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North Sandusky Campground

ReservableBookable through November 1, and from March 26 through April 16.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 16 of the next 16 nights read 16:14 UTC
A night: $18–$26Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 11897 on recreation.gov

Photos · USACE

90 ftLongest rig

410 ftElevation

243 ftWater · Mine Number 21 Reservoir

2.2 miSE of Sesser, IL

69%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices

In the agency’s own words

North Sandusky Campground is located on the western shore of Rend Lake near the Sandusky cove— the perfect place to enjoy a wide variety of activities, events, and nature at its best. Rend Lake is made up of 20,633 acres of water and 19,523 acres of land. Whether you're looking for high adventure, a peaceful retreat, or something in between, you'll find it here in the heart of Southern Illinois. Keep reading

Recreation

North Sandusky Campground is conveniently located near the North Sandusky Day Use Area, which includes a boat ramp, two reservable picnic shelters, and a disc golf course. Within the campground, visitors can access the Rend Lake Bike Trail—over 20 miles of paved pathways that guide riders through scenic woodlands and across views of Rend Lake and the Big Muddy River. The area offers abundant opportunities for boating, hiking, fishing, hunting, swimming, and general outdoor exploration. Additional recreation features around Rend Lake include an archery complex with a 3D trail and elevated shooting platform, a dog park with a swimming feature, and two public swimming beaches (including the pet-friendly North Marcum Beach).

Facilities

North Sandusky Campground offers 95 reservable campsites equipped with electric hookups, a picnic table, and a firepit. The campground offers a dump station, hot showers, flush toilets, and drinking water to provide a comfortable camping experience for guests. Playgrounds are also conveniently located at the campground entrance and within the White Oak camping loop.

Natural Features

The fields, forests and waters of Rend Lake provide a natural haven for wildlife and an outdoor wonderland for you. Woodland areas are made up of hickory, oak, and beautiful maples providing habitat to white-tail deer, turkeys, racoons, and many more native species. The shorelines are an excellent viewing area for waterfowl, shorebirds, and bank fishing our known crappie population.

Nearby Attractions

North Sandusky Disc Golf Course Rend Lake Bike Trail

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

All campers MUST register/ check-in with gate attendant upon arrival to receive site and vehicle tags.

Rule

Camping equipment is required to be placed on the campsite; one camper with a maximum of three tents OR four tents per site are permitted. Sites may NOT be reserved for parking of vehicles.

Rule

Reservations require a primary occupant to be 18 years of age or older and to be present on-site for the duration of the stay.

Everything else this campground posts · 2

Rule

See Park Information Guide for additional rules and regulations.

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: 118
Hookups: 97 electric, 29 water, 27 sewer
Longest rig: 90 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: 6
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…offers a dump station, hot showers, flush toilets, and drinking water to provide a comfortable…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; “The campground offers a dump station, hot showers, flush toilets, and drinking water to provide a comfortable camping experience for guests.”
Drinking water: Yes; “…station, hot showers, flush toilets, and drinking water to provide a comfortable camping experience for…”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”
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, River, Beach; Biking; Birding; Boating; Fishing; Swimming; Water access
Night sky · 14th 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

2 of 190 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:14 UTC

recreation.gov lists 97 of the 118 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough November 1Bookable now through November 1, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for March 26, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Today at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$18–$26plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$44–$60DerivedFriday 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 · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$18–$26

Standard Electric$18

Electric & Water$22

Full Hook-up (Water, Sewer, & Electric)$26

The agency has already scheduled a change from Jan 1, 2027: $20 to $28 a night.

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Mar 27, 2026 to Nov 1, 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–$34

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$44–$60

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $18–$26 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 16:14 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

118 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 97 mapped sites

79 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop MAPL 086 125 ftLoop WOAK 115 124 ftLoop WOAK 110 124 ftLoop WOAK 111 116 ftLoop WOAK 112 116 ft

Least roomLoop PINT 006 60 ftLoop PINT 007 60 ftLoop PINT 017 61 ft

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

All 118 sites

118 of 118 sites located

RV / electric97Type not stated21

095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055

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 118 of the 118 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. 97 of the 118 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.


