Whitewater Features
Explore mapped rapids, waterfalls, playspots, hazards, and portages across the United States.
24,753
Total Features
21,352
Rapids
855
Waterfalls
927
Playspots
1,513
Hazards
106
Portages
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Illinois 48 features
Parking Area
Rapid
N/A
Table Rock Hole
Hazard
II+
Takeout
Rapid
Civic Road / N.30th Road
Rapid
N/A
Confluence with Tomahawk Creek
Rapid
N/A
Drainage: 75 sq.mi.
Rapid
N/A
Eagle Drive
Rapid
N/A
minor rock garden
Rapid
N/A
old weir/dam
Hazard
II
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
Rapid
N/A
Triple Drop 'Mini-canyon'
Hazard
III+
NOT RECOMMENDED possible put-in
Rapid
N/A
NOT RECOMMENDED take out
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Take-out
Rapid
N/A
Brown's Mill Dam
Rapid
N/A
Drainage: ~1,709 sq.mi.
Rapid
N/A
Gauge Location
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
Rapid
N/A
Big Boof!
Waterfall
IV
Drainage: ~3.5 sq.mi.
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
Rapid
N/A
You'd Better Boof!
Hazard
IV
Box Wave
Playspot
II+
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Spin Critter
Playspot
II+
Take Out
Rapid
N/A
Winnebago Wave
Playspot
III+
Enders
Rapid
N/A
Low-water surfs
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
Rapid
N/A
Cart Path
Rapid
N/A
Drainage: ~34 sq.mi.
Rapid
N/A
Hwy.6 / E.Dakota Street
Rapid
N/A
Interstate 80
Rapid
N/A
Ledge/wave
Rapid
II
Mineshaft Road
Rapid
N/A
Now Departing
Rapid
N/A
Peru Princeton Road
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
N/A
Railroad Bridge
Rapid
N/A
Railroad Ledge
Rapid
II