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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · IL

Lithia Springs

ReservableBookable through October 24, and from April 15 through April 16.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 8 of the next 16 nights read 16:21 UTC
A night: $18–$36Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 109104 on recreation.gov

Photos · USACE

100 ftLongest rig

650 ftElevation

529 ftWater · Lake Shelbyville

0.3 miNE of Shelbyville, IL

37%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

Lithia Springs Campground sits on the eastern shore of Lake Shelbyville in the heart of central Illinois. This facility has a variety of amenities and offers outdoor activities for people of all ages, including fishing, swimming, picnicking and simply relaxing. Visit the Lake Shelbyville, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for News Releases, Event Information, & Emergency Updates. https://www.facebook.com/LakeShelbyvilleUSACE Visit it our USACE Lake Shelbyville Website for more information on Lake Shelbyville. https://www.mvs.usace.army. Keep reading

mil/Missions/Recreation/Lake-Shelbyville/ Recreation Lake Shelbyville offers a multitude of fishing opportunities for catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, muskie, walleye, white bass and bluegill. Lithia Springs provides a boat ramp, and for those without a boat, several ponds with farmed fish are available around the lake. Hunting areas within a short drive offer numerous game species, including quail, rabbit, pheasant, deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl and woodcock.

Facilities

Lithia Springs Campground is 100% reservable. It has more than 100 campsites, all of which have electric hookups. Some campsites are on the lake shore within a short walk of the water. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, a playground, swimming beach, fish cleaning station, dump station and boat ramp. A full-service marina is located adjacent to the recreation area.

Natural Features

The campground lies in an oak and hickory forest. Foliage turns a variety of red, orange, purple and yellow each fall, while prairie flowers dot the landscape in spring and summer. Numerous species of songbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl and raptors inhabit the lake area, as do mammals such as cottontail rabbit, white-tail deer, gray and fox squirrel, muskrat and mink, raccoons, & opossums.

Nearby Attractions

Wolf Creek State Park, General Dacey Trail, Forrest Park, Community Cove, and Lithia Marina all provide great opportunities to explore Lake Shelbyville. The nearby Hunter & Fishermen Parking Lots, Woods Lake Waterfowl Refuge, Wolf Creek State Park, and Okaw Bluff Wetlands Complex are popular locations for wildlife watching, birding, and hunting near Lake Shelbyville.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Attention – Customers who do not arrive at the campground by 4 p.m. on the day after scheduled arrival date will be No Showed. Please Review the R1S No Show policy for complete details.

Rule

Must check-in at fee booth during normal operation hours.

Rule

Must have a reservation prior to setting up on site.

Everything else this campground posts · 7

Rule

No alcohol permitted in beach area.

Rule

One RV and three tents, or four tents per site

Rule

Two RVs and six tents, or eight tents per double site

Rule

Tent camping is always permitted, but not recommended for some sites

Rule

The banks are steep and it may be difficult to get to the water from many sites

Rule

No outside firewood allowed; obtain or purchase firewood at or near your camping destination and burn it on-site; firewood can carry invasive insects and diseases that destroy forests; learn more

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 109
Hookups: 104 electric, 41 water, 41 sewer
Longest rig: 100 ft
Paved pads: 73 of 109
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…walk of the water. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, a playground, swimming beach, fish…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “Amenities include flush toilets, showers, a playground, swimming beach, fish cleaning station, dump station and boat ramp.”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek, Beach; Biking; Birding; Boating; Canoeing; Fishing; Hiking; Kayaking; Paddling; Swimming; Visitor center; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 10th darkest of 30 in IL: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

8 of 208 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:21 UTC

recreation.gov lists 104 of the 109 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBookedClosed

Booking windowThrough October 24Bookable now through October 24, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for April 15, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Today at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record

A night$18–$36plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$44–$80DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$18–$36

Standard Electric$18

Full Hook-Up - Standard Electric$24

Buddy Site - Standard Electric$36

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 16, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$26–$44

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$44–$80

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $18–$36 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:21 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

109 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 104 mapped sites

81 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop DLEG 070 162 ftLoop BLEG 030 136 ftLoop CLEG 060 131 ftLoop ALEG 020 129 ftLoop ALEG 009 118 ft

Least roomLoop CLEG 052 43 ftLoop CLEG 053 43 ftLoop CLEG 064 47 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 109 sites

107 of 109 sites located

RV / electric104Type not stated3

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 5 of the 109 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 104 of the 109 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


