Falls-Shelter Bluff
Randolph County, Illinois
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Randolph County, Illinois
- Access status
- Partial guide: the exact falls on the loop is not confirmed
- The walk
- 2.2-mile loop
- Ground & access
- Loop climbs up and down bluffs and along the canyon rim. Rock can be very slick, especially with ice. Stay on designated trails; it is a dedicated nature preserve.
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve near Chester protects sandstone canyons and the largest body of prehistoric rock art in Illinois. A 2.2-mile loop trail from the parking lot features a waterfall. The feature called Falls-Shelter Bluff is not named in the reviewed sources.
Plan your visit
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve parking lot, 2.2-mile loop trail
Downstate Illinois and the Great River Road both give 2.2 miles for the loop trail that features a waterfall. Where the Falls-Shelter Bluff feature sits on the loop is not stated.
Loop climbs up and down bluffs and along the canyon rim. Rock can be very slick, especially with ice. Stay on designated trails; it is a dedicated nature preserve.
Where to start
IDNR: from Campbell Hill, go 6.3 miles southwest on Rock Crusher Road to Piney Creek Road, then 1.5 miles to the parking lot on the right. Lots are gravel.
Timing & water
Waterfalls depend on recent rain. Winter ice makes ravine sides dangerous.
Before you go
No fee or reservation is mentioned in the reviewed sources.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.