Illinois · Unknown Co.

Lake Michigan

· 121 mi · Class
Optimal: 200–625 CFS · USGS #05438500
413 avg
4,650CFS
9.47 ft gauge height
Flood
↓Falling (-290 cfs/hr)(-440 in 3h)
⚡Flow data is live from USGS·Rapid classifications and CFS ranges need community verification·Know this river?
Avg flow: 413 cfsHist. median: 0 cfsUSGS #05438500
Designated Water Trail · State

Many partners and states are working toward developing a continuous four state water trail that traverses the entire shore line of Lake Michigan. In 2009, a section of the Lake Michigan Water Trail extending from the Chicago Park District’s Leone Beach at Touhy Avenue south along Chicago’s Lakefront and east along the entire shoreline of Indiana was designated a National Recreational Trail. All four states surrounding Lake Michigan shoreline are working to complete and improve the Lake Michigan Water Trail. A trail on Lake Michigan presents considerations unlike those of the other water trails

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