It was funny as I was driving into the campground there was a huge sign promoting the Illinois State Lottery, it seemed a little out of place.

Shabbona Lake State Park is fair to average. I am not a big fisherman, so there are probably some who will disagree with my assessment. There is a lot of fishing and hunting in this park. The campground is average. The positives are that it has a lot of good shade trees and there are boat rentals if you are like me and don't want to drive cross country with a boat.

If you are a local and like to hunt and fish, this is probably for you. If you are coming just to camp move on, you can do better.

FYI: If you come in on a gravel road and you come up to a house on a hill with a whole bunch of maintenance equipment you are in the right place. Your GPS took you to the back entrance to the park headquarters. Just keep driving past the maintenance equipment, you will eventually find the park.