ALEG	001	standard electric	74 ft	50 amp	79 ft	413 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	002	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	79 ft	346 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	003	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	88 ft	294 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	004	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	79 ft	197 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	005	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	79 ft	219 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	006	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	98 ft	197 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	007	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp	90 ft	165 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	008	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	83 ft	202 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	009	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	119 ft	154 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	010	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	90 ft	180 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	011	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	101 ft	185 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	012	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	82 ft	181 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	013	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	82 ft	151 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	014	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp	87 ft	201 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	015	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	87 ft	257 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	016	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	90 ft	254 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	017	standard electric	25 ft	30 amp	70 ft	244 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	018	standard electric	50 ft	30/50 amp	70 ft	268 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	019	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp	90 ft	251 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	020	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	129 ft	209 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	021	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	105 ft	261 ft		$18–$36
ALEG	022	type not stated	60 ft	50 amp
ALEG	023	type not stated	70 ft	50 amp
BLEG	024	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	82 ft	530 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	025	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp	61 ft	580 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	026	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	61 ft	523 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	027	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	64 ft	460 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	028	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	58 ft	372 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	029	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	58 ft	321 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	030	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	137 ft	193 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	031	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp	49 ft	86 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	032	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	49 ft	128 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	033	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	51 ft	160 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	034	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	57 ft	214 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	035	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	57 ft	240 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	036	standard electric	25 ft	50 amp	77 ft	271 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	037	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	99 ft	309 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	038	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	68 ft	347 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	039	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	55 ft	396 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	040	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	55 ft	444 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	041	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	58 ft	555 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	042	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	49 ft	522 ft		$18–$36
BLEG	043	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	49 ft	517 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	044	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	107 ft	469 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	045	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	92 ft	415 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	046	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	58 ft	345 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	047	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	51 ft	311 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	048	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	51 ft	283 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	049	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	66 ft	260 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	050	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	83 ft	167 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	051	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	73 ft	146 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	052	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	43 ft	164 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	053	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp	43 ft	157 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	054	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	57 ft	124 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	055	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	51 ft	72 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	056	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp	49 ft	45 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	057	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	49 ft	32 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	058	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp	51 ft	61 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	059	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	51 ft	68 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	060	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	131 ft	118 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	061	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	70 ft	132 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	062	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp	70 ft	160 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	063	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	52 ft	233 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	064	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	47 ft	237 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	065	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	47 ft	241 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	066	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	75 ft	274 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	067	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	88 ft	301 ft		$18–$36
CLEG	068	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	97 ft	324 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	069	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	86 ft	243 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	070	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	162 ft	212 ft	3,251 ft	$18–$36
DLEG	071	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	107 ft	189 ft	3,102 ft	$18–$36
DLEG	072	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	107 ft	148 ft	3,036 ft	$18–$36
DLEG	073	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	88 ft	203 ft	3,209 ft	$18–$36
DLEG	074	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	88 ft	223 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	075	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	75 ft	131 ft	3,266 ft	$18–$36
DLEG	076	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	75 ft	161 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	077	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	95 ft	149 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	078	type not stated	60 ft	50 amp		160 ft
DLEG	079	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	96 ft	300 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	080	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	96 ft	330 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	081	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	99 ft	328 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	082	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	99 ft	264 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	083	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp	74 ft	228 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	084	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	74 ft	227 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	085	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	103 ft	249 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	086	standard electric	100 ft	50 amp	52 ft	299 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	087	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	52 ft	345 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	088	standard electric	100 ft	50 amp	95 ft	342 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	089	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	92 ft	380 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	090	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp	81 ft	325 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	091	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	101 ft	276 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	092	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	81 ft	314 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	093	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	72 ft	400 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	094	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	72 ft	470 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	095	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	86 ft	491 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	096	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp	109 ft	500 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	097	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	97 ft	478 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	098	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	96 ft	417 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	099	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	86 ft	372 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	100	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	86 ft	342 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	101	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	96 ft	325 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	102	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	93 ft	346 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	103	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	83 ft	379 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	104	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp	83 ft	424 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	105	type not stated	60 ft	50 amp		427 ft
DLEG	106	type not stated	65 ft	50 amp		396 ft
DLEG	107	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp	89 ft	356 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	108	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	89 ft	304 ft		$18–$36
DLEG	109	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	91 ft	267 ft		$18–$36

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 109 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate39.43444, -88.76000

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone217-774-3951

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Opossum Creek1.0 mi

Coon Creek (IL)1.2 mi

Lone Point1.6 mi

Lone Point Group Camp1.7 mi

Wilborn Creek (Group Camp)10 mi Sullivan Marina and Campground11 mi

Getting there

From Shelbyville, Illinois, go three miles east of Shelbyville on State Route 16 to County Road 2200E. Turn left and go two miles to County Road 1500N. Turn left again and drive 1.4 miles to the campground.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight37°Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy15% rain

Saturday59°Patchy Frost then Sunny

Saturday Night32°Clear then Areas Of Frost

Sunday66°Widespread Frost then Sunny

NWS forecast for Shelbyville, IL

Source: National Weather Service, ILX forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 45°F, day 67°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 19°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: SHELBYVILLE DAM, IL (USC00117876), 2 miles away and at about the same elevation

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Lithia Springs is in Illinois’s 15th congressional district. Its representative, Mary Miller (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 8 of the next 16 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 104 of the 109 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 107 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.62 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 30 rated federal campgrounds in Illinois · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026