Gun Creek

Reviewed Nov. 8, 2024

Beautiful Sunsets over the Lake

What a beautiful campground, it’s our second time here. Some spots do have a fairly good slope to them

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Month of VisitNovember

Barb N.

Reviewed Apr. 30, 2024

Blue Jay #49 Water site

Love this state park! Clean, quiet, water views and lots of bike paths to ride.

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Month of VisitApril

Eric C.

Reviewed Sep. 23, 2023

Beautifull

Only reason for not 5 star was it is a little to close to the interstate.

Month of VisitAugust

Barb N.

Reviewed May. 5, 2023

Amazing Lake Views!! Bring a fishing pole.

Excellent park but many sights aren’t flat. Not all have water, septic. Clean facilities. Self checkin. Golf onsite, clubhouse with food.

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Month of VisitMay

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Barb N.

Reviewed Apr. 5, 2023

Lots of space by a Lake

RV or tent, book online at Recreation.Gov not all spots are level. Electric on most but not all have water. Campfire area and picnic table provided. Bathhouse is clean and park areas are all clean, dump station on site. We will be back and book closer to the lake in a level site.

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Month of VisitApril

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Cooper F.

Reviewed Apr. 27, 2022

Well maintained!

Very well kept, friendly staff, very convenient from interstate. Limited interstate noise, not all sites have water/sewer, but many water points available throughout camp. They’re indicated on website, we just overlooked the detail.

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Month of VisitApril

Erin S.

Reviewed Apr. 22, 2022

Lake Views

We loved staying here. Pet friendly and beautiful lake views from many of the camp sites. I recommend checking the grade of the camp site because some of the ones next to the lake were at a pretty big angle. Our site was nice and flat so no issues there. We loved it and would definitely stay again.

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Month of VisitApril

Brooke V.

Reviewed Jun. 30, 2021

Gorgeous lake side views

Amazing campground with amazing views! The lake had the most amazing sunset! Everyone is super friendly and we recommend the blue jay loop for best views and swimming access to the lake. Shower house is also within a short walk to the blue jay trail. Lots of room for kids to play and bike. Level sites with no issues with parking. Highly recommend if you are in the area. If we lived closer we’d be there every weekend!

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Month of VisitJune

Never Sitting S.

Reviewed May. 17, 2021

Large campground

Overall a great stay, very busy as it was full the entire time we were there while the state park down the road was empty. Nice place for families, most campers seemed to be fishing. Absolutely must check how level the spots are before you book, as lots of sites are over 4 inch incline, which seems ok for Smaller rigs. Good wifi, phone and cable signals. We would stay here again, but lots of places to check out around the lake.

Month of VisitMay

Elisha L.

Reviewed Nov. 11, 2020

Pretty but not very level

This is a nice campground on Rend Lake. The sites themselves are nice and the lake is beautiful! Our only issue is that the sites on not very level. Ours had a significant slope when we backed up the electric hookups. But it was a concrete pad with a concrete picnic table, firepit, and a tall hook for a light or garbage out of bear's reach. We saw a nice playground for kids. We would stay here again, just scout for a more level site.

Dave S.

Scout

Reviewed Oct. 18, 2020

A Great Place To Camp!

We’ve Camped At Gun A Few Times Now And Have Had A Great Experience Every Time!!

Dave S.

Scout

Reviewed Oct. 18, 2020

This Is A Great Spot To Camp

Gun Creek has many sites for all campers. For cheap you get a simple site with electric or for not too much more there are sites with water and sewage dump.

Sarah R.

Reviewed Aug. 16, 2020

Perfectly maintained

Loved this serene, lakeside campground. Campsites are perfectly maintained and the natural setting of the lake is preserved well. Lovely families and boaters camping and fishing. Poured and level concrete pads to put your trailer on, plenty of trees and shade.

Brennan M.

Reviewed Jul. 26, 2020

Great Sunset view

It was a good view, also pretty RV heavy, but tent friendly. Grassy area, fire pit, stone table. The facilities are outdated and don't feel super clean. Easy to reserve and convenient. Because of the lake there are tons of mosquitos, plan accordingly! There was also a little skunk walking around this morning.

