Crab Orchard Campground

Category: Campground

Address: Campground Dr, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

Phone: +16189854983

Reviews

Amanda Cripps

May 21, 2022

Love the area! Clean bathrooms with light's clean showers and reasonable prices!! The only thing I didn't like was the face that the spots are more RV made when it comes to spots for a tent... Hardly any shade at all and hardly any grassy areas to setup a tent...the non electric tent sites are over ran with tall grass so u can't even see them let alone get to one of them... And like all other campgrounds RVs are closer to the bathroom than tents are and I don't think that should be ok!! I mean RVs has bathrooms inside them TENTS DO NOT!! So since people from tents use the facilities more than people in RVs then shouldn't People with TENTS be more accessible to the bathrooms???

christine hogue

May 19, 2022

There is multiple snakes in the water near the rocks at campsite A10. I have sat here and drank a cup of coffee and seen seven going to the same area. Careful

Jim Pate

Nov 12, 2021

I love living in this area, I'm less than 10 minutes from all of my favorite fishing areas on 3 different lakes. Crab orchard, devils kitchen and grassy lakes. Never a bad experience. Always clean, easy parking and anyone you run into is friendly.

Yannie Fan

Aug 31, 2017

My hubby and myself arrived at the Crab Orchard Campground on August 20th afternoon to try our luck - grab a camp spot for watching the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse! No luck, no vacancy at all. It was burning hot and cicadas in the trees made us even more worrisome. Here Chatheryn and Paula the two ranger ladies offered warmhearted help - hand-writing information of four other campgrounds for us to call. When searching for more information for helping us out, here came a cancellation call! Chatheryn and Paula, here we thank you not just for the campground spot, but especially for your kindness, caring, customer devotion and professionalism. For thanking the two ladies, here let me share two iphone pictures taken at 1:21 pm, August 21, 2017, when the 2017 total solar eclipse taking place at Crab Orchard Campground.

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Questions & Answers

Is this campsite open.?

Jason Inchcliff | Jul 17, 2020
Tara Verble | Jul 18, 2020

Yes

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Cost of camping with electric per night

Sherry Reighgard | Mar 14, 2020
Kelly Penny | Mar 15, 2020

If you are veteran or over 62 it's $10 per night. Otherwise it's $20 per night.

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Are all the sites first come first serve?and are any spots open on the weekend?

jeff allison | Oct 15, 2020
Peggy Mayer | Oct 16, 2020

All spots are first come first serve. We were there last weekend and was full from Thursday thru sunday

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Do they allow tent camping?

frank presley | Sep 15, 2020
don wilkins | Sep 16, 2020

Yes

Will our pop up camper be safe if we are not there over night? Do you have 24 hour security?

Darla LeForge | Aug 16, 2020
Nita Longworth | Aug 17, 2020

Have stayed there often and never had any problems with leaving stuff out. It's quite and peaceful there

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is there electric for tent camping

Brandie Mcmahon | Mar 14, 2020
Kelly Penny | Mar 15, 2020

The tent designated spots do not have electricity. However, you can put your tent on a camper site that does have electricity. It will cost a few dollars more for a camper site than a tent site.

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Do they have shower house at campground?

Pam Meyer | Oct 14, 2021
Travis Stuart | Oct 15, 2021

yes at each loop

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Is there a boat ramp there ?

Tom Mosier | Jun 23, 2021
Travis Stuart | Jun 24, 2021

yes one close to campgrounds and several around the lake

How many campsites does crab orchard lake have

Randy Anderson | May 24, 2021
Edie Fairchild | May 25, 2021

Are you looking for camper or tent?

Can you have a golf cart at this camp ground

JoAnn Needham | Jul 23, 2021
Leta Asher | Jul 24, 2021

What is the answer? Yes or no

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