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Best Glamping near Granite City, IL

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St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA houses premium glamping accommodations just minutes from downtown St. Louis, featuring canvas safari tents with real beds, electricity, and climate control systems. Luxury glamping options extend to nearby St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park, where lakefront canvas accommodations offer scenic water views and high-end furnishings including queen-sized beds with premium linens. Each boutique camping site includes private fire pits, electricity, and convenient proximity to modern shower facilities with complementary hot water. Glamping cabins at both locations provide kitchenettes, private patios, and fully furnished interiors designed for comfort. "The grounds are clean and pleasant, with staff who are kind and helpful. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table," noted one guest about the lakeside accommodations.

The glamping experience near Granite City connects visitors with natural surroundings while maintaining luxury comforts. Safari tents at Horseshoe Lake State Park Campground overlook the 2,200-acre lake, ideal for fishing and wildlife observation with on-site boat rentals available. Yurts at Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park feature hardwood floors, electricity, and climate control systems with proximity to miles of hiking trails. Seasonal activities enhance the glamping experience, with Jellystone Park's canvas accommodations providing access to swimming pools, mini-golf, and weekend recreational programs from April through October. A visitor described the experience at Cuivre River State Park's luxury canvas tents: "Clean free showers and laundry facilities a total plus. Had a strange crab apple/peach tree dropping fruit on our site right and left, but still a lovely spot to stay."

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Best Glamping Sites Near Granite City, Illinois (19)

    1. St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA

    13 Reviews
    Granite City, IL
    2 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 931-5160

    "When you first pull down the road you’ll be worried you’re going to end up in the train yard, but the campground is hidden and actually really quiet and secluded."

    "Laundry worked good. Pizza was good. Pet runs clean and in good shape. Good air signal for tv."

    2. Horseshoe Lake State Park Campground

    10 Reviews
    Collinsville, IL
    5 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 931-0270

    "Horseshoe Lake is one of my most visited parks and most favorite park in the STL and surrounding areas. First off absolutely beautiful land and peace is easily achieved."

    "Great spot in a beautiful area close to St. Louis. No power but access to drinking water and waste water dump for just 8$."

    3. St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    26 Reviews
    St. Charles, MO
    24 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 387-5253

    $35 - $60 / night

    "The nicest spots are the ones by the lake, with only one neighbor and a better view of the lake. The staff are kind and helpful. Water and electric worked fine."

    "I've been to 370 Lakeside Park many times to walk around the huge lake and to hear concerts in the summer, but I had never camped there. Still haven't. I'll explain."

    4. Pere Marquette State Park Campground

    24 Reviews
    Brussels, IL
    27 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 786-3323

    $10 - $20 / night

    "Larger sites but no pull through sites. 2 Handicapped sites next to the restrooms/showers. Electric only in the RV sites, but water available to fill your tanks. Dump station in the park also."

    "Campgrounds close to Pere Marquette Lodge. Is located just north of Grafton that has many food and drink and antique shops. Campground is on the Illinois River with the Mississippi River nearby."

    5. Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park Campground

    27 Reviews
    Wildwood, MO
    31 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 458-3813

    "Babler State Park Wildwood, MO

    💰 $12-$21/night

    🗓 Feb 19-21, 2022

    Site 48 ⚡️💧

    🦮 Pets Welcome (on leash at all times)

    ➕Concrete Pads, Quiet, Close to Interstate 40, Paved Roads, Easy to Access"

    "There are miles of hiking and biking trails right outside your doorstep and plenty of woods to explore. "

    6. Scott AFB FamCamp

    4 Reviews
    Mascoutah, IL
    20 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 256-2067

    "You are on the entire opposite side of the base, away from everything, absolutely everything.."

    "The nearby lake is scenic and peaceful. The campground has occasional airplane noise but it's not bad for a Air Base."

    7. St. Louis West / Historic Route 66 KOA

    30 Reviews
    Eureka, MO
    34 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 257-3018

    "Close to all the St Louis attractions as well as practically across the street from Six Flags. There is a pool and store on site."

    "They have a dog park, rv hookup sites, electric tent sites and primitive sites. We stayed at a primitive tent site with both dogs."

    8. Marquette Mobile Village, Inc/MHP

    2 Reviews
    St. Charles, MO
    21 miles
    +1 (636) 724-3630

    9. Safari RV Park

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    Collinsville, IL
    6 miles
    Website
    +1 (618) 271-0955

    10. Cuivre River State Park Campground

    41 Reviews
    Troy, MO
    45 miles
    Website
    +1 (636) 528-7247

    $15 - $38 / night

    "Given that we had to set up in/right after a rain, our tarp was sitting in grass and mud. I never knew how much I appreciated a designated gravel tent pad until then."

