Also, the town of Macomb is 21K people and is only 3 miles away. It has all restaurants and a walmart
The shower house is broken, and most of the bathrooms are usable, but not the nicest things. The bathroom near the hosts campsite(its the only one in the park that has a working outdoor light) is the one to use. The rest have broken stink pipes, and are infested with flies.
We are backpack hikers so we chose to stay in a primitive back country campsite. There's a gravel rd that has the sites along it, they each have a picnic table and a fire pad, but most are in bad need of maintenance, busted picnic table, downed trees, etc. We chose the furthest one at the very end, of the prob one mile rd, site #30. Our site had the added bonus of being littered with used TP(stuns me that people do this, clean up after yourselves people)
The yearly Labor Day flea market is not what it used to be,you could walk thru the forest while shopping, now it's in a big field.
so fine, we also had our bikes with us, but thats a no go at this park also, unless you like climbing giant straight up hills with dangerous quick descents.
I thought the park was a diamond in the rough. It could really be something special if they had the resources to fix it up. Its huge and has I think 4 diff campgrounds inside. 6, 8, 18, and $20
so anyway, this particular site has a long path that you can drive your car down, we asked ahead of time and the host said it was ok, so we just drove down the path to the site, a few big roots but nothing an SUV cant handle.
The office to rent boats or kayaks is rarely open. Closes early. Starting to look run down. Some work needs to be done
so we ended up basically just camping, but that afforded us the chance to try a bunch of new products, since we had the car right next to us. All in all, I liked the park, and I could see an RV traveler, wanting to stop for a few days, having a good time here. It has a beautiful lake. and Its very serene and quiet. . But as a destination, I'd say no. It just needs too much work done. They do keep it mowed though.
Stayed in twin oaks, at a primitive campsite. Was a tuesday so I think we were only people in the whole park, besides the host.
p.s. as far as riding bikes, if you ride around the parking lot and the entrance, sure.. its flat. Im talking about riding around the whole park perimeter rd.. Thats extremely steep and rough.
The host is an extremely nice older gentleman. You will register with him for any site.
The site was big and had a good table, a fire pad and a path down to the lake for fishing. Firewood is fairly easy to scrounge up in the woods, as there is so much dead fall. or down by the other sites areas. We had no problem finding wood.
There is a lot of awesome history in this area. The State Park is a perfect place to relax and reflect. So peacefull!
Most beautiful nature park and lake and camping is a blast
The park says it has hiking trails, and they look like they could all join together for a loop around the lake. But we found them to be so overgrown, and unmarked that I wouldn't come here to hike. So officially, I'd say theres about 5 diff trails, but all really go nowhere.
Argyle Lake State Park is a US Park based in Colchester, Illinois. Argyle Lake State Park is located at 640 Argyle Park Rd, Colchester, IL 62326, USA.
Please contact with Argyle Lake State Park using information above: Address, Phone number, Fax, Postal code, Website address, E-mail, Facebook. Find Argyle Lake State Park opening hours and driving directions or map. Find real customer reviews and ratings or write your own review.