Best Tent Camping near Virginia, IL

Recent Tent Reviews in Virginia

190 Reviews of 6 Virginia Campgrounds

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  B S.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 19, 2024

  Pine Campground — Sand Ridge State Forest

  It's okay

  Stopped here overnight in late August. Only a few other campers on a Sunday so nice and quiet. Typical midwest tent camping on dirt, lots of mosquitoes, pit toilets.

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  John H.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 12, 2024

  Waverly Lake City Park

  Nice little lake and camp ground

  I've stayed here a couple times now. Each time there has only been one other person. It's quiet and peaceful, however there's not much to do. As far as I know there's no running water. There are portable toilets that are kept clean. There's also a 4 consecutive day per month limit.

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  Aaron B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 6, 2024

  Sangchris Lake State Park Campground

  Lakeside Relaxation

  These walk in sites check all the boxes.  At the western part of the RV loop, is a peninsula of primitive tent camping spots to choose from.  About half the sites were filled by the second day we were there.  We settled on 62, which is spacious and provides access to the path from the front and behind where you can walk into site 64 as well.  A parking area with a single spot for each camp site is well marked and by two vault toilets.  Park staff and host were great.  A decent fishing spot is just in front of site 64.  $8 for IL residents is hard to beat, if you don't need an RV spot with electric.  A water source is also by the parking spots.  The weekend we were there the weather had cooled some and a great breeze was coming off the lake.  Springfield being so close is a bonus.

  The only negative is like any spot and how previous people leave the camp looking before you are there.  Some garbage in the fire pit and random spots are par for the course in any state park.  Pick up the trash and dump it in the dumpster by the parking lot.  Leave the site better than you found it is our motto.

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  David F.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 2, 2024

  Jim Edgar Panther Creek - Family Campground

  JIM Edgar Panther Creek S.P.

  Praire Lake Campground has 3 facilities on the lake. FAMILY camp for Rv, Tentand cabins. 1. 84 sites with Electric or 19 have FHU. 2. Primitive Camp has seven three-sided shelters to camp near or in for a fee of $6 per night 3. Group camp area. A separate location has the equestrian campground, Questing Hills, with 51 electric sites.

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  Jennifer H.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 26, 2024

  Evening Star Camping Resort

  Campers Are Like Family

  Love to swim in the pool, play in the bags tournaments, enjoy the fundraiser in July for St. Jude Children’s Hospital, mini golf, basketball and theme weekends. My favorite is the chili cook off and Halloween weekends are a blast!!

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  Helge Vandel J.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 6, 2024

  Kampsville River Park

  Nice place near the river

  Good value. 25$ for an RV site with water, dump and power. Payment at the village hall.

  Still vacant sites in July.

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  Rayn C.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 17, 2024

  Spring Lake Park - Macomb

  Just lovely so spacious and clean. Gorgeous view of lake from cabins.

  Friendly staff. Kayak and Pontoon to rent. Trails go all over the entire park! Clean showering facilities. Our furnished cabin faced the lake it was an incredible view.  We had fun fishing and sitting by the campfire in the evenings. Overall definitely worth the 5 stars!!!! Thanks Ryan and all of the staff out there! We will revisit soon.

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  Steve H.

  Guide

  

  May. 2, 2024

  Primitive Campground — Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

  Prairie Lake Campground @Jim Edgar Panther Creek

  Pleasant campground with 2 loops. Clean bathrooms with showers. Choice of full hookup or just electric on outer perimeters of each loop. Small fishing lake. 2 campground host sites with wood and ice for sale.

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  Donna G.

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 6, 2024

  Anderson Lake SFWA

  Simple yet beautiful & peaceful.

  We have been here 3 Xs over the pas years as a stop over while traveling. They only have vault toilets, but clean. This time no water due to water break.issue. just a nice place on a beautiful lake. Nice for bird watching.

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  Jareth C.

