Galesburg East - Knoxville KOA

WOW this park is picture perfect. Beautiful flowers and fresh gravel as well as free family friendly activities included with your stay. Blow up ax throwing, mini golf and a new playground as well as a new pool. It has a little fishing pond and a mown hiking trail around the 28 acres. Only drawback is the tight entrance and exit but we made it in a 38’ super C. A little less grass to allow for bigger rigs but it is hard to fault too much pretty grass. Perfect distance from highway and we will be back! The cleanest bathroom I have ever seen in a KOA and large stainless sinks make it user friendly.

We stayed here on the way home from the Black Hills. Owner and staff are very friendly, owner likes to stop and chat with campers to ensure all their needs are met. Most sites are under heavy shade trees. The campground is very clean with newly remodeled bath houses. Pool is very clean. There is a small nature trail that winds around a small pond and the neighboring corn fields. New playground for kids and a small dog park to let the pooches off the leash for a bit. Will be staying here again when heading west again.

New owners of the park arrived about two weeks ago. Call them directly for reservations. Offered additional 10% military discount, so only $36. Clean park and everything works. They escort you to the site to ensure everyone’s safety. Small fishing pond on property, miniature golf, bikes and a pool. All appear to be free. They have a walking trail that runs about a mile. One nice feature that appeals to me are the tall mature shade trees all around. Just outside of Knoxville, IL, with a couple of places to eat there. It’s a 10-minute drive to Galesburg which has many more choices for food and drink.

Big beautiful trees for a shady camp. Clean campground, well kept landscaping, clean laundry, gravel drives and sites. Gravel is a little dusty, it's been ground to dust in some spots making for a dusty campsite. This is like a 3-star hotel. Clean, safe, good service. I give it 5 stars because it met my expectations, which was not Glamping. BTW, the freeway is less than a mile away, I could hear the subtle roar all the time but it was tolerable. I slept well with earplugs (as I always do). Great wifi and AT&T LTE.

Stayed here in early August and again in late August because it is just in the right place for my driving style to the West. Has large ceramic psychedelic frogs in front. Playground, min golf and a pool. Very friendly lady at checkin. As an overnighter, she put me in the closest site to the exit, flat as can be, no unhooking or leveling. Off I74 far enough to not hear it. Mostly permanent party campers in big 5th wheels. I had a site on the south end of the campground but could not get a DISH signal.