Illinois / Mississippi River /
Marquette Park South Boat Launch
Boat ramp · on Mississippi River · near Savanna · Illinois
Zebra mussels (latest report 2019) reported in Mississippi River 390 m from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
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
- Fee
- Free
- Motors
- No horsepower limit
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Managed by
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge
- Coordinates
- 42.09734, -90.15902
Boating rules
- Horsepower limit: none · all of Mississippi River rule
From the boating rules map of Illinois Department of Natural Resources, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, water temperature at the MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DAM 13 NEAR FULTON, IL gauge · USGS, 14.0 mi away on Mississippi River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DAM 13 NEAR FULTON, IL, 14.0 mi from this launch on Mississippi River: water level, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 537.4 on Mississippi River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
On Mississippi River
River in Illinois. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Marquette Park North Boat Launch · 0.2 mi · Mississippi River
- North Sabula Access Boat Launch · 1.8 mi · Upper Sabula Lake
- South Sabula Access · 3.0 mi · Mississippi River
- Miller's Landing Boat Launch · 3.2 mi · Savanna Bay
- Big Slough Landing Boat Launch · 5.9 mi · Mississippi River
- Blake's Lake Boat Launch · 7.0 mi · Smith Creek
Sources
- US Fish and Wildlife Service facility property (boat launches) record db0a9ca9-4258-4e01-87f9-ead93e32f16f · US federal government data, public domain (FWS no-liability disclaimer)
- OpenStreetMap n3717402333 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by US Fish and Wildlife Service facility property (boat launches). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.