Sugar River Paddle, Yale Bridge Road to Two Rivers Forest Preserve or Macktown, August 22, 2021

We will meet at Yale Bridge on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at about 9:07 AM. The canoe launch is north of Sugar River Forest Preserve as shown in the map below. We will shuttle at 9:37 and try to be … Continue reading

Paddle on Kish from Bauman Park to Atwood on 7-11-21

Stateline Paddlers is hosting a trip on the Kishwaukee River from Bauman Park in Cherry Valley to Seth Atwood forest preserve on Sunday, July 11, 2021.  We will need to follow the CDC guidelines for social distancing.  Car shuttle is at 10:00, so … Continue reading

Rock River paddle from Beloit to Riverside Park, Sunday, June 13, 2021

I am hosting a StateLinePaddlers trip on the Rock River from Beloit to Riverside Park.    We will meet at 9:34 with the car shuttle at 10:00. This should allow us to be on the river at 10:30. We will meet … Continue reading

Rock River – Oregon, IL to Grand Detour, IL

Annual Rock River Paddle – Oregon, IL to Grand Detour, IL Saturday 29 May 2021 (Saturday before Memorial Day) I am hosting a State Line Paddlers trip from East Park, Oregon to the Canoe, Kayak Launch at Grand Detour. Plan … Continue reading

Rock River Paddle, Oregon to Grand Detour

I am hosting a State Line Paddlers trip on the Rock from Oregon to Grand Detour on Sunday 8 November. This is the last trip of the year that I will host. The trip is about 11 miles.Lunch stop is … Continue reading

Turtle Creek Paddle

9:45 am on 11-1-20 from O’ Riley Road Nature area to Sweet Allyn Park Expect temperatures in the low to mid forties and mostly sunny. I am wearing my dry suit.Trip is contingent on enough people signing up to do … Continue reading

The Beloit Daily News Paper put interview in paper.

Brad AllenOct 6, 2020, 7:29 PM (5 days ago)to Jeff Hi Jeff,Hoping you are doing well – I wanted to check in here regarding a story we recently ran in the Beloit Daily News about the Stateline Paddlers, as I recall you had … Continue reading

Rock River Paddle from Oregon to Grand Detour

I am hosting a paddle on the Rock River from Oregon to Grand Detour on Sunday 11 October 2020. The weather prediction at this time is for head winds of 15 mph with gust to 32 mph, slight chance of … Continue reading

Sugar River Paddle, Yale Bridge Road to Two Rivers Forest Preserve or Macktown, Sunday, September 27, 2020

We will meet at Yale Bridge on Sunday, Sunday, September 27, 2020 at about 9:07 AM. The canoe launch is north of Sugar River Forest Preserve as shown in the map below. We will shuttle at 9:37 and try to … Continue reading

Kishwaukee River 09/20/2020 from Bauman Park to Atwood

Stateline Paddlers is hosting a trip on the Kishwaukee River from Bauman Park in Cherry Valley to Seth Atwood forest preserve on Sunday, September 20, 2020.  If we want to do a longer paddle we can go to route 2 also.  … Continue reading