Illinois · Campground directory
The official directory lists 11 reservable campgrounds with Carlyle as their location. When they sell out, cancellations return to the official calendar unannounced — we watch around the clock and text you the second a matching site opens.
| Campground | Park / area | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Coles Creek Campground | Carlyle Lake | 148 sites |
| Dam West Campground | Carlyle Lake | 109 sites |
| Dam East - McNair Campground | Carlyle Lake | 48 sites |
| Coles Creek Day Use | Carlyle Lake | 2 sites |
| Dam West Day Use | Carlyle Lake | 2 sites |
| Boulder Day Use | Carlyle Lake | 1 sites |
| Dam East Rec. Area (Day Use) | Carlyle Lake | 1 sites |
| Dam East Spillway (Day Use) | Carlyle Lake | 1 sites |
| Dam West Spillway | Carlyle Lake | 1 sites |
| Keyesport Rec. Area | Carlyle Lake | 1 sites |
| Lotus Group Area | Carlyle Lake | 1 sites |
Listings use the city recorded for each campground in the official Recreation Information Database (RIDB) — a campground listed here is in or near Carlyle, which is why this page says "in or near."
Pick a campground above and set a free watch on it. We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar around the clock; the second a site matching your dates and equipment opens, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for.
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Campground facts come from the official directory listings; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.