Best Campgrounds near Gridley, IL

Recent Reviews near Gridley, IL

475 Reviews of 70 Gridley Campgrounds

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  Jessica T.

  Traveler

  Sep. 9, 2025

  Starved Rock Family Campground

  Nice little campsite!

  Well maintained and large campground. Sites aren’t stacked on top of each other and seem fairly level. I will say the grounds by our site seemed to have a fly/other sewer fly problem in the ground? I don’t know. Seemed to need a treatment of some sort. L7 is more in a wide open area so if you want more trees, book more in the middle of the campground. Bathrooms are well maintained and cleaned. Laundry facility easy. Bummed our trip got cut short by a RV maintenance issue.

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  Tamatha R.

  Scout

  Aug. 21, 2025

  Love's RV Stop-Normal IL 867

  A trickster with premium luxury pricing.

  We decided to not stay here. We stopped, did the online reservation (Loves now uses Camplife website). Made the reservation for a single night and it's $70+ tax and fees.  We paid less per night at luxury campgrounds with waterparks and entertainment. This is a truck stop. Needless to say, we won't be using Love's anymore for our single night stays when traveling.

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  Larry R.

  Guide

  Aug. 17, 2025

  Friends Creek Campground

  Great campground

  Very nice small campground with well spaced sites. The bathrooms were very clean. The Macon County website is a bit wonky to navigate. The camp host is a jewel. Be aware that there are 50 amp sites and 30 amp sites. The 50 amp sites are more expensive. Would definitely return.

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  Cowboy W.

  Traveler

  Jul. 28, 2025

  Gibson City South Park Municipal Campground

  Wonderful spot

  This is a great city run campground attached to a block sized city park. 30 amp and water at each site. The park has restrooms, with showers. You only need to grab a key from the police department. There is a dump station on site and large dumpster. Supermarket, restaurants and gas station with in a few blocks. An active American Legion post/bar just down main street. All for $10 a night.

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  Rick K.

  Scout

  Jul. 26, 2025

  Four Star Campground

  4 STAR CAMPGROUND IS A VERY BAD SPOT TO GO

  I HAD PURCHASED A BRAND NEW CAMPER AND THEY HAVE DRUGGYS FOR EMPLOYEES AND DRUNKS PASS OUT IN YOUR LOT AND I HAD TOLD OWNERS ABOUT THE WORKER HARRASSING ME THEY DID NOTHING I TOLD THEM OWNERS 3 TIMES ABOUT THE GUY HARRASING ME WELL HE BE UP MY CAMPER 20 THOUSAND DOLLAR CAMPER HE DESTRYED CUZZ HE WAS INTOXICATED AND DRUGGED UP SO I HAD TO CALL THE COPS AFTER 3 TIME WARNING THEM OWNERS SO NOW I HAVE TO GO TO OURT FOR THSES NEGLEGENCE AND SAID OH WELL TO ME

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  Fred R.

  Ranger

  Jul. 20, 2025

  Starved Rock Campground — Starved Rock State Park

  Summer trip week 2 the return home

  Picked this spot outta the air. What an amazing history and geological area. The campgrounds were large and dark with shade trees. Limited 50 Amp sites as it is old.

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  Lex D.

  Scout

  Jul. 2, 2025

  Great Falls Campground — Illini State Park

  BEWARE!!

  This park does NOT have water and sewer hook ups. You will have to fill your water tank, before parking. The facilities on site are terrible. The showers on site TRICKLED, not even enough to wash your hair. The sinks constantly run, they don’t shut off. When we called to reserve the guy told us we had to do a pull up basis. But there were slots reserved for other people. Very confusing. Not staying here again.

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  Veronica S.

  Legend

  Jun. 29, 2025

  Whitetail Campground — Illini State Park

  We noped out 5 minutes after finally finding our site

  OMG where do I even start? It’s Illinois. It’s all corn and soy until the actual park which is just a few trees along a very industrialized and ugly river. This was just a stopover and we weren’t expecting much for nature, but it somehow had less than I expected.

  Stopped at the office which was closed (4pm on summer Saturday). A sign said to just go set up. There is an initial sign pointing you in the general direction of Whitetail, but then more intersections with no indication of which way to go so you get to drive around aimlessly until you find the right place. Hint: go in the direction of the Lock.

  Once we finally found Whitetail, I was getting quite discouraged. In the non-electrical side there is a giant ugly unnecessary lawn in the middle of a loop with sites on the outside of the loop. There is one vault toilet at the very beginning of the loop that would mean probably a 5 minute walk at least to get to the toilet if you’re on the farther end of the loop. The sites are ugly. It’s just weedy vegetation that looks more like a disturbed junk yard or ditch than a nature area.

  Our site could have been fully enclosed with shrubs or brush but had a large opening to the next site, so no privacy. But there was almost no place to put our small tent, especially since, at the end of a very long trip, our pads no longer stay inflated and we need somewhat flat ground under our them.

  The “fire pits” are weird like fireplace insert things and so previous campers have built fires on the ground all over. The vegetated area surrounding the site was covered in litter. The “fire pit” was completely full of someone’s garbage. I wish I had taken a picture before leaving. There were shingles, a charred baking pan, other garbage, and even a 10 foot long metal furniture thing? Idk what it was but the campground is clearly not managed at all or they would have cleaned that stuff up. There was a bunch of fishing line strung from the trees as if people were using it to hang things and then just left it there?

  The good thing is that there was cell service so we used it to book a hotel room and left immediately. Wasn’t able to successfully cancel my reservation. You have to call the park directly to do that and I don’t know if they are ever actually open for that.

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  Karla J. B.

  Guide

  Jun. 17, 2025

  Great Falls Campground — Illini State Park

  Adequate

  We stayed here while visiting relatives in Marseilles, and this park was the closest. Things here were fine for our purposes. I don’t see this as a great destination. During our stay, the place needed mowing and the men’s shower and bathroom didn’t have water, but the women’s side had ALL the water running-the sinks where you push to turn on and they go off on their own didn’t go off. Both showers were running. The next morning, the women’s sinks were better, and I was able to reach in to turn off the shower. We did take a morning walk along the river and we enjoyed MANY different birdsongs.