Best Equestrian Camping near Calumet City, IL

Do you love the outdoors and horses? If you're looking for a rustic but comfortable experience, horse camping in Calumet City is the way to go. It's easy to find Calumet City campgrounds for horse camping with The Dyrt. These scenic and easy-to-reach Calumet City campsites are perfect for equestrian campers.

Best Equestrian Sites Near Calumet City, IL (3)

    Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

    1. Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

    12 Reviews
    39 Photos
    126 Saves
    Bourbonnais, Illinois

    Our Class-A Premium campground is located in the main park with shower facilities, flush toilets, and all sites have electricity. Water is available by pump at designated locations throughout the campground and at the sanitary dump station. This is a very wooded area with 4 loops-Oak, Hawthorne, Osage & Hickory. Pit toilets are also located near each loop. Alcohol is prohibited and credit cards are not accepted at the site.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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      2. Leisure Lake Resort

      3 Reviews
      37 Saves
      Joliet, Illinois

      Leisure Lake Membership Resort is a family camping and RV resort. Enjoy the great outdoors without the long drive. Located in Joliet, Illinois, we are 40 miles from Chicago and only minutes from Chicago Land's Route 66 Speedway, 10 miles from Metra Train Station. We are owned and operated by the members for the members. We do allow Good Sam members in based on availability.There are many organized activities, dances, and live entertainment provided throughout the year. We have many amenities to offer! Featuring a 24 acre stocked fishing lake, 2 acre sand bottom swimming lake, swimming pool, convenience store, and free WiFi.

      • Pets
      • Fires
      • Electric Hookups
      • Phone Service
      • ADA Access
      • RVs

      $37 / night

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        3. Kankakee River State Park Equestrian Campground — Kankakee River State Park

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        Bourbonnais, Illinois

        The Equestrian Campground off Illinois Route 113 is open from April 1 through October 31. Equestrian trails operate on a seasonal basis. There is no water available in the Equestrian Campground.

        • Pets
        • Fires
        • Phone Service
        • Equestrian
        • Trash
        • Showers

      Recent Equestrian Reviews in Calumet City

      15 Reviews of 3 Calumet City Campgrounds


      • Iryna R.The Dyrt PRO User
        Camper-submitted photo from Leisure Lake Resort
        Oct. 6, 2024

        Leisure Lake Resort

        Good resort very bad water

        We booked a month stay but weren’t able to stay over 2 weeks because water is so horrible. Our cat got diarrhea, clothes got ruined, you can’t even make tea with that water. But everything else was good. Nice helpful staff, clean, quiet rv park.

      • Art S.The Dyrt PRO User
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Jul. 26, 2023

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Simple state park along the river

        Potowatami campground is divided into four loops. We camped in the Osage loop. Garbage cans are at the start of the loop. A central shower house is on the main road midway between the loops. Right at the start of Osage is an entrance to the crushed gravel bike path. It gave us a great hike through the trees. You can find picnic areas and playground equipment by following the bike path. The camp host checks you in. He gave us the signal in case we drive out of camp. Wave the sign out your window and re-enter camp. He also told us about rock creek nature trail. It’s just across the main road near the ranger office entrance. There are another couple miles of trails if you want some diversity.

      • B
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Jul. 24, 2023

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Nice on a Thursday

        First off the camp hosts were amazing! Very friendly and helpful!

        Ok. Came in on a Thursday with no reservations. Camp Hosts got me a spot for Thursday and only had 2 available spots in the whole campground for the weekend so I took Oak 1 over the only other open spot.
        Thursday night was GREAT. It was quiet and peaceful. Had a great day chilling on Friday during the day too. Friday afternoon people started funneling in and it still wasn’t too bad into the evening.

        About 8 is when it got a little worse. There was a group that came in and occupied 2 sites. They were a little more loud but bearable. About 9:45 another part of their group came rolling in. That’s when it wasn’t as nice. They were trying to set up their tent with headlights/flashlights shining into our camp. Yelling back and forth between the 3 sites, etc. Finally I think the quieted down about midnight. Saturday. Still loud and a few of the cars in their group were in and out several times. Not a big deal except every time they were driving out a one way.

      • Valerie B.
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Sep. 26, 2021

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Nice, wooded sites

        This was our first camping here and we really enjoyed our stay in the campground. The campground manager was very friendly and helpful and our site was clean with a nice fire pit with built-in grill and very clean. Lots of shower stalls in the shower house. We will definitely be back!

      • debe K.The Dyrt PRO User
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Sep. 16, 2021

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Nice campground/IL state park

        Nice sites in the Potawatomi Campground! Would have been a 5 star but no Campground host on duty the night I camped and no toilet paper in the toilet in the Oak loop. Can't make a reservation day before camping so that kinda sucks as everything is walk in... Am on a "purpose trip" and not a journey, so not partaking of park amenities. I would definitely camp here again!!

      • Jacqueline F.
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Jul. 20, 2021

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Lush area with lots of privacy

        I wish we were able to stay longer than one day! I loved this spot! We loved riding our bikes along the river and just being away from the hustle and bustle. Not many amenities other than showers, toilets and hookups, but it just adds to the appeal here. A great spot to get away and experience some silence and solitude!

      • Shannon H.
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        May. 19, 2021

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Great to be back! Land is beautiful

        We had four sites on Osage loop for tent camping.  Two were very small (14&15), and little grass for tent setup, fine for RV or trailer campers.  They were private with brush between sites.  16&17 were amazing for tents!!  Open, tall trees for our tight rope and hammocks and shade. Grass for tents  16&17 Osage loop also open to 9&10 on Hickory loop.  With a lot of space between so no site setup is on top of each other.  Wish we knew more about individual site layout.  Grills were new.  Bathrooms inclu vault were cleanest I’ve seen.  Bike path/hike path is long and wide and very nice.  We had kids under age 8.  River is fast, tried to fish.  Stars were out.  Had rain Saturday but we all just hang out and manage just fine.  Overall, where the loops get close on the map, the sites back up with good space without ground brush - if you’re trying to string together a few sites for a group where you can pass through - also fine for strangers.  Biggest spaces.  Can add that 13, 6, 5, ,4  Osage are good RV but not good tent.

      • phillip L.
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Jul. 27, 2016

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Great

        The campsites are very spread out and you will have a very private quiet campsite. This site is near a small cemetery that has tombstones that are hundreds of years old. I got to stay at site 14 at Davis creek. Potowatomi Campground and Chippewa Campground are not opened for the entire 2016. The sites are really limited around here so I recommend reserving weeks earlier or just come early. The site costed me about 8 dollars to reserve which was really cheap. The restrooms were really dirty and had a lot of insects flying around. There is no running water at the site so bring plenty. We did not have to collect firewood because there is a man walking around with a wheel barrow selling it which was really convenient. There is a short hike that crosses a bridge and it goes along the river

      • Andrea F.
        Camper-submitted photo from Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park
        Jul. 20, 2016

        Potowatomi Campground — Kankakee River State Park

        Clean, Expansive

        The area is well kept, clean, and well managed. I have frequented this park because it offers a lot of activities from primitive camping, RV parking, fishing, hiking, biking, backpacking, etc. They're are some rock cliffs that are suspended over the Kankakee river and also over a creek that feeds it. These are great for climbing and scaling. Additionally, there are Indian caves through the creek where you can still find arrowheads. Exploring the area is pretty cool and the park is quite expansive and impressive for this state. It's great during all times of the year.



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