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Overview of Lake Murphysboro State Park

Number of Sites 74

Pad Type gravel

Reservations yes

Elevation 492 ft / 149 m

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Reviews of Lake Murphysboro State Park 3 people have reviewed this location.

Ratings Summary

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Cell Phone Coverage

Verizon 4G
Confirmed by 3 Users
Last reported 9/7/2023
AT&T 4G
Confirmed by 1 User
Last reported 8/27/2017
“Crazy, beautiful, covered in trash as usual…”

Reviewed 9/7/2023

Nightly rate: $10
Days stayed: 1
Site Number: 3
Overall Rating

Make no mistake, this place is absolutely gorgeous, so replete with natural awe that I’m forced to overlook the one, major downside and go ahead and grant the almighty full Cassiopeia. A bald eagle watched over our afternoon for hours. Three herons and an egret took turns fishing and scaring away a flock of three dozen geese that jus... more

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Nathan @ Wand'rly would stay here again

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“Nice camping experience”

Reviewed 4/21/2019

Nightly rate: $20
Days stayed: 3
Site Number: 36
RV Length: 30' (Travel Trailer)
Overall Rating

We stayed for a long weekend. It is an older campground but very pretty area. It is electric only but they have a decent dump station and easy water access. Very kid friendly and nice hiking trails. Also a very pretty lake. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because our site was definitely in need of some rock. Also the shower houses are ... more

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Verizon 4G

Godt’s on the Go would stay here again

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“A rustic/older campground with limited services, but pretty and affordable”

Reviewed 8/27/2017

Nightly rate: $20
Days stayed: 4
Site Number: 32
RV Length: 42' (Class A)
Overall Rating

We stayed here for a few nights for the 2017 total eclipse, as this park was right in the center of the path. There are two entrances to the park... be sure to use the west one, labeled "Lake Access Road". There's no campground office, so we just checked in with the friendly camp host at the first site; no maps or other info are provid... more

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AT&T 4G
Verizon 4G

Life Rebooted would stay here again

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Amenities

Hookups
  • 30 Amp
  • 20 Amp
  • dry camping
  • Partial Hookups
Recreation
  • fishing
  • picnic area
  • recreation trail
  • water access
Site Amenities
  • fire ring
  • picnic table
Facilities
  • dump station
  • ADA Accessible
  • restrooms: flush
  • showers
  • trash
  • water available
Pets
  • pets

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