Illinois /

Cave-in-Rock Boat Launch

This is a public boat ramp near Cave-in-Rock, Illinois.

Aerial view of the gravel ramp track to the river, the parking area and the moored barge and boats, September 2019
Aerial view of the gravel ramp track to the river, the parking area and the moored barge and boats, September 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
Website
dnr.illinois.gov
Coordinates
37.46702, -88.16267

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 (Louisville District; the one nearest this launch is of March 12, 2019). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Channel survey

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

  • Smithland Pool Ohio River
    Hydrographic survey of March 12, 2019 by the Louisville District. Soundings on the sheet down to 88.6 ft, 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.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: dnr.illinois.gov: The river can be accessed directly from two boat ramps.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.