Posted by lost1 on April 1, 2011, 4:37 pm, in reply to "Camping places"
There are many good spots in illinois,carlyle lake of course,but I like lake kinkaid in murphysboro,and shelbyville has lots of camping spots and is a 2 hour drive,lou yeager in litchfield is small but ok for being close,gillespie is ok good camping spots and lots of room to wander,If you do go to missouri,its alot of fun to camp in meremac caverns state park.IM on the lake evry weekend starting may-sept,and kinkaid/shelbyville are the only 2 lakes in this area worth putting your boat on,And the rivers are to dirty to swim so i stay well clear of them.