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Month of VisitJuly

Elizabeth M.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 25, 2020

Great campground by lake

We camped only one night on our way out west. Arrived just as the sun was setting which was beautiful over the lake. We were in Eagle 81. Large wooded site next to the lake. A short hike to the bathroom (we were in tents) and not much grassy area, but plenty of space to pitch 2 small tents. People were quiet and so friendly. Very nice.

b K.

Reviewed Apr. 29, 2020

Great campground!

Gun Creek is a great campground with many waterfront sites! It is nicely wooded, with a great boat ramp and boat parking area and close to a nice bike trail! In addition, it is conveniently located to provisions and some restaurants!

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Susan L.

Legend

Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019

Shaded sites right on Rend Lake

This COE campground is conveniently located and just a quick off ramp from the Interstate. I stayed here one night as I headed south from Chicago. The one night only ultimately turned out to be a blessing. It seemed that I inadvertently booked a site in the middle of a family reunion. I don’t mind a good party, but when you leave your dog tethered to visit at other campsites and your dog is barking for hours, well, that’s not okay.

I was in site 30, located directly on the water in the Nighthawk campground. Site 29 is very close and the picnic bench is literally 8 feet away from the back of the pad of site 30. The class A rig in the video belonged to my neighbor, so you can see how close the sites were. Don’t expect much in the way of privacy. Otherwise, the site is shaded and fairly level with a nice lake view and direct access.

Unfortunately, I didn’t awake to sounds of nature. Early in the morning the sawing and woodchipping began. To make matters worse it was windy. All the woodchopping and sawdust was flying in the air which required us to close windows and hunker down inside until the park crew finished their work. I understand that maintaining the park is important, but why on a busy camping weekend?

The restrooms were a short walk across the road and up the slope from site 30. I didn’t use the facilities, so can’t speak to their functionality or cleanliness. I like to camp at lakes because I enjoy kayaking and this lake would allow for all kinds of water activities which is a plus.

Also, if you haven’t made a reservation and decide to do a walk up make sure you have cash. A couple was turned away and told to get cash because they don’t take credit cards or checks.

I might stay here again as a layover spot because of its convenient location to the interstate, but it wouldn’t be a destination for me.

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Month of VisitOctober

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Crystal H.

Reviewed Oct. 6, 2019

So beautiful

There’s not a bad campsite here. There are sites with electric, water, and sewer. Several sites are right on Rend Lake. Most sites have concrete picnic tables and fire rings. The bath houses are really nice, they are individual shower houses that are clean and well lit. The grounds are very well maintained. The park was full while we stayed there, but was really quiet. You can tent camp or use a camper.

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Annie C.

Legend

Reviewed Apr. 30, 2019

Fish and camp on Rend Lake

One of the first campgrounds that you come to at Rend Lake when you get off the highway, this campground has lots of positives and few negatives. Among the positives is that this is a large campground with two loops and two spurs for camping. It didn’t seem to matter where your site was, each was fairly small, on top of each other, and lacking the privacy I like when tent camping. That being said, every site has electric (a plus), and every site looked well maintained. There are quite a few sites on the lake or with lake views, and these seemed to be the most coveted sites. My site was on the lake with a down slope reaching down to the tent/picnic pad (a concern if it was going to rain hard), and littered with sweet gum balls that had not been swept up yet. However, I had plenty of space at my site (#79) to spread out and relax. It was pretty neat to look at the exposed roots of trees along the shore, erosion at work. Not far from the campground is a picnic area and the boat launch. One of the down sides is that you can clearly hear the highway from the campground, and of course if you have a lake site, you will have plenty of boat noise. Speaking of boats, most people seemed to be fishing. The campground does not have a fish cleaning station in it but up near the golf course (you drive past it to get to the campground) there is an almost new looking fish cleaning station.

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Month of VisitApril

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Jonathan W.