12 waterfalls within 100 miles
Waterfalls near Chicago, IL
Documented falls within 100 miles of downtown Chicago, sorted by straight-line distance. Drive times will be higher — mountain roads rarely follow great-circle paths.
Rosemont Waterfall
14 mi
height not recorded
Sawmill Creek Waterfall
17 mi
10 ft
Canyon Creek Cascade
19 mi
3 ft
Canyon Creek Falls
19 mi
8 ft
1 Foot Falls
40 mi
height not recorded · Indiana Dunes National Park
Great Falls of the Illinois River
64 mi
height not recorded
Ottawa Canyon Waterfall
75 mi
height not recorded · Starved Rock State Park
Wildcat Canyon Waterfall
76 mi
height not recorded · Starved Rock State Park
Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall
77 mi
height not recorded · Starved Rock State Park
Cascade Falls
79 mi
height not recorded · Matthiessen State Park
Lake Falls
79 mi
height not recorded · Matthiessen State Park
France Park Waterfalls
98 mi
height not recorded
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