Public Land in Illinois

51 public land campgrounds in Illinois. Best-documented first.

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OpenCamp tracks 51 public land campgrounds in Illinois. 8% cost nothing to camp, while 75% charge a fee. Managed mostly by Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Forest Service. Among the parks represented here are Rend Lake and Carlyle Lake. 35% are big-rig friendly and 51% offer at least one hookup (electric, water, or sewer).

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OpenCamp tracks 51 public land campgrounds in Illinois. 8% cost nothing to camp, while 75% charge a fee. Managed mostly by Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Forest Service. Among the parks represented here are Rend Lake and Carlyle Lake. 35% are big-rig friendly and 51% offer at least one hookup (electric, water, or sewer).

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Hoover Forest Preserve campgroundHoover Forest PreserveNear Yorkville · 646 ft2 of 7 facts known

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White Oak Primitive CampsitesComlara ParkNear Kappa · 735 ft2 of 7 facts known

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Camp Baden Powell (Defunct)Near Glenview · 636 ft1 of 7 facts known

Group sites · 7

Group sites · 7Set up for larger groups, not counted in the list above.

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Single sites · 10

Single sites · 10Unnamed spots, mapped individually. Easiest to judge on the map.

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