Illini Campground

We really enjoyed are stay at the Illini Campground at the Eldon Hazlet State Park. The campgrounds were very clean and well kept. Our site # 7 was on the A loop right adjacent to Lake Carlyle and offered beautiful views of the lake. The sunrise was spectacular. There is a nice camp store with swimming pool at the entrance to the campgrounds, a dump station with water fill and restrooms located through out the park. We had a nice, level gravel pad with a very spacious site, good clean power and a picnic table and fire ring. We had a great stay.

Beautiful campgrounds with large spots. Playground, pool, nice showers. We saw lots of wildlife. Views of the lake are amazing.

Always a gorgeous stay at this park. Great facilities, great sites, great amenities.

A beautiful campground on a lake! There are hiking/biking trails, swimming, tent/RV camping & cottages you can rent out. The shower houses & bathrooms were all under construction when we went (4th of July week '23- think they could've planned better) so we used the showers and bathrooms at the pool ($5 ea & open to public as well) which wasn't always convenient as they are only open from 11-4:45 daily. Mishaps are what makes your vacations memorable though, so cheers!

We wanted to see the Arch but didn't want to stay near any cities. This park is about an hour from St Louis. We self checked in and found our site ok. The layout is cool. Each loop is on a hill top with valleys between. Lots of woods, trees for shade and some have a water view. Site 24 is maybe the best, we were at site 26 which was close to the water but our camper faced the other way. We found ourselves sitting next to the slide to get the best morning view. Unfortunately the host allowed tent Campers to take up 2 sites right next to us, even though there were designated areas for tent people. They had 7 adults and 4 kids in 5 tents. At one.point there were 5 cars and music playing for the entire evening. Fortunately they were quite at about 9:30 so we.coild sleep with the windows open. Anyway the site was level, driving in and backing In was easy. All in all a good weekend. The facilities on our side of the campgrounds were just vault toilets. No showers. We filled up with water on the way in and had 30 amp service at our site.

A great place for a weekend getaway! Bring the family, dogs, good and Caryle Lake will provide an endless weekend of nonstop action and family fun!!