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Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area

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Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area is located in Illinois

Coordinates

38.54300086 N
88.59100027 W

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Features

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ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Phone Service
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Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

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Sanitary Dump
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites

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Elmer L.

Scout

Reviewed Mar. 28, 2022

Great fishing

Clean campground right on the lake.

Site98

Month of VisitJuly

Jonathon B.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 23, 2021

Great and quiet on a Thursday night. Class C

It clearly states electric only. Which was no problem. They had a water hookup that you could pull up to for more water if needed. Dump station right outside the campground. Site 35 was perfectly level for the Class C (cruise America rental with no levelers. Great Campground host. We didn’t have a reservation. We pulled in and the host came out. Nice small playground for the kids. Beautiful lake.

Site35

Month of VisitAugust

Nichole M.

Guide

Reviewed Dec. 15, 2018

Nice Lake, Not so great campground

We reserved here last minute for Memorial Day weekend, 2018. That said, we couldn't be choosy when it came to getting a site and we ended up with Site 8. It was literally on a culvert pipe on top of the ditch. Luckily we were camping with 3 other families a little ways down the campground so we did everything at their sites 11, 12, and 13, which were pretty spacious. Those were right along the trail down to the lake, so we were able to kayak nearby and it was a short walk to fish on the lake.

There are no restrooms, only pit toilets, so obviously no showers. The campground was pretty quiet for a holiday weekend so that was nice. The playground equipment was a short bike ride down the road, but right in the sun mid day so the equipment was too hot for the kids to play on until evening.

When I checked the info for the campground on ReserveAmerica, it said that it had a beach on the lake, but when we arrived we discovered there was no longer a beach. The lake was beautiful to kayak on though, lots of little fingers to explore and see the wildlife.

Overall not bad because we came with family, but would've been sorely disappointed if that wasn't the case. Probably won't be back

Site8

Month of VisitJune