Top 15 Illinois Campgrounds to Visit This Summer

Camp at one of the top 15 Illinois campgrounds this summer.

Camping is fun. My family has a camper that we vacation to on weekends and such every year. It's a lot of fun, except for the sunburn and bug bites. No matter how much sun screen and bug spray I have on, I'm always full of burn and bites. But let's get to the point of the story here.

Camping is a great way to get close to nature, eat as many s'mores as humanly possible and learn to pee without toilet paper if you forget it at home.

One thing I've learned are not all campgrounds are created equally. Reboot Illinois put together a list of the Top 50 Illinois Campgrounds. I was surprised to see locations so close to our own back yard. Here are the top 15:

15. Pere Marquette State Park (Grafton)

14. McNair Group Area (Carlyle)

13. Timbered Meadows (Goodwine)

12. Kickapoo State Recreation Area (Oakwood)

11. Kayakmorris Campground (Morris)

10. Oconnells Yogi Bear Jellystone Park Camp Resort (Amboy)

9. Illini State Park (Marseilles)

8. Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (Dewitt)

7. Lake Murphysboro State Park (Murphysboro)

6. Rock Cut State Park (Loves Park)

5. Giant City State Park (Makanda)

4. Eagle Creek State Recreation Area (Findlay)

3. Apple River Canyon State Park (Apple River)

2. Prophetstown State Park (Prophetstown)

1. Shabbona Lake State Park (Shabbona)

Did you see that! Loves Park's Rock Cut State Park ranks number 6 on the list.

Other honorable mentions in the Stateline area are:

18. Moraine Hills State Park (McHenry)

24. Castle Rock State Park (Oregon)

49. Pine Country (Belvidere)

All of the beautiful areas to camp in Illinois can be seen here.