    "This campground was a little tricky to find after dark, but was able to show up and set up camp at 9pm. Tons of available spaces in late September."

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  • Aimee T.
    Sep. 6, 2018

    Illini Campground — Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area

    Great family campground

    We LOVE Hazlet! We have a popup camper and camp here often. It's a huge campground with a smaller reservable section and an extensive first come, first serve section. There are usually always spaces available. Sites are pretty level, are gravel, wooded, and spacious. There are several 'loops'' of sites that extend out and have water views. The shower houses are clean and air conditioned, there's a nice camp store that serves breakfast and basic lunches, and there is a nice large zero entry pool for a $5 fee on weekends. The campground hosts are sprinkled througout the grounds and are always friendly and accommodating. They have a huge Halloween event every year where people decorate their sites (pretty extensively) and there's a haunted house, then kids trick or treat from site to site. The campground also provides pumpkin painting contests and other fun activities. Better get there at least a week in advance for the halloweeen festivities- it fills up!

  • K
    Mar. 14, 2019

    Country Bend Campground

    Beautiful family campground

    Family friendly atmosphere, big inground pool, 18 hole putt putt, lots of outdoor games, planned activities on the weekends, shaded sites, and air conditioned cabins! This place is a campers dream with great staff always happy to see you.

  • S
    Apr. 19, 2024

    St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    Good now, and will be really nice when the trees get bigger

    Stayed here most of the several weeks we needed to be in St. Louis for family matters. Definitely our favorite place in the area. The grounds are clean and pleasant, if a bit sparse with little shade. This will change over the subsequent years, however, as there are many relatively newly planted trees. The nicest spots are the ones by the lake, with only one neighbor and a better view of the lake. The staff are kind and helpful. Water and electric worked fine. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table. Trash and recycling receptacles are huge and convenient. My only complaint is the poorly thought out sink situation in the bathrooms which make it impossible to wash in a sanitary way as you must hold the tap to keep the water flowing and there are no paper towels to that with, only hand dryers. There is boating and archery on site, a dog run, and a small playground.

  • Annie C.The Dyrt PRO User
    May. 1, 2020

    St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    RV delight

    I wanted to escape the house and go camping while on the work from home order (Covid-19 happening at the time of this review), so I headed to a very local park and campground to pitch my tent. I've been to 370 Lakeside Park many times to walk around the huge lake and to hear concerts in the summer, but I had never camped there. Still haven't. I'll explain. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were not so keen on having tent campers. But they were very nice and gave me the general lowdown on this "in the city" campground. Since they opened the campground, most of their campers have been RV owners, and so it is really designed for the RV camper. There is a small primitive section for group tent camping, but the majority of the sites are full hookups for RVs. Some sites are pull through and some are back in. All have picnic tables and fire pits. The park has planted some trees, but they are really just saplings, so there is no shade yet. There is a nice bathhouse with free showers for the campers and pay laundry. If you are lucky, you can get a site close to the water, but it means the walking trail is right next to your unit. Trade offs, I suppose. One couple I talked to was camping long term (I think they are permanent RV'ers) and they got a free membership to the St Peter's RecPlex recreation center with their long term spot (they said something about having to book a least a month out to get this perk). One of the downsides to this location is that it is prone to flooding. It was out of commission for most of the summer of 2019 as the entire area was flooded. But the City of St Peters did a great job getting this place back to usable with new sod, a new bathhouse, and some general sprucing up. The lake is great to walk around, about a 3 mile walk or bike on a paved trail. You can see all kinds of wildlife in and around the lake- deer, bald eagles, pelicans, ducks, snakes. In the summers they have live music in the large pavilion, and you can rent kayaks and other small boats to take out on the lake as well as bikes to ride around on. The office told me that they have 24 hour on site security also. If I really wanted to tent camp, I could rent a section of the group camping area, but $30 seemed pricey for just me, and it was very soggy to boot. Or I  could rent an RV spot, but $45 was silly when I don' t need hookups.

  • David E.
    Apr. 26, 2021

    St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park

    Nice well maintained campground.

    We stayed 2 weekend nights in April. It rained one night so the fire pits were full of water but overall the rain didn’t cause any issues. Paved streets but gravel campsites. Nice and level. All hookups were conveniently located. Shower house and restrooms were clean and well maintained/cleaned every day. Had a lakefront site but didn’t get to fish this time. Will be back for sure because it’s close to home. Very nice and large pavilion. Playground for kids. Sand volleyball courts. Nice biking/walking path around lake that’s about 5 miles. Check-in was fast and convenient.

