The Double J Campground and RV Park, near Chatham, Illinois, is a solid choice for campers looking for convenience and comfort. With spacious gravel sites that come with full hookups, it’s easy to settle in and enjoy your stay.

This campground is known for its clean and well-maintained facilities, including heated bathrooms and showers that visitors rave about. Many campers appreciate the friendly staff who are always ready to help, making the check-in process smooth and welcoming. One visitor noted, “The owners were super helpful, they literally showed us to our spot.”

For those traveling with pets, there’s a dog park on-site, which is a big hit among furry friends and their owners. Plus, the location is just a stone's throw from Springfield, making it easy to explore local attractions or grab a bite at nearby breweries like Slauterhaus Brewing.

While the campground is close to the highway, which some campers mentioned, it often serves as a comforting white noise rather than a distraction. With amenities like a pool and putt-putt golf, there’s plenty to keep everyone entertained. Whether you’re just passing through or planning a longer stay, The Double J Campground offers a friendly atmosphere and a great base for your adventures.

The Double J Campground and RV Park

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The Best Camping Near Chatham, Illinois

We only stayed for one night in our way north but we will return. Nice level site, pull.through for overnighters (thank you) lots of grass and walking areas for pets, pool, playground etc. friendly service and a welcoming place

Well organized with campers in mind

Our daughter stays there in our camper to attend summer internship in Springfield. The camp hosts passively look out for her and have been willing to help if she should need it. Shower house is clean, camp ground is well run, they even escort you to your site so that your  facing the right way and take a route that best suites your rig. Most are shaded and almost all are pull through. Full hook ups. Nice in ground pool and laundry facilities.

Great place to stop or stay

Can tell they take pride in cleanliness of sites, parks, and bathroom. Nice pool. 

Extremely clean

Very clean and quiet. There is a lot of shade in the main part of the park 
It has a huge pool, putt-putt golf, and washer and dryers

It is a little on the pricey side, but it is close to Springfield. 

Easy on and off the Interstate 

This park is just south of Springfield, right next to the interstate. We have stayed here for two weeks. Nice walking trail, swimming pool, playground, outdoor checkers, basketball court, put put golf (closed because of covid but the pool isn’t?). Full site hookups 30/50 amp, water, sewer, cable and WiFi. Many many pros to this park. Cons- very pricey, WiFi is about the speed of dial up, for the price you should be able to do more with it. 

Nice clean park with amenities.

We have stayed here twice, and will stay again for sure when in the area. Fantastic camp hosts, large pull through spots, pool, mini golf, and more. Very convenient to get too and the check in is very fast. 

Great Campground! 

In and out here for an overnight.  No issues nice facility.

A nice quick stay.

I was nervous to camp here due to the bad reveiws about the owner yelling at people and calling the police.  We just got a new 40ft 5th wheel and we had never taken our previous camper to a campground.  We're pretty much newbies.  Check in was ok.  They kept radioing the front desk worker changing the spot she was to put us in.  When we got to our spot it was blocked.  I had to call about 7 or 8 times to get anyone to answer to find out what to do.  I was so worried the owner was going to come and get angry.  Someone finally answered, the owner came over and was very friendly.  We got parked and settled.  It rained a lot while we were here and of course our stairs landed right in a mud puddle but it was mostly well drained and clear water on the gravel.  The gravel could be a bit thicker but it was decent.  The shower house was clean bit cold.  Heater was set to 55.  I'm sure not many use the shower house this time of year.  We had a lot of dirty towel from cleaning our dogs paws so much so we wanted to wash a load of towels.  It took over 3 hours to dry out towels.  Eek.  But so far so good.

Great 1st campground expereince

Called last minute on a Saturday, I had to leave a message and was hoping someone would call me back! Within five minutes, I had a call back and a lovely pull through site reserved for a one night stay on a Saturday night in May!!!  The folks were extremely friendly and the sites are all pull through. Very clean and well-maintained. This was our second visit and I can’t wait to make more back to this wonderful campsite!!!  ￼

All pull thru sites!!

It is really close to the highway and you will hear the traffic. We were on the row closest to the highway and they had spots in the back by the woods that were probably better.  With that being said... Really nice staff. Very clean grounds and bathrooms/showers. 

Good place for a layover

I love this place,we always come camping here. It’s got every thing here on the camp

Double J

We stayed here in order to visit Springfield, Illinois, and we really enjoyed this spot.  The sites are a good size, the campground is easily accessible from the highway, and there are nice amenities.  We would definitely stay here again.

Lovely Private Campground 

We stayed here this past fall as part of a visit to Springfield, IL to visit family and drive to Iowa.  We have family in Springfield, so haven't ever had a reason to "camp" there, but made this place our first spot.  

  

It was great.  The owners were super helpful, they literally showed us to our spot (even though this is a big campground) and were available for any questions or needs.

  

Also - this is right off I-55, so it was very easy in/out with a large 5th wheel, which is always a plus!

Great, Convenient, Fun Campground

We stayed one night at Double J Campground and would highly recommend! Staff were super friendly and went out of their way to accommodate! Pool was clean, bathrooms were newly updated and immaculate, putt-putt was fun (and free), and there was plenty of space and shade. You can hear the highway traffic nearby, but it was more like white-noise than anything else. Not disruptive. Great campground. 

Friendly, clean and peaceful  

Very close to Springfield to see the sites. Well maintained and level spots. Great staff. Nice pool for the kids or adults if wanted. 

Great spot

Beautiful place! We called ahead to see if they had sites available for the next two nights. Arrived just before the office closed at 5:45pm. The campground area past the office is electronically gated and registrants receive a scannable card for entry. Once we had scanned and entered through the gate they escorted us to our pull-through full-hookups site. The campsites are nice and wide, gravel like the roads, with wide grassy areas between and beautiful mature shade trees everywhere. Our site had a picnic table and a small fire ring. Full hookups worked fine. 

The campground is next to a large corn field that has recently been cut; I suspect during the growing/harvest season there may be dust and noise from equipment, and perhaps overspray from any chemicals that are dusted on it. This time of year it was nice and quiet. The noise from the highway bordering both cornfield and campground, however, was loud and constant. 

Bathrooms were clean and aerated by large fans which were loud but effective. 

We would definitely stay here again. 

Beautiful place!

The bathrooms here were heated and sparkling clean.  Our Starlink had zero obstructions worked lightening fast.  We LOVED having a dog park to exercise our dogs daily!

Great location, close to all the Springfield attractions and Slauterhaus Brewing in Auburn, IL (this is the best brewery nearby, better than Buzz Bomb or Obed &amp; Issacs in town!).

This place has a great location

Close to the interstate, good gravel spots with full hookups. Nice bathrooms and showers 

Good place

Stayed one night.  Everything was good and bathrooms clean.  Good dog areas with mowed grass.

Honestly amazed by how clean and well maintained this campground is. River rock driveways (not gravel) and sites- well packed down and regularly grated. Their friendly staff leads you back to your site on a golf cart and is regularly driving around with firewood. It's a surprisingly big campground, big rig friendly and a lot of cute amenities. Only downside is the noise of the interstate but honestly it was fine. We only stayed a couple nights and were really close to the road but there are certainly spots deeper in the grounds that probably aren't as loud. 

Be prepared for stink bugs galore though. 

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