We spent a long Columbus day weekend at Coon Creek at Lake Shelbyville. We tent camped and very much enjoyed our stay….even though the night time temps got into the low 30’s. This campground had many spacious sites. They were all different in size and shape and there was several “buddy” sites available. I was impressed with the space between the sites, the mature trees, and the overall peaceful setting of the campground. It was pretty full during our visit however it was relatively quiet and peaceful. There was plenty of shower houses and restrooms placed throughout the campground and we never had to wait to use the shower. The handicap accessible shower/restroom combo across from our site was ok. It didn’t have a place to sit to put shoes or clothes on. It needed a good bleaching and there was no hand soap which was pretty gross, but over all that’s my biggest complaint about the campground. I brought my own hand soap when I used the facilities, But I still had to touch the surfaces of others that did NOT wash their hands with soap after using the potty. 🤮😬🤮

There was a very well stocked store at the entrance called “Castaways at at Coon Creek” that had lots of helpful, unexpected, and fun items. You could buy ice, filtered water, beer, groceries, bait, firewood ($6 a bundle), and lots of other items!

Oh and you could call in and custom order Hunt Brother’s Pizza and wings. They would call you 5 mins before your order was coming out of the oven so you could come pick it up.

There was a couple of places along the road on the way in that had wood bundles for sale on the honor system. One offered fairly large bundles for $5. I was impressed by this! it was certainly not the tiny firewood bundles at the gas station! I will include a photo of one of the bundles for reference.

Excellent place to camp overall. I would encourage them to put some hand soap in those bathrooms. 🤮 I had to dock them a star for this!

I did a drive through while camping nearby. This campground had nice sites with plenty of space and shade. What I was most impressed with was the cleanliness of the bathroom. I have included a pic

There were about 6 spots on this cul-de-sac. The sites were clean and most had plenty of grassy space in between sites. They had electric and will have water soon as they were running water lines. This caused the spigots that were available to not be working but we were able to get water at the main campground. The sites had concrete pads and a large concrete area for the picnic table. I loved that the fire “pits”were raised on concrete slabs and had large rings that you could bring down to contain the fire which also had an adjustable cooking grate on it. This made it easy to move coals under the cooking area as needed while making campfire nachos in my cast iron skillet! Bathroom close by and very clean. Shower house only available at the main campground, which was a distance away and not reasonable to walk with a little one. We did not fish but there was lots of people catching lots of fish in the river just after the spillway. The fish cleaning stations seemed to be occupied every-time we passed them. Overall I was very happy with the campground and facilities.

I stayed one night for an activity at the state park the following day. The shower houses had individual, private, large, and very clean facilities. It was not crowded at all. Campground #2 was the smaller of the two campgrounds. The spots seemed more fitting for RV’s vs tent but there were a couple of tents. I slept in my van so it wasn’t an issue for me. I may reconsider visiting this park for tent camping.