Reviews

For Illinois Beach State Park: I’ve been coming here for years. It’s home base for us. The facilities are bad. Bathrooms and showers are outdated. But Illinois finally passed a bill for improvements so multi million dollar renovations are on the way!! The dunes are amazing and you can’t beat the views at sunrise/sunset. Also full moon weekends are are awesome.

Posted Aug 16, 2019 by Jerry from Illinois. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Illinois Beach State Park: This is a beautiful campground on the shore of Lake Michigan, a real gem of a spot. That being said, my 4 star review reflects two problems: the lack of level sites, and the condition of the restrooms. We stayed on site 305 in our 17’ camper. As far as we could see, none of the sites had been leveled in years. The restrooms are old facilities, and there are only two buildings in the park. The showers are the push button type, and were very difficult to push, particularly in the handicap stall on the women’s side. The age of the restroom facilities and the lack of level sites reflect the budgetary crisis in the state of Illinois, which is a real shame. We would still come here again, it is a beautiful spot and Lake Michigan is stunning.

Posted Jul 19, 2018 by Martha from Wisconsin. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Illinois Beach State Park: Campground is ok ... and only one beat to visit Chicago.... took 1.5 hours by car and train ... beach had been let go , sad #HisRoadTrip www dot HisRoadTrip dot com

Posted Sep 11, 2017 by Larryguu from Myrtle beach, SC . This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Illinois Beach State Park: We stayed here for a week in July 2017. This was a nice park and close to the train to visit Chicago. It was an hour and a half ride from the Waukegan which was about 15 minutes from the campground.

The campground was very close to the beach. The beach front was pretty, but the buildings surrounding the beach are run down and boarded up.

We had decent cell service for internet. Electricity, but no water hookups. Water spigot across the road. Dump station nearby.

Our biggest complaint was the mosquitoes! They are HORRIBLE! Everywhere.

Nice friendly staff, but checkout wasn't until 3pm so we had to wait about 3 hours before we could get to our site. :( We would stay here again - it wasn't awful, but we might look for somewhere else first.

Posted Aug 14, 2017 by Cindy from SD. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Illinois Beach State Park: A great site. Most of the sites in the 100 and 200 are level for a class A. Need to watch the 300 row, if you are short you will be fine otherwise you will need A lot of blocks

Posted Jul 22, 2017 by Jdm from IL. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Illinois Beach State Park: Visited in Late April, still off-season. Campground dead on a rainy weekend. Most sites flooded and muddy, and very unlevel. Couldn't risk our heavy Class A, so we parked on the pavement spots, which are essentially a parking lot. Just like a rest area. No space between sites. Literally none. Bathrooms were dingy. Way too few bathrooms for the number of sites. Given grief twice about registering. The first time we had just pulled in and they watched us, then came by to say "you're going to register right?" The gate attendant told us to find a spot and come back to register. The second time our little paper tag came off the post in the thunderstorm. The guy acted like we were trying to get away with something.

Posted May 01, 2017 by ourwanderingfamily from Chicago. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Illinois Beach State Park: Campground is sold out on summer weekends and can feel very crowded. During the week things are quieter and the bathhouses stay clean. Sites in the 200's are further from the beach than the 300's, but are also more spacious and most are shaded by large trees. Sites in the 100's are furthest from the beach and can not be reserved ahead of time. There are two centrally located bathhouses with timed push button showers that have no temperature controls.

Posted May 06, 2014 by ncroadtreker from Raleigh, NC. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.