Finding tranquil camping locales in the Chicago area requires persistence, flexibility and imagination.

 
 
 
 









Manistee National Forest


Apple River Canyon State Park (Ill.)

Blue Mound State Park (Wis.)

Buckhorn State Park (Wis.)

Chain-O-Lakes State Park (Ill.)

Forest Glen Preserve (Ill.)

Fox Ridge State Park (Ill.)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.)

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Park (Ill.)

Kankakee River State Park (Ill.)

Kettle Moraine State Forest North (Wis.)

Kettle Moraine State Forest South (Wis.)

Kickapoo State Recreation Area (Ill.)

Lowden Memorial State Park (Ill.)

Lower Wisconsin River (Wis.)

Manistee National Forest (Mich.)

Maquoketa Caves State Park (Iowa)

Mississippi Palisades State Park (Ill.)

Moraine View State Recreation Area (Ill.)

Nelson Dewey State Park (Wis.)

Pokagon State Park (Ind.)

Sand Ridge State Forest (Ill.)

Starved Rock State Park (Ill.)

White Pines Forest State Park (Ill.)

Other oases: Notes on campsites outside the Chicago area


Squirrel matrix: Mapping fox, gray and red squirrels

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