This quiet little fishing spot seems a well kept secret of off-I-80 Illinois (if you’re car camping)! Not far from the highway, by the train tracks, only a few families will swing by to fish and maybe some kids will chill in their cars, but... Read more

This site is huge, and just past the sweet town of Anita (whose welcome sign boasts a bear holding a whale bearing the words “a whale of a town,” which is confusing because there are neither whales nor bears here), off I-80. There are tons of... Read more

This spot is free and easy to get to from I-80, which we should not downplay. However, the payoff, from a camping perspective, is two circular gravel lots that will be stocked chock full of trucks because this is one of the hottest night (and... Read more

Obviously if you’re stopping here it is bc you are driving on I-80 and for that this is clearly convenient and probably primo if you’re here in the daytime. Lake is soo sexy at sunset, however, that happens to be synchronous with the time the bugs... Read more

The drive to the campsite from I-80 is loooong and rocky. Google maps would love you to blitz down this road at 30ish mph, however you will be going max 20 (less for lots of it) unless you’ve got some good ass tires/suspension. But it is worth it!... Read more

The campsite is conveniently off I-80, about 10 min down skull valley rd—totally silent, secluded. Bunch of campfires, but pretty buggy at night. All around completely fine campsite....but across the road (skull valley) is dugway blm land’s... Read more

In summer don’t hold out hope for reservoirs...they will, against all odds, be dried up. However, totally worth going down long rocky road if your car can kick it! Keep driving past the main pull off spots and find somewhere where it’s just you... Read more