Campground Review: Arrowhead Lake Park Johnston City, IL

On my way "down" to Houston to inspect suspected water damage to my storage unit I stopped a night at Arrowhead Park in Johnston City, IL (Pop. 3543) that is in the very southern tip of Illinois.  The city maintains Arrowhead Park and within the park is a 66 site RV campground called Arrowhead Lake Campground.

The campground abuts 30 acre Arrowhead Lake.

I usually like to stay more than one day before reviewing a campground but I did a lot of hiking on the nature trail that encircles the lake and also looked at a good deal of the park so here goes!

The trail runs about 2.2 miles around the lake.

I can't vouch for other times of the year but I was amazed that there were virtually no bugs on my hikes through the woods on the Nature Trail around the lake.

The campground from the path on the other side of the lake.

Here's Arrowhead Lake's data sheet:

Hookups:                                             Water, 20, 30, 50 amp                                                

Fire ring:                                              Yes                                                                 

Water Access:                                     Yes (lake)                                                       

Fresh Water:                                        Yes                                         

Trash Service:                                      Yes                                                     

Toilets:                                                Yes (flush)                                                                 

Showers:                                             Yes                                                                 

Dump station:                                      Yes                                                     

WiFi:                                                   No                                                      

Level sites:                                          Yes                                                     

Laundry:                                              No                                                                  

Store:                                                  No                                                      

Pool:                                                   No                                                      

Shade:                                                Yes                                                     

Verizon reception:                               4G, 3 bars                                                       

Internet reception:                               3 bars                                      

Cost:                                                 $18 / night Discounts for seniors and veterans

The campsites at Arrowhead Lake were well spaced and quite a few of the sites looked to be occupied by long-term guests.  The campground was extremely quiet, especially after dark.

Knowing I was leaving the next morning I didn't unhitch from the pickup.

There was one small cabin for rent at the park which would be great for car travelers, I didn't inquire about the nightly cost.

The rental unit came with front porch chairs.

Across from the main office where you check in were the bathrooms and showers, I peeked inside and the bathrooms and showers were very clean.

Spotless on the inside.

Arrowhead Lake Campground is open year around although it warns that water service is cut-off in months where freezing takes place,  Most full-timers I know would be in Florida or Arizona by then but it could be useful as a just passing through stop in winter months.

The staff was very friendly and the park was extremely well-kept.  The utter quiet at night earns the park bonus points too, as does the reasonable $18 / night cost!  I'll be adding Arrowhead Lake Campground to my list of places to stay on my way to and from Michigan.

Thanks for reading!