Ferne Clyffe State Park
Illinois State Park
Write a Review Illinois Route 37 Goreville, IL 62939 618-995-2411 Official WebsiteGPS: 37.5325, -88.9667
Overview of Ferne Clyffe State Park
Last Price Paid: $20
Reported by Bill on 2/11/2021
Longest RV Reported: 33 feet (Class A)
Reported by CampagnaFamilyTravels on 9/9/2020
Number of Sites 60
Pad Type gravel
Reservations yes
Elevation 688 ft / 209 m
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Ferne Clyffe State Park 6 people have reviewed this location.
“Beautiful So. IL”
Reviewed 2/11/2021
Nightly rate: | $20 |
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Days stayed: | 2 |
Site Number: | 55 |
Camped here Halloween wknd ‘20. Had a great time on site 55 which opened up to an expansive forest behind it. Numerous trails in this state park. Surrounding area beautiful.
Bill would stay here again
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“Nice campground. Electric sites. Shaded & trailheads. ”
Reviewed 9/9/2020
Nightly rate: | $20 |
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Days stayed: | 1 |
Nice park. Lots of bike trails & trailheads to walk. We arrived on a weekday just after Labor Day & there were many sites to choose from. We had 30 amp service only. They do have a water spigot near the area you can fill from. They have a dump station & clean fill water there too. The bathroom & shower building was open.
CampagnaFamilyTravels would stay here again
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“Amazing place.”
Reviewed 5/3/2019
Nightly rate: | $24 |
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Days stayed: | 4 |
Site Number: | 55 |
Was here for late April visit for 4 nights. That time of year is always iffy, and it rained. Sun was out for short periods. Too wet to explore the trails, but used this as a jumping off place to explore Southern Illinois, especially Shawnee National Forest areas, Paducah, Ky (Quilt Museum) and Land Between the Lakes area. Nice si... more
Was here for late April visit for 4 nights. That time of year is always iffy, and it rained. Sun was out for short periods. Too wet to explore the trails, but used this as a jumping off place to explore Southern Illinois, especially Shawnee National Forest areas, Paducah, Ky (Quilt Museum) and Land Between the Lakes area.
Nice site away from the main ring of camp sites. Very quiet until weekend, and more campers arrived.
Would definitely visit again, perhaps in fall...
S Ewald would stay here again
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“Pretty and Quiet”
Reviewed 4/5/2019
Nightly rate: | $18 |
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Days stayed: | 2 |
Site Number: | 54 |
We stopped here simply because we were passing through while on a long roadtrip and I was desperate for a hookup so I could use my heater for a night. I called ahead to ask about the protocol for showing up after hours and the ranger told me to pick any open spot and he’d catch up with us in the morning. It was mid March and there we... more
We stopped here simply because we were passing through while on a long roadtrip and I was desperate for a hookup so I could use my heater for a night. I called ahead to ask about the protocol for showing up after hours and the ranger told me to pick any open spot and he’d catch up with us in the morning. It was mid March and there were only three RVs parked throughout a spacious campground. I don’t remember exactly but I think there’s around 60+ sites. All sites seemed level. The showers were closed since it was still off season but there were vault toilets. The ranger stopped by our van around 9/10am to collect payment. He offered a map of the park and recommended we check out the trails. We did one of the waterfall trails and it was really beautiful. I only wish we had been there during a better season to get the full effect of the park.
mrsdillon would stay here again
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“Could be OK with better management”
Reviewed 4/29/2018
Nightly rate: | $20 |
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Days stayed: | 2 |
Site Number: | 46 |
We attributed most of our negative experience to the total lack of visibility of the camphost. On the nice spring weekend that we stayed here, the campground was filled with locals, many of whom seemed to know each other, and who had lots of local friends. By Saturday afternoon the 2 vehicle per site rule was a joke, with three and som... more
We attributed most of our negative experience to the total lack of visibility of the camphost. On the nice spring weekend that we stayed here, the campground was filled with locals, many of whom seemed to know each other, and who had lots of local friends. By Saturday afternoon the 2 vehicle per site rule was a joke, with three and sometimes four vehicles in each site. Campers parked near the "common" water spigots chose to turn them into their personal water lines with 100 foot hoses. There were dogs everywhere barking at each other constantly, kids were everywhere playing various games (and, weirdly, peeing on trees despite have a bathhouse right in the campground). Virtually every campsite had a campfire going continuously for both weekend days, making it very smoky. The camphost never bothered to check with us as to whether we were actually the people with the reservation for the site (there is no office to check in) and we heard from other campers that the hosts were letting some campers stay for free because of personal relationships. We were not impressed withe the management, obviously.
Apart from that issue, the sites are gravel and level-ish, and electricity worked fine, but the multiple loops and sites were too close together with no foliage in between even without the problem of excess vehicles. It was close to being like a private parking lot, not a state park. The bathhouses were fairly dated and grungy; my husband declined to use the shower. There are quite a few hikes in the park, but most of the trailheads are about 1-2 miles down a road from the campground, with no signage for the trails and no obvious way to get a trail map. The park felt safe and was convenient for our route, but we would not stay here again.
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“Great campground with good facilities and excellent hiking ”
Reviewed 4/1/2018
Nightly rate: | $18 |
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Days stayed: | 2 |
Site Number: | 46 |
Great campground with several options for camping. They have electrical hookups, walk-in tent camping and backpacking sites. The showers are warm and all facilities were clean and well maintained. Nice little playground for the kids to congregate and make friends. Several amazing hikes that include waterfalls, boulders for climbing an... more
Great campground with several options for camping. They have electrical hookups, walk-in tent camping and backpacking sites. The showers are warm and all facilities were clean and well maintained. Nice little playground for the kids to congregate and make friends. Several amazing hikes that include waterfalls, boulders for climbing and creeks leave from campground and surrounding area.
The area drains pretty well but all the fire rings are at ground level. When we arrived it was raining so it took a day for them to dry out and be usable.
Occam Living would stay here again
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Amenities
Hookups
- 50 Amp
- 30 Amp
- 20 Amp
- dry camping
- Partial Hookups
Recreation
- fishing
- picnic area
- recreation trail
Site Amenities
- big rig
- fire ring
- picnic table
- pull thru
Facilities
- dump station
- ADA Accessible
- restrooms: flush
- showers
- trash
- water available
Pets
- pets
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