Established Camping
Washington County State Recreation Area
About
State Park
Location
Washington County State Recreation Area is located in Illinois
Directions
Located 4 miles south of Nashville, the park is in close proximity to Interstate 64, and Illinois Highways 15 and 127. Going East on I64 use exit 50 at Nashville, go south on Illinois Highway 127, go through Nashville, approximately 8 miles. Turn left onto Conservation Rd., at entrance to Washington County Conservation Area. Going West on I64 use exit 50 at Nashville, go south on Illinois Highway 127, go through Nashville, approximately 8 miles. Turn left onto Conservation Rd., at entrance to Washington County Conservation Area.
Address
18500 Conservation Dr
Nashville, IL 62263
Coordinates
38.28000034 N
89.36300097 W
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Boat-InSites accessible by watercraft.
Stay Connected
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- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Group
- Cabins
Features
For Campers
- Market
- Trash
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Showers
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Sewer Hookups
- Water Hookups
Nice and quiet
Nice and quiet, perfect place to crash for the night in our van.
Nice quiet spot and easy to get to
We stayed here one night on our road trip across the country. It wasn't much of a detour off of Highway 64 which made it nice and convenient since we were in a time crunch. There are actually 3 campgrounds here. One is Shady Rest (where we stayed) which has electric hookups. The other 2 campgrounds don't have hookups - Lonely Oaks and Little Bears. We were only there for a quick night so didn't see a lot but seemed like a nice enough campgrounds.
Note: no cards accepted. We had to run back to the town of Nashville to get some cash from the ATM.
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State rec area with 3 campgrounds
Huge area with 3 campgrounds: lonely oaks campground (tent) little bears campground (tent) and shady rest (RV with hook ups). Shady Rest Sites have electrical hook ups for RVs there are good amount of trees and shade — just a basic nice campground spaced out from your neighbors. About 100 sites between all three campgrounds. Arrived mid week in October and only at 25% capacity. Really nice and easy.
Nice find
Nice campsite! Hidden amongst the corn fields…little town of Nashville had ample supplies for restocking! Tent area was flat! Quiet after 10pm. Lots of nature sounds at night.
Shady Rest campground
Really great campground. Good mix of tents and RVs. Bath house was very well kept and clean. Showers ran cold at first but after a few mins it gets warmer! There were plenty of pit toliets through out the campground and trash cans. My tent site was clean, good flat spot for tent, picnic table and fire pit with attached grill.
The Concession building in the park is closing. No boat rentals, selling everything he has on the shelf.
Caught a few bass and and good amount of hiking. Large trail around the whole lake, smaller trails lead to sites around the different campgrounds.
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Great time
Very quiet, not a lot of people. Plenty of spaces and lake was nice.
Nice little park
This is a nice little park in southern Illinois. It is surrounded by cornfields, however the park is wooded. The park surrounds a very pretty lake and I have attached a picture.
The host was very nice and helpful. The bathhouse was clean and had hot water for the showers.
Campground is Okay
We just stayed here for one night traveling back from Yellowstone. Campsites seem fine and level, but somewhat close together.
There was one obnoxious camper who was making a lot of noise after hours right across from the host. I’m no prude but some loud mouth dropping f-bombs with a zillion kids around is not okay.
Dump station was just fine.
Decent campground
Basic amenities, bath house just ok, bad showers, fishing not great
Dark sky, great stargazing
This is a small lake management by the state of Illinois. The campground is usually not crowded, but some weekends do get busy. There is a shower/bathroom that was clean each time we were there. Water and electric is available at most sites. The campground is pretty far from any big metro area, so the sky was real dark, great for picking out constellations. We listened o Whip-por-will calls around the campfire.
Bring a boat!!
My wife and I stayed at this campground for two nights along our cross-country road trip. We wanted to hit up a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game and this campground was close enough. We were there during the weekday so there was barely anybody around. The lake is enormous and there are plenty of fishing access points including a large dock so bring a boat!!
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Cabin rental Washington County Lake IL
It is overcrowded all through the week in the RV area with no great views of the lake, sadly. 2. cabins.but overpriced due to no running water or nearby ttoilet but more private and great lake views Awesome fishing here and boat rentals