Lowden State Park

Nice state park. $10 for dry sites. $20 for electric sites. Water and dump stations on site. Flushing toilet and shower house was mostly clean. Fire pit and picnic table at each site. There is also a volleyball court and a small playground. The camp hosts are super nice. We had a great 5 night getaway. 

Spent 5 days here in late November. Not lots of campers, but a few here and there. We were in site 58 which is right by the tank dump. Alan, the guy at the park office, is super nice. 

Nice Illinois state park.  Quiet and peaceful.  The sites could be spaced a little further apart.  There is only one comfort station with showers and flush toilets (sites 1-25 are closest), the rest of the campground is serviced with pit toilets.  No sewer hookups or water at the sites.  There are several spigots through out the park, but be prepared to conserve water.  Nice walking trail to the Blackhawk statue.  Lovely views.

We had site 69 and while it was a bit sloped (which meant needing to use blocks under the back stablizer jacks), it was nice and private!  In fact, you could hardly see it upon approaching it. We went in mid-August after school started, PLUS we went mid-week for 3 nights, so the park was very quiet for the most part. Some traffic from the statue, but not terribly heavy.    We enjoyed the quietness of our spot; the fire pit was at the back of the site, so we had a nice private campfire in a fully shaded spot.  We definitely plan to return.   Since we didn't have water hookup, we did decide to use the shower house one evening just to save on emptying and refilling water; the shower house was damp due to humidity, but pretty clean.  I'm sure if it was during the busy season, it could have been a bit less clean, but we felt good about using it.   

We are always on the lookout for sites that allow for some privacy as opposed to being a glorified "trailer park"; we're from the country and we like our privacy.  The spots around 60-70 were a bit more roomy and less spoken for, partly due to the fact that they aren't particularly level, but for our 22-ft travel trailer, it was not a problem. 

Good park very clean and well maintained. When looking at the map it didn't show the main road and site ended up right on it and traffic moved fast and loud. Bathrooms where clean.

Exceptionally nice state park. Very clean. Close, but just far away enough town. A lot of shade, don’t plan on your satellite dish working. The western section of the park has smaller, uneven sites that can be difficult to get into depending on length. The online map doesn’t show any of this. The eastern side of the park (closed during the winter) has sites that are easier to back into that are level. Fantastic area to walk and for kids. Park staff put considerable time into maintaining its beauty. The downside, there is a lot of vehicle traffic that goes to the overlook/statue as well as to Taft Campus. As much as I dislike speed bumps, this park needs them. We stayed in March, I’m sure the traffic gets worse as the weather gets better Would definitely stay again. 40’ Class A

I had reserved a site (#54) on-line.  Signage by road across from the site made it impossible to back in to the site.  (almost scraped the truck)   Park was full up on a Friday, so we had to eat our fee, and left to go home.    Wished we could have had a better experience.
From what we saw, the sites are extremely close together.

Only a one night stay, but the staff was lovely, the peace and quiet wonderful.  Only problem comes from nature’s falling August acorns - or is that vengeful vermin?

Was on a road trip, scrambling to find a place to setup a tent before it got dark and I'm glad I stumbled upon this park. $10 for a lot without water or power. Hosts were super friendly. Only con is it's near a road with very minimal traffic. Might keep you up if you're in a tent like I was.