Illinois Boat Ramps
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Before you launch in Illinois
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Lakes
- Lake Michigan (23)
- Carlyle Lake (22)
- Lake Shelbyville (17)
- Mine Number 21 Reservoir (16)
- Crab Orchard Lake (12)
- Lake Decatur (9)
- Rend Lake (8)
- Tucker Ditch (8)
- Lake Clinton (7)
- Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond (6)
- Horseshoe Lake (Alexander County) (6)
- Kinkaid Lake (6)
- Lake Springfield (6)
- Lake of Egypt (5)
- Gages Lake (4)
- Homer Lake (4)
- North Shore Channel (4)
- Upper Peoria Lake (4)
- Wolf Lake (4)
- Bangs Lake (3)
- Bankston Fork (3)
- Channel Lake (3)
- Devils Kitchen Lake (3)
- Forbes Lake (3)
- Lake Skokie Lagoons (3)
- Lake Storey (3)
- Little Grassy Lake (3)
- Royal Lake (3)
- Sangchris Lake (3)
- Third Lake (3)
- (North) Spring Lake (2)
- Apple Canyon Lake (2)
- Baldwin Lake (2)
- Banner Marsh (2)
- Calumet Sag Channel (2)
- Cedar Lake (2)
- Centralia Reservoir (2)
- Clear Pond (2)
- Crabapple Lake (2)
- Dawson Lake (2)
- Eagle Lake (2)
- Eureka Lake (2)
- Evergreen Lake (2)
- Flatfoot Lake (2)
- Governor Bond Lake (2)
- Harrisburg Reservoir (2)
- Horseshoe Lake (Madison County) (2)
- Inland Sea (2)
- Lake Charleston (2)
- Lake Glenn Shoals (2)
- Lake Lou Yaeger (2)
- Lake Marie (2)
- Lake McLeansboro (2)
- Lake Murphysboro (2)
- Lake Potter (2)
- Lake in the Hills (2)
- Lincoln Trail State Park Lake (2)
- Long Pond (2)
- Loon Lake (2)
- Meredosia Lake (2)
- Newton Lake (2)
- Pierce Lake (2)
- Pine Lake (2)
- Powder Horn Lake (2)
- Red Hills Lake (2)
- Sam Dale Lake (2)
- Sam Parr Lake (2)
- Shabbona Lake (2)
- Silver Lake (Calhoun County) (2)
- South Pool (2)
- Spoon Lake (2)
- Spring Lake (Carroll County) (2)
- Spring Lake (McDonough County) (2)
- Town Lake (2)
- Upper Stump Lake (2)
- Walnut Point State Park Lake (2)
- Washington County Lake (2)
- Watson Lake (2)
Rivers, bays and coast
- Illinois River (87)
- Mississippi River (Rock Island County) (56)
- Fox River (Kane County) (40)
- Rock River (32)
- Mississippi River (Adams County) (28)
- Des Plaines River (Cook County) (14)
- Kankakee River (8)
- Kaskaskia River (Randolph County) (6)
- Des Plaines River (Will County) (5)
- Kaskaskia River (Moultrie County) (5)
- Kishwaukee River (5)
- Middle Fork Vermilion River (5)
- Pecatonica River (5)
- Big Muddy River (Jackson County) (4)
- Wabash River (Wabash County) (4)
- DuPage River (3)
- Fox River (LaSalle County) (3)
- Kaskaskia River (Fayette County) (3)
- Lake Potter; Mississippi River (3)
- Nippersink Creek (3)
- North Branch Chicago River (3)
- Ohio River - West (Pope County) (3)
- Salt Creek (Cook County) (3)
- South Branch Chicago River (3)
- South Branch Kishwaukee River (3)
- West Okaw River (3)
- Big Muddy River (Jefferson County) (2)
- Bonpas Creek (2)
- Cache River (2)
- Hills Creek (2)
- Illinois and Michigan Canal (2)
- Little Wabash River (2)
- Middle Slough (2)
- Ohio River - West (Gallatin County) (2)
- Sangamon River (Cass County) (2)
- Sangamon River (Macon County) (2)
- Sugar River (2)
- Wabash River (Clark County) (2)
- West Branch Du Page River (2)
Counties
- Adams County (15)
- Alexander County (12)
- Bond County (4)
- Boone County (2)
- Brown County (1)
- Bureau County (10)
- Calhoun County (38)
- Carroll County (16)
- Cass County (9)
- Champaign County (7)
- Christian County (3)
- Clark County (4)
- Clinton County (20)
- Coles County (2)
- Cook County (72)
- Crawford County (1)
- Cumberland County (1)
- De Witt County (9)
- DeKalb County (4)
- Douglas County (2)
- DuPage County (7)
- Edgar County (1)
- Effingham County (1)
- Fayette County (7)
- Franklin County (18)
- Fulton County (10)
- Gallatin County (7)
- Greene County (2)
- Grundy County (20)
- Hamilton County (3)
- Hancock County (10)
- Hardin County (12)
- Henderson County (14)
- Henry County (10)
- Jackson County (16)
- Jasper County (4)
- Jefferson County (12)
- Jersey County (13)
- Jo Daviess County (16)
- Johnson County (2)
- Kane County (29)
- Kankakee County (8)
- Kendall County (5)
- Knox County (8)
- LaSalle County (24)
- Lake County (45)
- Lawrence County (4)
- Lee County (3)
- Livingston County (1)
- Logan County (1)
- Macon County (12)
- Macoupin County (3)
- Madison County (9)
- Marion County (6)
- Marshall County (5)
- Mason County (9)
- Massac County (14)
- McDonough County (3)
- McHenry County (20)
- McLean County (5)
- Menard County (1)
- Mercer County (9)
- Montgomery County (5)
- Morgan County (4)
- Moultrie County (13)
- Ogle County (6)
- Peoria County (16)
- Perry County (21)
- Pike County (15)
- Pope County (8)
- Pulaski County (5)
- Putnam County (4)
- Randolph County (17)
- Richland County (1)
- Rock Island County (56)
- Saline County (18)
- Sangamon County (6)
- Schuyler County (5)
- Scott County (2)
- Shelby County (12)
- St. Clair County (13)
- Stephenson County (4)
- Tazewell County (19)
- Union County (2)
- Vermilion County (14)
- Wabash County (4)
- Washington County (4)
- Wayne County (2)
- White County (4)
- Whiteside County (18)
- Will County (25)
- Williamson County (26)
- Winnebago County (19)
- Woodford County (7)