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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · IL

South Sandusky Campground

ReservableBookable through November 1, and from March 26 through April 17.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 16 of the next 16 nights read 15:06 UTC
A night: $18–$26Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 128127 on recreation.gov

Photos · USACE, Rend Lake Project Office

99 ftLongest rig

430 ftElevation

1,021 ftWater · an unnamed pond

3.4 miNW of Benton, IL

69%Tree cover

The place

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

In the agency’s own words

South 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

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

South Sandusky Campground offers 124 reservable campsites each equipped with a picnic table and a firepit. Electric hookups are provided at all sites, excluding tent sites. 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 within the Redbud, Pine Tree, and Sycamore camping loops.

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 the known crappie population.

Nearby Attractions

South Sandusky Beach Rend Lake Project Office/ Visitor Center Blackberry Nature Trail Rend Lake Dog Park Rend Lake Marina

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: 128 · 8 walk-in
Hookups: 119 electric, 89 water, 66 sewer
Longest rig: 99 ft
Paved pads: 120 of 128
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”
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 · 20th 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

4 of 106 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 15:06 UTC

recreation.gov lists 127 of the 128 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 17, 2027. Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 18, 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

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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

Water & Electric$22

Full Hookup (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 15:06 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

128 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 127 mapped sites

84 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop REDB 161 141 ftLoop POAK 200 136 ftLoop SYCA 233 131 ftLoop POAK 206 131 ftLoop SYCA 221 129 ft

Least roomLoop POAK 217 18 ftLoop POAK 217A 18 ftLoop POAK 218 28 ft

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

All 128 sites

128 of 128 sites located

RV / electric119Walk, hike or boat in8Type not stated1

119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 217A 218 218A 219 220 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 188 189 190 191 191A 192 193 194 195 195A 196 197 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 T-1 T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

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

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

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Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 128 of the 128 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. 127 of the 128 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


