Big Branch Boat Launch

This is a public boat ramp on Big Branch near Edgington, Illinois, run by Loud Thunder Forest Preserve Public Access.

Paved ramp

Aerial view of the gravel track down to the water's edge from the park lawn and loop road, July 2019 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type: Boat ramp
Ramp surface: Paved
Car parking: 45 spaces
Managed by: Loud Thunder Forest Preserve Public Access
Coordinates: 41.43980, -90.83047

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Rock Island District; the one nearest this launch is of June 5, 2025). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

Upper Mississippi River Pool 16
Hydrographic survey of June 5, 2025 by the Rock Island District. Soundings on the sheet down to 26 ft below the pool's low control level, with bars at or above it; the Corps maintains a 9 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

On Big Branch

Stream in Illinois. All launches on Big Branch.

Nearby launches

Clarks Ferry Boat Ramp · 1.6 mi · Mississippi River
Mississippi River Boat Launch near Andalusia · 1.7 mi · Mississippi River
Clark's Ferry Recreation Area · 1.9 mi · Mississippi River
Shady Creek Public Access · 2.2 mi · Mississippi River
Shady Creek Boat Ramp · 2.5 mi · Mississippi River
Andalusia Slough Boat Ramp · 2.8 mi · Mississippi River

Sources

Great Lakes Commission Boat Access Sites (compilation, public and private) record -90.83046,41.43976 · CC BY 4.0 (Great Lakes Commission compilation); coverage and attribute completeness vary by jurisdiction

Why it is listed as public: listed by Great Lakes Commission Boat Access Sites (compilation, public and private). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.