HICK	095	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		99 ft	588 ft	190 ft	$18–$26
HICK	096	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		99 ft	560 ft	213 ft	$18–$26
HICK	097	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		108 ft	430 ft	293 ft	$18–$26
HICK	098	standard electric	76 ft	30/50 amp		98 ft	330 ft	352 ft	$18–$26
HICK	099	standard electric	90 ft	30/50 amp		98 ft	241 ft	423 ft	$18–$26
HICK	100	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		103 ft	161 ft	501 ft	$18–$26
HICK	101	standard electric	89 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	199 ft	482 ft	$18–$26
HICK	102	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	258 ft	399 ft	$18–$26
HICK	103	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		97 ft	335 ft	310 ft	$18–$26
HICK	104	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		113 ft	419 ft	209 ft	$18–$26
HICK	105	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		115 ft	470 ft	64 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	077	standard electric	83 ft	30/50 amp	yes	99 ft	830 ft	315 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	078	standard electric	88 ft	30/50 amp		99 ft	733 ft	339 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	079	standard electric	87 ft	30/50 amp		100 ft	627 ft	393 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	080	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		100 ft	530 ft	457 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	081	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		109 ft	397 ft	482 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	082	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		109 ft	507 ft	388 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	083	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		98 ft	641 ft	280 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	084	standard electric	86 ft	30/50 amp		98 ft	738 ft	225 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	085	standard electric	83 ft	30/50 amp		105 ft	838 ft	199 ft	$18–$26
MAPL	086	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp	yes	125 ft	953 ft	221 ft	$18–$26
PINT	001	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		98 ft	432 ft	426 ft	$18–$26
PINT	002	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		98 ft	392 ft	350 ft	$18–$26
PINT	003	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		66 ft	334 ft	306 ft	$18–$26
PINT	004	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		62 ft	310 ft	283 ft	$18–$26
PINT	005	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		62 ft	300 ft	270 ft	$18–$26
PINT	006	standard electric	72 ft	30/50 amp		60 ft	278 ft	286 ft	$18–$26
PINT	007	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		60 ft	236 ft	309 ft	$18–$26
PINT	008	standard electric	79 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	195 ft	337 ft	$18–$26
PINT	009	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	158 ft	376 ft	$18–$26
PINT	010	standard electric	71 ft	30/50 amp	yes	83 ft	162 ft	446 ft	$18–$26
PINT	011	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		67 ft	218 ft	521 ft	$18–$26
PINT	012	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		61 ft	203 ft	479 ft	$18–$26
PINT	013	standard electric	90 ft	30/50 amp		61 ft	185 ft	452 ft	$18–$26
PINT	014	standard electric	76 ft	30/50 amp		81 ft	171 ft	420 ft	$18–$26
PINT	015	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	180 ft	388 ft	$18–$26
PINT	016	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		69 ft	243 ft	424 ft	$18–$26
PINT	017	standard electric	85 ft	30/50 amp		61 ft	269 ft	459 ft	$18–$26
PINT	018	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		61 ft	302 ft	495 ft	$18–$26
RING	019	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		71 ft	636 ft	412 ft	$18–$26
RING	020	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		71 ft	614 ft	371 ft	$18–$26
RING	021	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		73 ft	550 ft	342 ft	$18–$26
RING	022	standard electric	70 ft	30/50 amp		69 ft	478 ft	294 ft	$18–$26
RING	023	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		69 ft	411 ft	233 ft	$18–$26
RING	024	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp	yes	73 ft	319 ft	147 ft	$18–$26
RING	025	standard electric	30 ft	30/50 amp		73 ft	259 ft	101 ft	$18–$26
RING	026	standard electric	30 ft	30/50 amp		63 ft	201 ft	103 ft	$18–$26
RING	027	standard electric	52 ft	30/50 amp		63 ft	165 ft	137 ft	$18–$26
RING	028	standard electric	52 ft	30/50 amp		84 ft	167 ft	132 ft	$18–$26
RING	029	standard electric	61 ft	30/50 amp		84 ft	238 ft	51 ft	$18–$26
RING	030	standard electric	42 ft	30/50 amp		71 ft	384 ft	105 ft	$18–$26
RING	031	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		71 ft	435 ft	174 ft	$18–$26
RING	032	standard electric	66 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	494 ft	255 ft	$18–$26
RING	033	standard electric	66 ft	30/50 amp		76 ft	566 ft	332 ft	$18–$26
RING	034	standard electric	58 ft	30/50 amp		76 ft	636 ft	407 ft	$18–$26
SHAG	056	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			345 ft	260 ft
SHAG	057	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			376 ft	180 ft
SHAG	058	type not stated	46 ft	30 amp			280 ft	279 ft
SHAG	059	type not stated	42 ft	30 amp			325 ft	208 ft
SHAG	060	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			212 ft	322 ft
SHAG	061	type not stated	42 ft	30 amp			167 ft	385 ft
SHAG	062	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			245 ft	346 ft
SHAG	063	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			161 ft	443 ft
SHAG	064	type not stated	48 ft	30 amp			197 ft	474 ft
SHAG	065	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			281 ft	455 ft
SHAG	066	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			343 ft	408 ft
SHAG	067	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			369 ft	329 ft
SHAG	068	type not stated	48 ft	30 amp			291 ft	340 ft
SHAG	069	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			323 ft	261 ft
SHAG	070	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			405 ft	245 ft
SHAG	071	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			381 ft	180 ft
SHAG	072	type not stated	50 ft	30 amp			480 ft	238 ft
SHAG	073	type not stated	48 ft	30 amp			563 ft	165 ft
SHAG	074	type not stated	56 ft	30 amp			573 ft	288 ft
SHAG	075	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp			649 ft	252 ft
SHAG	076	type not stated	52 ft	30 amp			697 ft	374 ft
