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Kankakee River access points and trip distances, Indiana

11 access points (11 public) along 87.1 river miles of the Kankakee River in Indiana. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Kingsbury F&W Area
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41.49024, -86.58163 15.5
15.5Kankakee River
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41.31747, -86.74590 5.4
20.9Kankakee & Yellow Rivers, The Points
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41.27122, -86.82598 8.6
29.6Dunns Bridge
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41.22003, -86.96896 18.7
48.3Kankakee River (Lake County Park Dept)
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41.21950, -87.27409 4.4
52.7Shelby
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41.18308, -87.34037 6.8
59.5LaSalle
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41.17024, -87.45820 0.0
59.5Kankakee River / Campgrnd, White Oak
About 0.20 mi from the mapped river line.
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41.16783, -87.45781 2.0
61.5Kankakee River / Black Oak Bayou
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41.16844, -87.49671 1.5
63.0Stateline Public Access Site
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41.16695, -87.52634 24.1
87.1Boat ramp near Gar Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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41.10167, -87.84680 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from Indiana DNR Public Access Sites, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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