DOGW	119	standard electric	45 ft	30/50 amp		90 ft	1,052 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	564 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	120	standard electric	65 ft	30/50 amp		83 ft	980 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	475 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	121	standard electric	57 ft	30/50 amp		67 ft	925 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	392 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	122	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		67 ft	890 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	326 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	123	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		99 ft	770 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	151 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	124	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		99 ft	682 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	53 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	125	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		110 ft	555 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	78 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	126	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	448 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	189 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	127	standard electric	54 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	369 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	274 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	128	standard electric	54 ft	30/50 amp		96 ft	280 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	370 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	129	standard electric	48 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	285 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	441 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	130	standard electric	53 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	348 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	373 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	131	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		71 ft	421 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	298 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	132	standard electric	55 ft	30/50 amp		71 ft	476 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	231 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	133	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp		76 ft	545 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	168 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	134	standard electric	54 ft	30/50 amp		61 ft	618 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	133 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	135	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		61 ft	679 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	144 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	136	standard electric	83 ft	30/50 amp	yes	77 ft	791 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	326 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	137	standard electric	58 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	843 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	401 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	138	standard electric	56 ft	30/50 amp		84 ft	893 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	485 ft	$18–$26
DOGW	139	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		94 ft	972 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	573 ft	$18–$26
POAK	199	standard electric	92 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	544 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	171 ft	$18–$26
POAK	200	standard electric	62 ft	30/50 amp		135 ft	457 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	151 ft	$18–$26
POAK	201	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp	yes	121 ft	624 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	42 ft	$18–$26
POAK	202	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	611 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	156 ft	$18–$26
POAK	203	standard electric	68 ft	30/50 amp	yes	74 ft	719 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	200 ft	$18–$26
POAK	204	standard electric	55 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	792 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	262 ft	$18–$26
POAK	205	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	860 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	313 ft	$18–$26
POAK	206	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		131 ft	876 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	282 ft	$18–$26
POAK	209	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		80 ft	1,082 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	492 ft	$18–$26
POAK	210	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		80 ft	1,035 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	512 ft	$18–$26
POAK	211	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		76 ft	954 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	488 ft	$18–$26
POAK	212	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		66 ft	886 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	378 ft	$18–$26
POAK	213	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		76 ft	890 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	499 ft	$18–$26
POAK	214	standard electric	87 ft	30/50 amp		66 ft	825 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	387 ft	$18–$26
POAK	215	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		78 ft	819 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	507 ft	$18–$26
POAK	216	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		79 ft	744 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	412 ft	$18–$26
POAK	217	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		18 ft	735 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	540 ft	$18–$26
POAK	217A	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		18 ft	721 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	527 ft	$18–$26
POAK	218	standard electric	85 ft	30/50 amp		28 ft	667 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	434 ft	$18–$26
POAK	218A	standard electric	90 ft	30/50 amp		28 ft	664 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	461 ft	$18–$26
POAK	219	standard electric	75 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	593 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	596 ft	$18–$26
POAK	220	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		88 ft	517 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	644 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	162	standard electric	72 ft	30/50 amp	yes	79 ft	734 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	124 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	163	standard electric	59 ft	30/50 amp		78 ft	666 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	83 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	164	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		78 ft	593 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	118 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	165	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		95 ft	527 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	133 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	166	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		78 ft	507 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	195 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	167	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		90 ft	339 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	358 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	168	standard electric	58 ft	30/50 amp		68 ft	436 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	266 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	169	standard electric	65 ft	30/50 amp		56 ft	377 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	330 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	170	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		56 ft	323 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	386 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	171	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		57 ft	288 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	433 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	172	standard electric	68 ft	30/50 amp		63 ft	292 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	462 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	173	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp		67 ft	253 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	437 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	174	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		90 ft	263 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	346 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	176	standard electric	69 ft	30/50 amp		104 ft	387 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	267 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	177	standard electric	52 ft	30/50 amp		94 ft	343 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	231 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	178	standard electric	82 ft	30/50 amp		103 ft	445 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	206 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	179	standard electric	75 ft	30/50 amp		95 ft	449 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	103 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	180	standard electric	62 ft	30/50 amp		91 ft	385 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	139 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	181	standard electric	41 ft	30/50 amp	yes	84 ft	303 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	106 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	182	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		84 ft	219 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	152 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	183	standard electric	68 ft	30/50 amp		91 ft	138 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	