Thorn Creek
General data
- Name: Thorn Creek
- Water system: St. Lawrence River
- Water type: River
- Progression: Little Calumet River -> Burns Waterway -> Lake Michigan -> Lake Huron -> St. Clair River -> Lake St. Clair (North America) -> Detroit River -> Lake Erie -> Niagara River -> Lake Ontario -> St. Lawrence River -> Gulf of St. Lawrence -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Thorn Creek is a 33.5 km long tributary of the Little Calumet River that travels through Will and Cook counties in northeastern Illinois just south of Chicago. It starts in the high land of the Valparaiso Moraine before dropping 60 m to the lower elevations of the Little Calumet River valley.