  • Hannah W.
    Jul. 15, 2021

    Cuivre River State Park Campground

    Beautiful campground and warm showers

    The campsites and grounds are well-maintained. However, the campsites did not have designated gravel tent pads. Given that we had to set up in/right after a rain, our tarp was sitting in grass and mud. I never knew how much I appreciated a designated gravel tent pad until then. Having never camped here, we had reserved site 25 and had the whole loop to ourselves (it was a Monday night, though). Our site, though, was the smallest in the loop, tucked away in the weeds, and the only area to pitch our tent was on a slight slope. After walking the loop, I noticed that sites 26 and 29, offered more room and were better maintained. We probably could’ve changed sites had we not arrived so late and in the rain.

    Firewood is available for $5. We saw a nice playground at the entrance. There were plenty of showers (water was nice and hot!) and flush toilets in the bathhouse. The bathhouse could use some TLC, but the warm water made up for it. There are laundry facilities, though we didn’t use them.

  • Scott T.
    Jun. 12, 2018

    Pere Marquette State Park Campground

    Quiet, mature trees, open space

    Larger sites but no pull through sites. 2 Handicapped sites next to the restrooms/showers. Electric only in the RV sites, but water available to fill your tanks. Dump station in the park also.

    Campground has a Host on site 1 to register, or you can go to the visitors center ( around the corner) if you need to pay with plastic.

    $20. Per day for RV sites, $10. Per day for tent (no electric) sites. We also have 2 Cabins (basic w/beds & electric) at $45. Per day.

  • K
    Aug. 29, 2018

    Greensfelder County Park

    Hidden Gem in St. Louis County

    Pretty nice wooded campground close to St. Louis! Each site has a picnic bench, a fire pit and grill. It was very quiet when we stayed there on a Friday night, but it go really busy on Saturday morning because the equestrian folks use the campground as a staging area. There are two trail heads near the campground(very nice hiking!)

Guide to Granite City

Granite City sits along the Mississippi River floodplain in southwestern Illinois, just 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis. The area features a mix of industrial zones and natural spaces with elevations ranging from 400-450 feet above sea level. Summer temperatures typically reach 85-95°F with high humidity, while spring and fall camping offers more comfortable 60-75°F days.

What to do

Fishing opportunities: Horseshoe Lake State Park Campground offers a 2,400-acre lake popular with anglers. "Nice lake for fishing and boating," notes camper Annie C., who appreciates the park's "lovely location" with "peaceful tent camping on Walkers Island at $8 per day."

Water activities: At St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park, visitors can rent kayaks and paddleboats to explore the 140-acre lake. "They have paddle boats and bikes and group bikes for rental. Located right next to a lake with a lot of RV and tent camping spots," shares Joseph F., who adds that his "kids had a blast riding bikes."

Hiking trails: Pere Marquette State Park offers multiple hiking trails with river views from the bluffs. "The hiking trails are plentiful and quiet," says Chad K. The park features "great hiking for Illinois" according to Michael M., who adds that "the scenic drive to the park by the Mississippi and Illinois rivers is worth the trip alone."

What campers like

Affordable options: Budget-conscious campers appreciate Horseshoe Lake's low rates. "Great site 8 dollars a day!" exclaims Felion, who had "a great experience" as a first-time camper. Another visitor notes it's a "great spot in a beautiful area close to St. Louis. No power but access to drinking water and waste water dump for just 8$."

Convenient location: St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA provides easy access to metropolitan attractions. "Spent one night on our way through. We had tram tickets for the arch so we needed a shore power hookup for run the AC for our dog," writes Jessica N., who found it to be a "great overnight stop close to St Louis attractions."

Swimming facilities: Several campgrounds offer swimming options during hot Illinois summers. At St. Peters' 370 Lakeside Park, "all campsites are on the lake," according to Jim S., who describes the park as "very clean and spot on! Open all year. 24/7 security. Close to civilization but inside the river levy so also very peaceful."

What you should know

Train noise: The St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA experiences periodic train disturbances. "It's not in the prettiest location, very industrial and the train tracks run close. First night one came through blowing its horns around 5am," reports Peter H. Another camper notes that "trains pass 2 blocks away several times nightly, but after the first night you won't notice."

Industrial setting: Some campgrounds near Granite City are located in industrial areas. The St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA is "in an industrial area off the beaten path a little," according to Stephanie S., though she found it "nice overall" with good bathrooms and recreational facilities including "pool, playground and bouncepad."

Seasonal closures: Check operating schedules before visiting. Horseshoe Lake State Park Campground operates from May 1 to September 30, while the St. Louis NE-Granite City KOA runs from March 25 to November 1. Some facilities like showers and water connections may close during winter months at year-round parks.

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