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Wilborn Creek Primitive Camping

Lake Shelbyville · Illinois · Recreation.gov

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Wilborn Creek Primitive Camping sits on the northern shore of Lake Shelbyville in the heart of central Illinois. The lake and surrounding land offer outdoor activities for people of all ages, including fishing, swimming, picnicking and simply relaxing. Visit the Lake Shelbyville, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for News Releases, Event Information, & Emergency Updates. https://www.facebook.com/LakeShelbyvilleUSACE Visit it our USACE Lake Shelbyville Website for more information on Lake Shelbyville. https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lake-Shelbyville/The primitive camping area has 6 campsites. Each campsites comes equipped with a picnic table, lantern hook, & grill. The boat ramp area offers a comfort station as well as a fish cleaning station. The nearby beach offers a shower house, outdoor shower, playground, and life jacket loaner station. Plenty of outdoor activities for guests: kayaking, canoeing, paddling, shoreline fishing, walking, and more.Wilborn Creek Recreation Area is heavily forested with plenty of shade. Oak and hickory are the dominant tree species in the lake region. Foliage turns a variety of red, orange, purple and yellow each fall, while prairie flowers dot the landscape in spring and summer. Numerous species of songbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl and raptors inhabit the lake area, as do mammals such as cottontail rabbit, white-tail deer, gray and fox squirrel, muskrat and mink.Wolf Creek State Park, Woods Lake Waterfowl Refuge and Okaw Bluff Wetlands Complex are popular locations for wildlife watching, birding and hunting near Lake Shelbyville.Lake Shelbyville offers a multitude of fishing opportunities for catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, muskie, walleye, white bass and bluegill. A boat ramp, courtesy dock and fish cleaning station are just across the large parking lot from the primitive tent sites, and for those without a boat, several ponds with farmed fish are available around the lake. Hunting areas located within a short drive offer numerous game species, including quail, rabbit, pheasant, deer, dove, turkey, waterfowl and woodcock.

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