Illinois River at Marseilles
- Illinois River at Meredosia
- Illinois River at Morris
- Illinois River at Valley City
- Indian Creek at Wanda
- Indian Creek near Wyoming
- Iroquois River at Iroquois
- Iroquois River near Chebanse
- Kankakee River at Momence
- Kankakee River near Wilmington
- Kaskaskia River at Carlyle
- Kaskaskia River at Cooks Mills
- Kaskaskia River at New Athens
- Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville
- Kaskaskia River at Vandalia
- Kaskaskia River below Ficklin
- Kaskaskia River near Cowden
- Kaskaskia River near Venedy Station
- Kickapoo Creek at Waynesville
- Kickapoo Creek near Bloomington
- Kishwaukee River at Belvidere
- Kishwaukee River at Marengo
- Kishwaukee River near Perryville
- Kress Creek at West Chicago
- La Moine River at Colmar
- La Moine River at Ripley
- Lake Fork at Atwood
- Lake Fork near Cornland
- Lansing Ditch near Lansing
- Lick Creek near Chatham
- Lick Creek near Woodside
- Little Calumet River at South Holland
- Little Crooked Creek near New Minden
- Little Kickapoo Creek near Heyworth
- Little Wabash River at Carmi
- Little Wabash River below Clay City
- Little Wabash River near Effingham
- Long Run near Lemont
- Lusk Creek near Eddyville
- Mackinaw River near Congerville
- Mackinaw River near Green Valley
- Macoupin Creek near Kane
- Mason Tazewell Drainage D at Cr2350E near Topeka
- Mazon River near Coal City
- Mc Donald Creek near Mount Prospect
- Middle Fork Vermilion River above Oakwood
- Midlothian Creek at Oak Forest
- Mill Creek at Milan
- Mill Creek at Old Mill Creek
- Mill Creek near Batavia
- Mississippi River at Chester
- Mississippi River at Grafton
- Mississippi River at Thebes
- Money Creek near Towanda
- Natalie Creek at Midlothian
- Nb Chicago River at Grand Avenue at Chicago
- Nb Chicago River at North Pulaski Road at Chicago
- Nippersink Creek above Wonder Lake
- Nippersink Creek near Spring Grove
- North Branch Chicago River at Deerfield
- North Branch Chicago River at Niles
- North Fork Embarras River near Oblong
- North Fork Salt Creek near De Witt
- North Fork Vermilion River near Bismarck
- Ohio River at Olmsted
- Ohio River at Smithland Dam, Smithland, Ky
- Pecatonica River at Freeport
- Pecatonica River near Shirland, Ill
- Plum Creek near Crete
- Pope Creek near Keithsburg
- Poplar Creek at Elgin
- Rayse Creek near Waltonville
- Richland Creek near Hecker
- Robinson Creek near Shelbyville
- Rock River at Byron
- Rock River at Como
- Rock River at Dixon
- Rock River at Rockton
- Rock River near Joslin
- Saline Branch above 1700E near Urbana
- Salt Creek at Elk Grove Village
- Salt Creek at Elmhurst
- Salt Creek at Rolling Meadows
- Salt Creek at Western Springs
- Salt Creek near Farmer City
- Salt Creek near Greenview
- Salt Creek near Rowell
- Salt Fork near Street Joseph
- Sangamon River at Fisher
- Sangamon River at Monticello
- Sangamon River at Petersburg
- Sangamon River at Riverton
- Sangamon River at Route 48 at Decatur
- Sangamon River near Oakford
- Sawmill Creek near Lemont
- Shoal Creek near Breese
- Shoal Creek near Pierron
- Silver Creek near Freeburg
- Silver Creek near Troy
- Sinsinawa River near Menominee
- Sixmile Creek at Hudson
- Skillet Fork at Wayne City
- Skokie River at Lake Forest
- Skokie River near Highland Park
- South Branch Kishwaukee River at Dekalb
- South Branch Kishwaukee River near Fairdale
- South Fork Saline River near Carrier Mills
- South Fork Sangamon River near Rochester
- Spoon River at London Mills
- Spoon River at Seville
- Spoon River near Street Joseph
- Spring Brook at 87Th Street near Naperville
- Spring Creek at Springfield
- Stony Creek (West) near Worth
- Street Joseph Creek at Route 34 at Lisle
- Sugar Creek at Covered Bridge Road near Chatham
- Sugar Creek at Milford
- Sugar Creek near Aviston
- Sugar Creek near Bloomington
- Sugar Creek near Chatham
- Sugar Creek near Springfield
- Thorn Creek at Glenwood
- Thorn Creek at Thornton
- Tinley Creek near Palos Park
- Tyler Creek at Elgin
- Vermilion River at Pontiac
- Vermilion River near Danville
- Vermilion River near Leonore
- Wabash River at Mt. Carmel
- Waubonsee Creek near Oswego
- Weller Creek at Des Plaines
- West Branch Du Page River near West Chicago
- West Branch Du Page River near Naperville
- West Branch Du Page River near Warrenville
- West Fork of Nb Chicago River at Northbrook
- West Okaw River near Lovington
- Whitley Creek near Allenville