Camping Islands
Location
Where Camping Islands sits on the map and how to get there.
Nearby cities & towns
Towns and cities closest to Camping Islands — browse campsites near each.
What’s nearby
Shops, drinking water, fuel and attractions within reach of the site.
🏞️ Attractions
The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon. The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837. The site includes Deere's house, a replica of his original blacksmith shop, a gift shop, and an archaeological exhibit showing the excavation site of his original blacksm

Castle Rock State Park is an Illinois state park on 2,000 acres (809 ha) in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. A portion of the land was acquired by the "Friends of Our Native Landscape" in 1921.

The Nachusa Grasslands is a 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) restored tallgrass prairie near Franklin Grove in Lee County and Ogle County, Illinois. It is managed by The Nature Conservancy staff and volunteers.
🛒 Amenities & services
🛒 Groceries
Shell
- Trading Post
Shell Shop
⛽ Fuel
Shell
- Super Pantry
Mobil
🍽️ Food & drink
- moose
- Dining Hall
- Bbq
➕ Medical
- OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center
- Physicians Immediate Care
🚰 Drinking water
- Drinking water
🚻 Toilets & showers
- Public toilets
- Well
- Visitor's Latrine
🎾 Sports
- Sports
- Soccer
- Tennis
🏧 ATM & bank
- Sterling Federal Bank
- The First National Bank in Amboy
- Midland States Bank
Weather
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Best time to visit
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Reviews
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Other campgrounds nearby
More places to camp close to Camping Islands.
- Camp Lowden · Blackhawk Area Council
- Sunny Crest Family Campground
- Fox Canyon Youth Campground
- Cedar Ridge Family Reservation Campground
- Spring Creek Youth Campground
- Sun Valley · Lowden State Park