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Coon Creek (Il) Campground

Lake Shelbyville, Illinois

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As of October 2026, Coon Creek (Il) Campground is a campground in Illinois with 179 campsites. Coon Creek (Il) Campground is booked through Recreation.gov.

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Coon Creek (Il) Campground is located at 39.4514° N, 88.7625° W.

people allowed on 170 of 179 sites: 8
people allowed on each of the 9 largest sites: 16

Coon Creek (Il) Campground reservations and next available dates

October 2026

November 2026

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Stay and booking rules

Mid-stay changes allowed
Maximum stay: 14 nights
Military discount available

Published by Recreation.gov for Coon Creek (Il) Campground, read on September 30, 2026.

Campsites at Coon Creek (Il) Campground

Standard 167
Tent 12
Hookups 179

What an RV fits

25–29 ft1 site
30–34 ft4 sites
35–39 ft12 sites
40–44 ft16 sites
45–49 ft14 sites
50–54 ft15 sites
55–59 ft28 sites
60–64 ft21 sites
65–69 ft21 sites
70–74 ft8 sites
75–79 ft10 sites
80–84 ft5 sites
85–89 ft7 sites
90–94 ft4 sites
95–99 ft1 site

Amenities

restrooms
showers
potable water
dump station

At a glance: Setting: Forest.

Things to do: fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, biking, wildlife, photography.

All sites at Coon Creek (Il) Campground, as listed by Recreation.gov

Site	Loop	Type	Sleeps	Max RV	Hookups
001	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
002	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
004	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
005	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
006	ALEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
007	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
008	ALEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
009	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
010	ALEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
011	ALEG	Standard	16	50 ft	Electric
013	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
014	ALEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
015	ALEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric
016	ALEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric
017	ALEG	Standard	16	85 ft	Electric
019	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
020	ALEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
021	ALEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
022	ALEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
023	ALEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
024	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
026	ALEG	Standard	8	80 ft	Electric
028	ALEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
029	ALEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
030	ALEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric
032	ALEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
033	ALEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
034	ALEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
035	ALEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
036	ALEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
037	ALEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
038	ALEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
040	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
041	BLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
042	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
043	BLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
044	BLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
045	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
046	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
047	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
048	BLEG	Standard	8	90 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
049	BLEG	Standard	8	80 ft	Electric
050	BLEG	Standard	8	80 ft	Electric
051	BLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
052	BLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
053	BLEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
055	BLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
056	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
057	BLEG	Standard	8	90 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
058	BLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
059	BLEG	Standard	8	90 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
060	BLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
061	BLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
062	BLEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric
063	BLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
117	BLEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
118	CLEG	Standard	16	90 ft	Electric
120	CLEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
121	CLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
122	CLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
123	CLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
124	CLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
126	CLEG	Standard	8	85 ft	Electric
128	CLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
129	CLEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
130	CLEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
131	DLEG	Standard	16	60 ft	Electric
133	DLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
134	DLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
135	DLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
136	DLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
137	DLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
138	DLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
139	DLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
143	DLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
146	DLEG	Standard	16	60 ft	Electric
149	DLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
150	DLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
151	DLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
152	DLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
153	DLEG	Standard	16	60 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
155	DLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
156	DLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
157	DLEG	Standard	8	25 ft	Electric
158	DLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
159	DLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
160	DLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
161	DLEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
163	DLEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
164	DLEG	Tent	8	-	Electric

Site	Loop	Type	Sleeps	Max RV	Hookups
166	DLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
167	DLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
169	DLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
170	DLEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
171	DLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
172	DLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
173	DLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
176	DLEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
225	DLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
226	DLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
227	DLEG	Standard	8	99 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
228	DLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
177	ELEG	Standard	8	30 ft	Electric
178	ELEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
179	ELEG	Standard	8	30 ft	Electric
180	ELEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
181	ELEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
182	ELEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
183	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
184	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
185	ELEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
186	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
187	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
188	ELEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
189	ELEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
191	ELEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
192	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
193	ELEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
194	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
195	ELEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
197	ELEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
199	ELEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
200	ELEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
201	ELEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
202	ELEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
203	ELEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
204	ELEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
205	ELEG	Standard	8	30 ft	Electric
206	ELEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
229	ELEG	Standard	16	70 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
207	FLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
210	FLEG	Standard	8	30 ft	Electric
212	FLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
215	FLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
216	FLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
217	FLEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
218	FLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
219	FLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
220	FLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
221	FLEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
064	GLEG	Standard	8	80 ft	Electric
065	GLEG	Standard	8	80 ft	Electric
066	GLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
067	GLEG	Standard	8	85 ft	Electric
069	GLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
070	GLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
071	GLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
072	GLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
073	GLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
074	GLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
075	GLEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
076	GLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
079	GLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
080	GLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
081	GLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
082	GLEG	Standard	8	85 ft	Electric
112	GLEG	Standard	8	85 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
113	GLEG	Standard	8	85 ft	Electric, Water, Sewer
116	GLEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
084	HLEG	Standard	16	60 ft	Electric
086	HLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
088	HLEG	Standard	8	55 ft	Electric
089	HLEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
090	HLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
092	HLEG	Standard	8	40 ft	Electric
093	HLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
094	HLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
095	HLEG	Standard	8	75 ft	Electric
096	HLEG	Standard	8	60 ft	Electric
097	HLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
098	HLEG	Standard	8	70 ft	Electric
099	HLEG	Standard	8	65 ft	Electric
100	HLEG	Standard	8	50 ft	Electric
102	HLEG	Tent	8	-	Electric
103	HLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
104	HLEG	Standard	8	35 ft	Electric
106	HLEG	Standard	16	60 ft	Electric
108	HLEG	Standard	8	45 ft	Electric
110	HLEG	Standard	8	85 ft	Electric

