Coles Creek Campground in IL -- Campground & RV Camping

Coles Creek Campground sits on the eastern shore of Carlyle Lake, a 26,000-acre reservoir in Illinois. The facility features 119 individual campsites with electric hookups, picnic tables, and fire pits, plus two group camping areas. Onsite amenities include flush toilets, hot showers, boat ramps, courtesy docks, playgrounds, a designated swim beach, and an amphitheater. The adjacent day-use area offers a reservable picnic shelter. Six Watchable Wildlife viewing towers surround the lake, and a paved multi-use trail runs along the nearby dam.

Getting there: From I-57, take Old U.S. Route 50 west for 19 miles through Salem, Odin and Sandoval. Turn north on Boulder Road and continue for 4 miles, then turn onto 1700 and continue until the road connects with 2400. Continue south to the Coles Creek entrance. Address: 16225 Coles Creek RD, Carlyle, IL 62231

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 148-site campground with the nearest through road 1.0 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• A pond lies 0.1 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with most of them shaded.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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