Camped at Friends Creek as a child in 1970's And camp here now with my family and Grandchildren…read more Camp host Pete is the best! Nice friendly campground.

Many improvements over the past year associated with new lights for walkers and camp site…read moreelectrical upgrades to 30 and 50 amp service. Unfortunately, the electrical upgrade to the campground was delayed until March/April of this year instead of being done in the fall of last year. Now the camping sites are in the process of trying to grow new grass as the sites are being used. While the electrical upgrades were needed and appreciated, the need for a previously discussed lighting upgrade within the campground has not been completed and poses an additional Safety Hazard to occupants of each upgraded site beyond that which already existed. Finally, Daily rates were increased from $17.00/site last year to $25.00 (30 amp) or $30.00 (50 amp) for the 2022 camping season. Longtime and dedicated Friends Creek campers feel that such a drastic cost increase is not justified and in fact, will have A negative impact to the 2022 season. Many of the dedicated campers have already started using other local campgrounds that provide better lighting, larger wash facilities, numerous playgrounds and local restaurants, and for a substantial decrease in daily rates.

This place is a bit west of Bloomington Illinois. We stopped here on our way to Iowa just for one…read morenight. The park itself is very pretty, lots of green space, very mature trees that provide a ton of shade, picnic tables, and fire rings and it is very clean. The downside is you are sandwiched between Highway 74 and a train track and it is very loud. I can honestly say and all of our travels this is the loudest we have ever had From a nearby highway. We had our overhead fan running on high all night and you could still hear the semi's rumbling by so we did not get a good night sleep. There is a nice pool here and they had music playing so the kids would probably really enjoy this place. Lots of room to roam! We were assigned slot 19, which is a nice pull through site. We did have a bit of trouble with low water pressure at this site. We also could not get the Wi-Fi to work. We could connect, but the speakers were so low. We couldn't do anything with it. We have Verizon and cell service was great so that worked out for us. At $36 per night for a 30 amp site with a good Sam discount it's a pretty good deal. Staff were super friendly as well.

Very quite RV park. The bathrooms are some of the nicest I've seen and kept very clean.read more

Booked online a few hours before our arrival. The pictures looked nice and inviting. Didn't…read moredisappoint. What a nice welcome upon arrival. I think an owner, wife greeted us. Explained the rules. After that another camp worker, sweet friendly woman escorted us to our spot. I had ordered fire wood online but, when she was bringing us to our site, there was "extra" from the previous campers. Long day of driving ended with a nice relaxing late afternoon/evening. P.S. bonus-nice little gated, Clean dog run. Thank you so much for everything. What a great night. Dogs got exercise, bon fire, cold peanut butter stout. Cheers until next time. I'll be back!!

We've stayed here twice before and love coming back. I believe this is the 3rd generation that's…read moreowning the park now and family pride shows. It's kept neat and clean. Easy check-in. This time, the owner called me as I was about 20 minutes away to tell me that the interstate exit was blocked and told me an alternative route. If he hadn't called, I would've been taken on a 9-mile detour. We got an escort to our site, which I always appreciate. Not that much noise from I-57 nearby. The lake in front with the geese and ducks to wonderful to view from our front window. All the utilities worked just fine, although the water had a slight metallic taste.

The beach is beautiful and the water is perfect but the bathroom did not have a curtain to take a…read moreshower so I had to use my towel to cover me

Very relaxed, fun campground. The beach is a good size, and perfect for something to do while…read moreyou're here. There is a $2 fee per person for the beach. If you don't have a boat, besides swimming and hiking, there aren't many activities especially for the kiddos. The bathroom situation here is not ideal AT ALL. You have to be a real trooper to use the "bathrooms" in the camping area. They're really just glorified outhouses or port-a-potties. And they STINK. I'd rather go in the woods or walk all the way up to the shower house, which is also equally if not more creepy. The showers feel very prisony. Camping spaces for rvs is really nice. There's a good amount of space to spread out, grill, or play whatever lawn games you surely brought along. all in all, this is great for the adventurer and seasoned camper. Just don't focus on hygiene

