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The DuPage River is a 28.3-mile-long (45.5 km) [2] tributary of the Des Plaines River in the U.S. state of Illinois. [3] Course. The river begins as two individual streams.
Learn about the DuPage River, a 28.3-mile-long tributary of the Des Plaines River in Illinois. Find out how to access, portage, and paddle the river, and see trip reports, depth charts, and points of interest.
The Des Plaines River (/ dɛsˈpleɪnz /) is a river that flows southward for 133 miles (214 km) [2] through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois [3] in the United States Midwest, eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River.
Learn about the 84-mile DuPage River, the largest tributary of the Des Plaines, and its two branches, dams, and waterfalls. The west branch is a popular canoeing trail and the east branch flows through the Morton Arboretum.
The Area at a Glance. The DuPage River watershed encompasses approximately 372 square miles in northeast Illinois and includes major portions of DuPage and Will counties, with small portions in Cook, Kane, Kendall, and Grundy counties.
DuPage River Trail is beautiful trail. It has multiple sections in Naperville and Bolingbrook, and this review is for the Whalon Lake trail section which runs on both the north (4+ miles) and south (about 2+ miles) sides of East Branch DuPage River, covering a distance of about 7 miles.
Learn how to protect and improve the health of the DuPage River and its tributaries through various programs and activities. Find out how to adopt a stream, participate in a river sweep, stencil a storm drain, or join the Salt Creek Workgroup.
