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A small town in Illinois is home to the best water adventures in the state.
The best way to beat the Illinois summer heat is in the water
Summer in Illinois can be hot. The best way to beat the heat is in the water. When I was growing up, my parents thought I was part fish because I spent all my time at the public pool across the street from our house.
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Ways to spend time on the water to cool off in Illinois
If you have a bit of a sense of adventure, I have something you might want to try. This is whitewater kayaking.
The Best Whitewater Kayaking Course in Illinois
You might be surprised where you’ll find the best whitewater kayaking course in Illinois, because it’s in a very unlikely small town. It is located on the Fox River in Yorkville.
“The paddling community is abuzz about the Marge Cline Whitewater course.”
“Whether you are a novice or an avid canoeist or kayaker, we are sure you will have a great experience!
“The Marge Cline course is an open use course; anyone in the river upstream or downstream is permitted to use the chute.”
Marge Cline Whitewater Yorkville Course Details
- Riverside Bicentennial Park.
- 1,100 foot long diversion chute.
- Canoes, kayaks and buoys.
- Concrete path to return to the start of the chute.
- Rentals through local businesses.
LOOK: Here are the best lakeside towns to live in
Many of the towns included jump out at the casual observer as popular summer rental spots – Branson of the Ozarks, Missouri or Lake Havasu in Arizona – it might surprise you to dive deeper into some quality of life offerings at beyond the beach and vacation homes. You’ll likely learn from a wide range of Americana: one of the last 1950s-style drive-ins in the Midwest; a Florida town that began as a retirement area for Civil War veterans; an island teeming with some of the nation’s best public schools and revenue streams smack dab in the middle of a lake between Seattle and Bellevue; and even a California town containing more than the prison blues of Johnny Cash.