  Ranger

  

  Feb. 18, 2024

  Sangchris Lake State Park Campground

  Beautiful views

  Came here in winter and it’s really beautiful. Lots of amenities and big spots, will come again

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  David F.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 30, 2023

  Primitive Campground — Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

  State Park away from busier Illinois

  https://camp.exploremoreil.com/ 84 electric RV sites all reservable except 21 First Come sites. 18 sites are full hookup. Several 50 amp sites but majority are 30 amp. Modern Shower house and 7 Vault toilet buildings. Newer Campground so Shade Trees are smaller still. Have camped here 4 times past 3 years. Like the quite agricultural Illinois environment but suggest shopping for your needs prior to leaving larger cities as most of the few small towns are limited to a Bar and Dollar store.

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  Lindsey P.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 30, 2023

  Siloam Springs State Park Campground

  Hidden Gem of Illinois...

  This site was so much better than what I was expecting! My friend, Kari, her 3 Doodles, my Beagle, and I camped out the first night in the group section, because there's hardly anyone there and we got there too late in the day to actually start hiking. In the morning, we loaded up our packs, put the little packs on the dogs (they have to carry their own food and water), and headed up the Red Oak Backpacking Trail. I don't know if we started at the beginning or not, but we parked by a little wooden bridge and the hill to start off our adventure kinda kicked my ass a little bit. After we made it up the initial incline, the landscape was beautiful and varied from flat areas to valleys and some creeks (which I was very thankful for after a few hours in 90° and 25 lbs on my back). We ended up setting up camp at a spot we thought was nice just before it got dark, because we didn't know where or how much further the primitive hike-in campsites were. The next day, we figured it out, but we wouldn't have made it there before dark. Towards the end, there were stairs built into the earth that were way too difficult to manage when your legs are jelly and your pack is heavy, so it was almost easier trying to take the side of the stairs and make your own little path, so just a heads up there. We had so much fun the whole time and I can't wait to go back for some snow camping later this year (they are open year round)!!!

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  michael W.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 17, 2023

  Illinois State Fair Campground

  Large campground, good location, good value

  On the state fairgrounds just off gate 10 or 11. Very large number of spaces…older bathrooms/ showers but very clean. All spaces seem to have electricity and water.

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  Nick W.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 15, 2023

  Yogi Bears Jellystone Park at Pine Lakes

  Family orientated

  Came when all the water activities were closed for the season. Cannot wait to come back! Facilities very clean and family oriented. Very fun for kids.

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  Richard R.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 28, 2023

  Illinois State Fair Campground

  Clean, beautiful urban camp

  We always leave late on the first day of a trip and get stressed. This was an easy 3/4 day trip from our house and a great place to relax. Great thick grass carpet spots if you want.Great level paved pads if you want.Friendly checking , friendly security driving around all night. Lots of showers, mine was good and hot. Some traffic noise All kinds of open spots if it isn’t fair week. Don’t just show up fair week.

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  Colin H.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 31, 2023

  Deer Run Campground — Sangchris Lake State Park

  Beautiful, affordable and friendly

  The camp host was super friendly, the sites were large and the primitive sites at the back were incredibly beautiful! The prices were very low.

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  JASON L.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 28, 2023

  Sangchris Lake State Park Campground

  Hickory Point Heaven

  There's really no way to describe this campground except for: Accommodating. Beautiful. Clean. Convenient. Peaceful. Relaxing. We have spent many weekends here and have never had a bad experience. Tony and Danielle and the rest of the entire campground host staff and crew do absolutely everything to make sure you have a great stay!!! We appreciate them and this wonderful campground. Our favorite sites are 13, 18, 23. Please visit and enjoy!

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  Adam S.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 17, 2023

  Spring Lake Park - Macomb

  Awesome campground

  Always a great experience at spring lake. Fishing, boat rentals, convenience store and shower house are all great. Beautiful and we’ll maintained.