214 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	184	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		91 ft	110 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	259 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	185	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	72 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	331 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	186	standard electric	78 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	60 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	381 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	188	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		110 ft	177 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	264 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	189	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		111 ft	221 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	163 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	190	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		77 ft	425 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	173 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	191	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		85 ft	519 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	169 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	191A	standard electric	67 ft	30/50 amp		85 ft	573 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	237 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	192	standard electric	76 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	455 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	224 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	193	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	424 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	277 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	194	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	433 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	329 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	195	standard electric	73 ft	30/50 amp		92 ft	504 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	272 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	195A	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		92 ft	594 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	187 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	196	standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp		112 ft	642 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	97 ft	$18–$26
PTRE	197	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		103 ft	694 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	115 ft	$18–$26
REDB	140	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		107 ft	442 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	813 ft	$18–$26
REDB	141	standard electric	81 ft	30/50 amp		107 ft	358 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	766 ft	$18–$26
REDB	142	standard electric	53 ft	30/50 amp		87 ft	294 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	719 ft	$18–$26
REDB	143	standard electric	74 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	360 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	598 ft	$18–$26
REDB	144	standard electric	90 ft	30/50 amp		87 ft	248 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	709 ft	$18–$26
REDB	145	standard electric	84 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	336 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	596 ft	$18–$26
REDB	146	standard electric	79 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	337 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	587 ft	$18–$26
REDB	147	standard electric	92 ft	30/50 amp		92 ft	214 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	714 ft	$18–$26
REDB	148	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		72 ft	287 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	637 ft	$18–$26
REDB	149	standard electric	68 ft	30/50 amp		74 ft	177 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	746 ft	$18–$26
REDB	150	standard electric	79 ft	30/50 amp		74 ft	169 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	767 ft	$18–$26
REDB	151	standard electric	57 ft	30/50 amp		86 ft	220 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	739 ft	$18–$26
REDB	152	standard electric	56 ft	30/50 amp		101 ft	236 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	613 ft	$18–$26
REDB	153	standard electric	52 ft	30/50 amp		81 ft	291 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	512 ft	$18–$26
REDB	154	standard electric	68 ft	30/50 amp		120 ft	353 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	569 ft	$18–$26
REDB	155	standard electric	77 ft	30/50 amp		81 ft	366 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	439 ft	$18–$26
REDB	156	type not stated	52 ft	30/50 amp			468 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	455 ft
REDB	157	standard electric	86 ft	30/50 amp		104 ft	489 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	337 ft	$18–$26
REDB	158	standard electric	55 ft	30/50 amp		118 ft	550 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	402 ft	$18–$26
REDB	159	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		104 ft	593 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	281 ft	$18–$26
REDB	160	standard electric	57 ft	30/50 amp	yes	118 ft	620 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	407 ft	$18–$26
REDB	161	standard electric	55 ft	30/50 amp		142 ft	718 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	265 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	221	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		129 ft	969 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,654 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	222	standard electric	58 ft	30/50 amp		105 ft	917 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,525 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	223	standard electric	60 ft	30/50 amp		89 ft	992 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,479 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	224	standard electric	63 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	1,024 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,568 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	225	standard electric	61 ft	30/50 amp		64 ft	1,073 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,549 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	226	standard electric	55 ft	30/50 amp		92 ft	1,071 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,459 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	227	standard electric	99 ft	30/50 amp		111 ft	1,178 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,342 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	228	standard electric	56 ft	30/50 amp		97 ft	1,157 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,444 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	229	standard electric	69 ft	30/50 amp		70 ft	1,244 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,276 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	230	standard electric	89 ft	30/50 amp		55 ft	1,248 ft	1,303 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	231	standard electric	47 ft	30/50 amp		55 ft	1,197 ft	1,323 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	232	standard electric	45 ft	30/50 amp		63 ft	1,135 ft	1,357 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	233	standard electric	59 ft	30/50 amp		131 ft	963 ft	1,487 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	234	standard electric	56 ft	30/50 amp		93 ft	899 ft	1,612 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	235	standard electric	52 ft	30/50 amp		93 ft	900 ft	1,685 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	236	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		125 ft	915 ft	1,786 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	237	standard electric	64 ft	30/50 amp		97 ft	1,159 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,535 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	238	standard electric	55 ft	30/50 amp		96 ft	1,174 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,674 ft	$18–$26
SYCA	239	standard electric	57 ft	30/50 amp		96 ft	1,096 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	1,684 ft	$18–$26
WTES	T-1	walk to				84 ft	283 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	396 ft	$16
WTES	T-2	walk to				82 ft	259 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	437 ft	$16
WTES	T-3	walk to				79 ft	208 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	492 ft	$16
WTES	T-4	walk to				79 ft	132 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	564 ft	$16
WTES	T-5	walk to				82 ft	189 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	516 ft	$16
WTES	T-6	walk to				84 ft	200 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	479 ft	$16
WTES	T-7	walk to				85 ft	172 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	463 ft	$16
WTES	T-8	walk to				85 ft	237 ftMine Number 21 Reservoir	380 ft	$16

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 128 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

Coordinate38.03240, -89.00428

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 Area0.6 mi

North Sandusky Campground2.7 mi

Spillway Group Area2.8 mi

Dale Miller Youth3.4 mi

South Marcum Campground3.5 mi

Gun Creek5.1 mi

Getting there

From I-57 take exit 71 and turn west onto Route 14. After 3 miles turn right on Rend City Road, then continue for 6 miles to the campground entrance on the right.

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

Today61°Sunny

Tonight35°Clear then Areas Of Frost

Sunday67°Areas Of Frost then Sunny

Sunday Night39°Clear

NWS forecast for Valier, 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), 11 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

South 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 127 of the 128 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 128 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: 0.84 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 place of any size: Valier, IL, 1.8 mi ENE. Straight line.

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