Coon Creek (IL)
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2022

Simply Beautiful!

We spent a long Columbus day weekend at Coon Creek at Lake Shelbyville. We tent camped and very much enjoyed our stay….even though the night time temps got into the low 30’s. This campground had many spacious sites. They were all different in size and shape and there was several “buddy” sites available. I was impressed with the space between the sites, the mature trees, and the overall peaceful setting of the campground. It was pretty full during our visit however it was relatively quiet and peaceful. There was plenty of shower houses and restrooms placed throughout the campground and we never had to wait to use the shower. The handicap accessible shower/restroom combo across from our site was ok. It didn’t have a place to sit to put shoes or clothes on. It needed a good bleaching and there was no hand soap which was pretty gross, but over all that’s my biggest complaint about the campground. I brought my own hand soap when I used the facilities, But I still had to touch the surfaces of others that did NOT wash their hands with soap after using the potty. 🤮😬🤮

There was a very well stocked store at the entrance called “Castaways at at Coon Creek” that had lots of helpful, unexpected, and fun items. You could buy ice, filtered water, beer, groceries, bait, firewood ($6 a bundle), and lots of other items!

Oh and you could call in and custom order Hunt Brother’s Pizza and wings. They would call you 5 mins before your order was coming out of the oven so you could come pick it up.

There was a couple of places along the road on the way in that had wood bundles for sale on the honor system. One offered fairly large bundles for $5. I was impressed by this! it was certainly not the tiny firewood bundles at the gas station! I will include a photo of one of the bundles for reference.

Excellent place to camp overall. I would encourage them to put some hand soap in those bathrooms. 🤮 I had to dock them a star for this!

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  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022
  • Review photo of Coon Creek (IL) by Keri B., October 9, 2022