Established Camping

Lincolns New Salem Historic Site Campground

4 Reviews

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About This Campground

State Park

If you do arrive without a reservation and the campground host is unavailable, please do not park in a “reserved campsite.” If you may be interested in becoming a campground host, feel free to contact us at 217-632-4000. We look forward to seeing you this season!

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Location

Lincolns New Salem Historic Site Campground is located in Illinois

Address

15588 History Lane
Petersburg, IL 62675

Coordinates

39.98100021 N
89.845 W

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Access

Drive-In
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Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.

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WiFi
Good
Verizon
Good
AT&T
Unknown
T-Mobile
Unknown

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group

Features

For Campers

Market
ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
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Kaitlin D.

Guide

Reviewed May. 24, 2022

Great area

We loved this campground. Was all paved sites and roads. Pretty level sites. Utilities harder to get to but all in all a great family campground. Pet friendly. Not 5 stars since we had to leave a day early due to weather. Not their fault but sites became a lake and couldn’t even step outside.…

Site51

Month of VisitJune

Cassidy P.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018

Favorite Hometown Hiking

a couple cute trails and 1 nice little campground that you can pitch a tent in or drive your RV too. close to the beautiful historic New Salem Village. my dog and I love it here!

Jamie T.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 29, 2018

Great place to visit and learn some history as well

This is a wonderful place to visit. I enjoy learning about some of our family history. We have relation to the Trent, Graham, and Jackson families from the original area. Their cabins are reconstructed for touring as well as the old school house. Such a great way to show the kids how life was like…

Month of VisitOctober