Rock Creek Waterfall — Attraction in Bourbonnais

A lovely walk led us to this waterfall, it's a rather short stubby waterfall but it sounded beautiful. Some people were down there in the water and swimming but we couldn't figure out how they got down there. We assumed it was a group of locals who have a back roads kind of way. We did not get down to the waterfall, we did not plan to swim but we would have like a closer view but we were not going to climb the steep clif...

There's a small pathway near the waterfall lookout. If you follow it you will find a rope that will help you lower yourself down to the water and climb back up . The park does not allow this activity but "what momma don't know won't hurt her ." Also . I did not try to climb down . I do not know how sturdy...

The waterfall is NOT accessible to the public through the Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see property as it is a private camp. You can park in the lot on Hwy 102 and hike on Kankakee River State Park trails to see the waterfall… see map photo...