SWEE	087	standard electric	86 ft	30/50 amp		74 ft	717 ft	146 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	088	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	645 ft	186 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	089	standard electric	88 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	573 ft	246 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	090	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	485 ft	329 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	091	standard electric	79 ft	30/50 amp		79 ft	469 ft	405 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	092	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		79 ft	544 ft	339 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	093	standard electric	85 ft	30/50 amp		91 ft	651 ft	274 ft	$18–$26
SWEE	094	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		91 ft	742 ft	239 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	106	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		106 ft	406 ft	71 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	107	standard electric	85 ft	30/50 amp		106 ft	339 ft	172 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	108	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp		78 ft	278 ft	305 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	109	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		78 ft	266 ft	383 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	110	standard electric	71 ft	30/50 amp		124 ft	207 ft	552 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	111	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		116 ft	169 ft	649 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	112	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		116 ft	155 ft	727 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	113	standard electric	79 ft	30/50 amp		113 ft	216 ft	765 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	114	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		113 ft	329 ft	736 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	115	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		124 ft	453 ft	717 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	116	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp	yes	112 ft	583 ft	578 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	117	standard electric	83 ft	30/50 amp		104 ft	649 ft	478 ft	$18–$26
WOAK	118	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		104 ft	712 ft	389 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	035	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		105 ft	465 ft	440 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	036	standard electric	76 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	360 ft	360 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	037	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	296 ft	289 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	038	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	230 ft	224 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	039	standard electric	79 ft	30/50 amp	yes	72 ft	185 ft	168 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	040	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		79 ft	158 ft	125 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	041	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		79 ft	159 ft	121 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	042	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		87 ft	152 ft	180 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	043	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		87 ft	130 ft	257 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	044	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp		73 ft	127 ft	333 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	045	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		65 ft	121 ft	404 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	046	standard electric	72 ft	30/50 amp		65 ft	124 ft	467 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	047	standard electric	53 ft	30/50 amp		63 ft	149 ft	405 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	048	standard electric	58 ft	30/50 amp		63 ft	171 ft	342 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	049	standard electric	72 ft	30/50 amp		66 ft	211 ft	277 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	050	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp		79 ft	263 ft	198 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	051	standard electric	71 ft	30/50 amp		80 ft	278 ft	118 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	052	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		94 ft	294 ft	39 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	053	standard electric	71 ft	30/50 amp		83 ft	298 ft	128 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	054	standard electric	73 ft	30/50 amp		66 ft	334 ft	211 ft	$18–$26
WOOD	055	standard electric	76 ft	30/50 amp		66 ft	392 ft	273 ft	$18–$26

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 118 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

Coordinate38.07111, -89.00556

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone618-724-2493

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Shagbark Group Area2.1 mi

South Sandusky Campground2.7 mi

Spillway Group Area3.6 mi

Gun Creek4.1 mi

Dale Miller Youth4.2 mi

South Marcum Campground4.4 mi

Getting there

From I-57 take exit 77 and turn west on Route 154. After 4.5 miles turn south onto Rend City Road. Continue through the four-way stop and follow signs 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

Today62°Sunny

Tonight36°Clear

Sunday67°Patchy Frost then Sunny

Sunday Night40°Clear

NWS forecast for Sesser, IL

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

Typical weather

Typical October night 46°F, day 69°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 24°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°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: DU QUOIN 4 SE, IL (USC00112483), 12 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

North Sandusky Campground is in Illinois’s 12th congressional district. Its representative, Mike Bost (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 16 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 97 of the 118 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 118 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: 0.78 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