Wilborn Creek (Group Camp)

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1989 State Hwy. 16
SHELBYVILLE, IL 62565

Overview

Wilborn Creek Group Camp sits on the northern shore of Lake Shelbyville in the heart of central Illinois.

The lake and surrounding land offer outdoor activities for people of all ages, including fishing, swimming, picnicking and simply relaxing.

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Recreation

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

A boat ramp, courtesy dock and fish cleaning station are about a mile from the group camp, and for those without a boat, several ponds with farmed fish are available around the lake.

Hunting areas located within a short drive offer numerous game species, including quail, rabbit, pheasant, deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl and woodcock.

Facilities

The group camping area has 10 paved full hook-up sites. Each site offers 50 Amp service along with water and sewer. The area also has several picnic tables and grills to accommodate those who wish to tent camp. The facility has one dual, unisex shower facility with flush toilets. Picnic shelter with electricity.

Boat ramp nearby in the Wilborn Creek Recreation Area. Plenty of outdoor activities for guests: kayaking, canoeing, paddling, shoreline fishing, walking, and more.

Natural Features

Wilborn Creek is heavily forested with plenty of shade. Oak and hickory are the dominant tree species in the lake region.

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

Wolf Creek State Park, Woods Lake Waterfowl Refuge and Okaw Bluff Wetlands Complex are popular locations for wildlife watching, birding and hunting near Lake Shelbyville.

Camp site features

Across 1 camp site:

Electric hookups: all 1 sites
Water hookups: all 1 sites
Sewer hookups: all 1 sites
Fire pit: all 1 sites
Picnic table: all 1 sites
Pets allowed: all 1 sites
Group sites: all 1 sites
Longest RV: 80 ft
Largest party: 80 people
Power up to 50 amps
Equipment: RV, Tent, Trailer

Directions

From Sullivan, Illinois, go west on State Route 121 for 5 miles. Turn left on County Road 5 and drive 3.5 miles, then make a right on County Road 18 and drive 0.75 miles to the campground.

Stay Limit

Check in from 5 PM, check out by 4 PM.

Reviews

4 reviews

5 stars

3 stars

Randy L

Loop:Wilborn Creek

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Reviewed 4 months ago

We stayed for 6 nights and enjoyed it very much. The bathrooms were clean and maintained regularly. The sites were all clean and easy to level campers. Access to boat dock was close. Pavilion was very useful for all our group cooking. Fire pit was used and enjoyed. Guest had plenty of room for parking as well as our boat parking. The children enjoyed riding bikes around site since there was no traffic from other off sit campers. We are definitely booking for next year. Only problem the beach was closed because of high water and that left only 2 open 20 to 30 minutes away.

Elizabeth D

Loop:Wilborn Creek

Site:

Reviewed 4 years ago

The experience was great, but we all wished you had electric in the pavilion. We had to run cords from the mens bathroom and have a small generator. Also no lights in the pavilion. Again, electricity. But….. it is a great facility other than that and we improvised. We appreciated there was not much vehicle traffic.

Loretta H

Loop:Wilborn Creek

Site:

Reviewed 5 years ago

Wonderful group site! Great place to gather with friends.

Gwendolyn S L

Loop:Wilborn Creek

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Reviewed 5 years ago

We enjoyed our private weekend with friends. Our guys had to clean pavilion because it was full of leaves & spider webs. No lights or electric outlets in pavilion - had to run an extension cord from men’s restroom! Men’s restroom was disgusting and smelled horrible! Women’s toilet had not been flushed or cleaned before we arrived! Mutual fire pit was falling apart ! Best part was we had a private campground as we rented the whole place & were with good friends & plenty of homemade food!

Availability

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