Download coordinates as: Boneyard Creek is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km)[2] waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, United States.

In pre-settlement times, the Boneyard, like most of the other watercourses of Champaign County, Illinois, was probably a series of connected wetlands without a clearly defined channel.

In University of Illinois lore, the name "Boneyard" comes from the remains of poor students who could not handle the school's tough engineering curriculum.

The Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District sewage outfall is located on the Saline Branch, just downstream from where the Boneyard enters that stream.

Late in the 1970s, sewage chlorination, required by environmental regulations, was identified as a major negative factor for aquatic life.

After considerable debate, the city built an enormous detention basin upstream of Fourth and Green streets, at a cost of approximately $22 million.

This path is used primarily by UIUC students, faculty, and local residents to navigate campus away from the busy sidewalks and streets of the main roads.