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  Ray & Terri F.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 14, 2023

  Pittsfield City Lake

  Nice small CG just above the lake

  We have a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and stayed in site 33 for just 1 night in late June. This is a relatively small CG, 33 sites, and there were only a handful or so of sites available when we arrived on a Friday afternoon and they do not accept reservations. The showers were clean and hot. The electric and water hookups on some sites, at least ours, was at the back and on the wrong side. Our electric cord just reached the post. AT&T coverage varied, with 1-2 Bars of LTE service and speeds between 0.4 and 3.5 MB/s. We had a clear view of the southern and northern sky, so we were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site and Starlink had speed up to 12 MB/s.

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  nicky

  Scout

  

  Jun. 22, 2023

  The Double J Campground and RV Park

  Good place

  Close to the interstate, good gravel spots with full hookups. Nice bathrooms and showers

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  Teri M.

  Scout

  

  May. 19, 2023

  Illinois State Fair Campground

  Comfortable Place to stay

  The showers were clean. Campsites are close together, but not to busy while I was there. Reasonable. Staff friendly. Security regularly drove around.

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  Mike G.

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 15, 2023

  Sangchris Lake State Park Campground

  Fantastic lakeside camping

  I stayed at the tent sites. They are first come, first served, and a short walk from the parking spots. There are times of RV sites also, although the host said most all are reservable and only a handful are firstcome, first served. There are restrooms and a shower house that are clean.

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  Whistle P.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 6, 2022

  The Double J Campground and RV Park

  This place has a great location

  The bathrooms here were heated and sparkling clean. Our Starlink had zero obstructions worked lightening fast. We LOVED having a dog park to exercise our dogs daily!

  Great location, close to all the Springfield attractions and Slauterhaus Brewing in Auburn, IL (this is the best brewery nearby, better than Buzz Bomb or Obed & Issacs in town!).

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  Sean H.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 29, 2022

  Springfield KOA

  Nice relaxing campground

  Campground is quiet and in a nice wooded area but still only 5-10 minutes from nearby shopping and attractions in Springfield.

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  Jennifer K.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 23, 2022

  Primitive Campground — Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

  Great Friendly, Family Park

  We certainly didn’t expect the Prairie Lake Campground to be full in late October! Both loops were full, but there was just enough space for us to squeeze in for 2 nights! (A few spaces seemed to be filled with deer hunters who were up and out quite early.) Site has electricity with water centrally located in the center of the loop. We needed a 100 ft fresh water hose to fill up. Luckily a friendly neighbor had one for us to borrow! Nice warm bath house had push button showers with locks on the stalls with a dry space to dress inside the stall. Lake has boat dock with about 6 slips. The point on the lake was a beautiful setting for a fall wedding on Saturday! Lots of families with kids riding bikes around the loop and some playing wiffle ball in the open field. Each spot had a picnic table and fire ring. Our spot, #78 sat under a tree with great shade. Bagged ice is available at 1st host site for $4 and a bundle of firewood for $6

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  Robert F.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 12, 2022

  Illinois State Fair Campground

  Illinois State Fairgrounds RV Park

  No frills, parking lot or grassy style campsites. $20 per night for a a pull behind RV on an electric/water site. $30 for a full hookup. Large clean bathrooms, dated but useable.

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  GP

  Guide

  

  Sep. 29, 2022

  The Double J Campground and RV Park

  Beautiful place!

  Beautiful place! We called ahead to see if they had sites available for the next two nights. Arrived just before the office closed at 5:45pm. The campground area past the office is electronically gated and registrants receive a scannable card for entry. Once we had scanned and entered through the gate they escorted us to our pull-through full-hookups site. The campsites are nice and wide, gravel like the roads, with wide grassy areas between and beautiful mature shade trees everywhere. Our site had a picnic table and a small fire ring. Full hookups worked fine.

  The campground is next to a large corn field that has recently been cut; I suspect during the growing/harvest season there may be dust and noise from equipment, and perhaps overspray from any chemicals that are dusted on it. This time of year it was nice and quiet. The noise from the highway bordering both cornfield and campground, however, was loud and constant.

  Bathrooms were clean and aerated by large fans which were loud but effective.

  We would definitely stay here again.