Weldon Springs State Park is about a 2 hour drive from Chicago Western suburbs. It's located in a…read morelittle town of Clinton in DeWitt County. It's a huge park offering 550 acres with varied trails, river fir swimming, camping, fishing, picnic areas, two amphitheaters and a nice veteran tribute area. For a late May weekend, there was hardly anyone there. We felt we had the whole place to ourselves. The trail was clean and moderately easy. There was a meadow of wildflowers and they even have a "box" trail where they have many hummingbird nests. Birds can be spotted all over but hard to catch in snapshots! Veterans Point is very nicely done alongside the water with much patriotism which is always good to see. The walk along the water was very nice and we also discovered a dam, people hosting and kayaking. This makes for a nice day out here!

We booked the Lakeview shelter for a get together on a Saturday. There were 3 covered picnic…read moretables, enough room for 14 of us and food since we had a few lawn chairs. There was a firepit by the shelter. The restrooms were about 50 yards away. They were clean but the mens room had a bunch of mosquitoes. Surprisingly, the shelter itself was mostly bug free. Beyond the restrooms, a short stroll away, there was an overlook and another short walk led us to a boat ramp. All in all, it was a nice park.

We've gone to Spindler marina for years and years to take advantage of the boardwalk path and brief…read morehike into the woods. The boardwalk is a lot older and more worn now, but it's still nice to stop, and there's a vantage point to look out on the river. I used to see beaver activity around the boardwalk, but not recently. The marina also of course offers a place to launch your boat for a fee, boat storage, RV storage and they do offer camping. I believe the three shed/cabins added several years ago are available for rent as well. When we drove through on our most recent visit, they'd added some beach camp sites with power. There's a playground, fire pits for the campsites and picnic tables.

Carl Spindler Marina has a really cute, beautifully located campground right on the river. There's…read moreRV spots and primitive camping spots as well. It was 15$ a night, there's a fire ring, tables, and very clean bathrooms/showers. If you have a primitive spot and you can't find a spot #, you can just set up in an open spot on the beach. It's a 2 min drive to a gas station/liquor store and 10 mins away from walmart. Such a cool campground!

As they say it's a postage size campground BUT the hospitality is ON POINT! We are headed further…read morenorth in IL and just needed a place to rest our heads one night. The grounds are ran by 2 brothers and their beautiful lab Wriggley there is no pet "area" but PLENTY of space to walk your dogs

They saw me go by as it was dark and I didn't see it, not real well marked but what a great spot…read moreonce I got in there. They flagged me down, guided me into my spot. They charge by what you use so I just did electric $30. Friendly, helpful and made sure I had everything I needed.

Spacious camp spots, full hook up. Honestly when we got there we were somewhat skeptical. But we…read morewere wrong. Several people who stay there are working with local contractors and are gone until evenings. It was quiet and peaceful. The roads in the campground are in need of repair and lots of potholes and rough driving surfaces. Bonus is the close access to Lake of the woods. Beautiful area for biking, hiking, botanical gardens and to enjoying nature.

Today we got totally spoiled we stayed here 8 months ago and was parked out front we loved it…read moreenough to return. The first spot was quite and easy drive thru... This 2nd visit we got a spot in the back with wide open space (light car noise but not enough to invade a good nights rest) ... We will definitely ask for this same spot in the future... Hope you will visit and find your own happy spot....

Great experience for our 10 year old in a trail ride. Attentive staff and great horsesread more

We had a great time horseback riding. My 7 year old gives you a 5 out of 5 stars.. my daughter…read moreloved it. Abby was a great guide

It advises the fishing but I've been out here for five hours and I haven't caught anythingread more

Great place to fish, hunt, camp, etc. lots of restrooms throughout park and very clean.read more