About Coon Creek (Il) Campground

Overview

Coon Creek is a large campground that sits on the western shore of Lake Shelbyville in the heart of central Illinois. Families enjoy the playground, swimming area and shaded campsites within the facility. The lake and surrounding land offer outdoor activities for people of all ages, including fishing, swimming, picnicking and simply relaxing.

Visit the Lake Shelbyville, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for News Releases, Event Information, & Emergency Updates. https://www.facebook.com/LakeShelbyvilleUSACE

Visit it our USACE Lake Shelbyville Website for more information on Lake Shelbyville. https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lake-Shelbyville/

Recreation

Lake Shelbyville offers a multitude of fishing opportunities for catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, muskie, walleye, white bass and bluegill.

Coon Creek provides a boat ramp, and for those without a boat, several ponds with farmed fish are available around the lake. Hunting areas within a short drive offer numerous game species, including quail, rabbit, pheasant, deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl and woodcock.

Visitors can also explore the lake shore on foot via a 0.7-mile Hide N Seek at Coon Creek nature trail within the Campground. The trailhead can be located across from the amphitheater near the main shower house.

Facilities

Coon Creek has 181 campsites, about 50 percent of which are reservable. All sites are equipped with electric hookups. The facility has flush toilets, showers, a playground, bicycle pump track, basketball court, sand volleyball court, swimming beach, Hide N Seek Nature Tail, dump stations, and boat ramp.

Natural Features

This facility overlooks the lake shore and is heavily forested with plenty of shade.

Oak and hickory are the lake region's dominant tree species, and foliage turns a variety of red, orange, purple and yellow each fall, while prairie flowers dot the landscape in spring and summer.

Numerous species of songbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl and raptors inhabit the lake area, as do mammals such as cottontail rabbit, white-tail deer, gray and fox squirrel, muskrat and mink.

Nearby Attractions

Eagle Creek State Park, Little Illini & Chief Illini Hiking Trails, the city of Findlay, and Forrest Park in Shelbyville all provide great opportunities to explore Lake Shelbyville.

The nearby Hunter & Fishermen Parking Lots, Woods Lake Waterfowl Refuge and Okaw Bluff Wetlands Complex are popular locations for wildlife watching, birding, and hunting near Lake Shelbyville.

Rules and notices at Coon Creek (Il) Campground

Recreation.gov does not date these notices. We last read them on September 30, 2026. Check Coon Creek (Il) Campground on Recreation.gov

Notices from Recreation.gov

Attention – Customers who do not arrive at the campground by 4 p.m. on the day after scheduled arrival date will be No Showed. Please Review the R1S No Show policy for complete details.

Must have a reservation prior to setting up on site.

Must check-in at fee booth during normal operation hours.

No alcohol permitted in beach area.

Tent camping is always permitted, but not recommended for some sites

One RV and three tents or four tents per site

Two RVs and six tents, or eight tents for double sites

The banks are steep and it may be difficult to get to the water from many sites

No outside firewood allowed; obtain or purchase firewood at or near your camping destination and burn it on-site; firewood can carry invasive insects and diseases that destroy forests; learn more

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

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Coon Creek (Il) Campground FAQ

How hard is it to get a campsite at Coon Creek (Il) Campground?

Coon Creek (Il) Campground is rated "Moderate to Book" based on historical demand. With 179 sites available, you have good chances of finding availability, especially on weekdays.

How do I find last-minute availability at Coon Creek (Il) Campground?

Cancellations happen frequently at Coon Creek (Il) Campground, especially 1-2 weeks before check-in dates. PermitSnag monitors availability 24/7 and sends instant alerts when sites open up due to cancellations. This is often the best way to snag popular campsites.

How many campsites does Coon Creek (Il) Campground have?

Coon Creek (Il) Campground has 179 campsites.

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