WBDY Boat Launch
Boat ramp · on Kankakee River · near Bourbonnais · Illinois
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
- Motors
- Up to 10 hp
- Ramp surface
- Concrete and gravel
- Managed by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 41.20904, -88.01919
Boating rules
- Horsepower limit: 10 hp · all of Kankakee 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, flow, water temperature at the KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON, IL gauge · USGS, 12.9 mi away on Kankakee River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON, IL, 12.9 mi from this launch on Kankakee River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 21.6 on Kankakee River · Indiana DNR river miles, placed between its mile markers
Sources: Indiana DNR river miles.
On Kankakee River
River in Illinois. All launches on Kankakee River.
Community
Where people who use Kankakee River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Area 9 Boat Launch · 2.2 mi · Kankakee River
- Godley Boat Launch · 9.2 mi
- Braidwood Boat Launch · 10.1 mi
- Essex Boat Launch · 10.4 mi
- Essex Boat Launch · 10.5 mi
- Braceville Boat Launch · 11.1 mi
Sources
- Illinois DNR Site Assets (boat ramps) record 27bf3831-d895-42ae-8e10-d3cb07babfb3 · Public data (Illinois DNR), no terms stated; credit the Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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