Carlyle Lake
4 camping sites
Illinois Camping
Dispersed (free) and developed (reservable) camping across Illinois’s National Forests and BLM land. Ranked by access type, terrain, and seasonal window with your rig factored in.
New to camping without hookups? Start with What Is Boondocking. Not sure what your vehicle can handle? See High Clearance vs 4×4.
Before you camp outside a campground, check who is allowed to camp where: dispersed camping on state land, state by state covers what each state allows on its own land, and where dispersed camping is restricted tracks the National Forest orders that are currently in force, each one cited and dated.
Illinois camping at a glance
Illinois has 7 camping sites in the Camprtron dataset: 7 developed campgrounds, across 2 areas.
- Camping sites
- 7
- Developed campgrounds
- 7
- Areas covered
- 2
- Distinct nearby towns
- 3
- Passenger-car accessible
- 7
Type
Access
Camping areas (2)
All sites
Boulder Day Use
Carlyle Lake
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Huey
Coles Creek Campground
Carlyle Lake
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Huey
Coles Creek Day Use
Carlyle Lake
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Huey
Lotus Group Area
Carlyle Lake
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Huey
Coon Creek
Lake Shelbyville
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Shelbyville
Lone Point
Lake Shelbyville
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Shelbyville
Wolf Creek State Park
Lake Shelbyville
Passenger car accessibleDeveloped campgroundFee siteNear Findlay