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Submitted By: Jon Richard on Jan 23, 2007
Latitude: 39.7410  Longitude: -89.6265 
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Ant Killer at Draper's Bluff. This is a killer an...


Description 

Great places to climb include: Draper's Bluff and Jackson Falls.


Getting There 

Southern Illinois. See guidebook


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Illinois:
Bloody Nose   5.6     Trad, 2 pitches, 100 feet   Draper's Bluff
Chicken Shack   5.6     Sport, TR, 1 pitch   Jackson Falls : Mr. Jimmy
C-Crack   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Draper's Bluff
Blue Spark   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Jackson Falls : Spleef Peak
Through the Smoke   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Jackson Falls : Spleef Peak
Ant Killer   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches, 100 feet   Draper's Bluff
Fine Nine   5.9+     Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   Jackson Falls : Lovely Tower
Venom   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch   Jackson Falls : Mr. Jimmy
Master Marley   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Jackson Falls : Spleef Peak
Southern Exposure   5.10a     Trad, 2 pitches, 110 feet   Draper's Bluff
Cheerio Bowl   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Jackson Falls : Hidden Peaks
Group Therapy   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Jackson Falls : The Gallery
Naked Blade   5.11a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Jackson Falls : Hidden Peaks
Lovely Arete   5.11a     Sport, 35 feet   Jackson Falls : Lovely Tower
Velvet Green   5.12a     Sport, 40 feet   Jackson Falls : Lovely Tower
Detox Mountain   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Jackson Falls : Hidden Peaks
Everybody Needs Friends   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Jackson Falls : The Beaver Wall
Hidden Treasures   5.12a     Sport, 40 feet   Jackson Falls : Lovely Tower
Who Need's Friends   5.12a PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Jackson Falls : The Beaver Wall
Red Corvette   5.13a     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Jackson Falls : The Beaver Wall
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Featured Route For Illinois
Stew sending "Everybody Needs Friends"

Everybody Needs Friends 5.12a  IL : Jackson Falls : The Beaver Wall
Same start as Tasmania Devil, but climb left at 3rd bolt. Great route, with fun pumpy moves....[more]   Browse More Classics in IL


Photos of Illinois Slideshow Add Photo
Location of Midwest sandstone bluff

Location of Midwest sandstone bluff

Bob Horan bouldering along the Kankakee River, circa 1974.

Bob Horan bouldering along the Kankakee River, cir...

Bob Horan on the Vellum 5.10d, Rock Creek Canyon, Kankakee River State Park, circa 1977.

Bob Horan on the Vellum 5.10d, Rock Creek Canyon, ...

Makanda Bluff, Southern, Illinios, photo: Bob Horan Collection.

Makanda Bluff, Southern, Illinios, photo: Bob Hora...

Bob Horan traversing the Makanda Bluff Traverse, Southern, Illinois.

Bob Horan traversing the Makanda Bluff Traverse, S...


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By Jeremy Schlick
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 25, 2007

Oh I am going to Jackson, going get ma fill.

By Ben Bruestle
From: Pueblo, CO
Oct 13, 2008

Illinois Climbers Association:

http://iclimb-ica.org/pages/index.html

By cuclimbing
From: Las Cruces
Dec 16, 2008

To all you climbers stuck in Charleston, IL, don't feel bad. I grew up in the countryside, and go down any creek for long enough you'll find something to climb. The map I posted above has a spot of mine with a 20-30ft sandstone cliff. Rock quality is so so, if I still lived there I'd get a pic of the face. The Embarrass River has some faces too, but you gotta wade upstream for a few hours. Happy climbing!