Weldon Springs State Park

Reserve Your Campsite

Weldon Springs’ campground is open year-round; the shower building closes in the fall and reopens in the spring. It offers 75 Class A sites with electricity, vehicular access, a sanitary dumping station, a shower building, cooking grills, picnic tables, and pit toilets. Playground equipment and water hydrants are available in the campground. Campers with disabilities have access to three campsites designed for special needs that offer a large hard-surfaced pad. Privies and water are easily accessible. Areas for tent, backpack, large group, and youth camping are also available. Primitive backpack campsites are located along Salt Creek. Please call ahead for conditions, as these backpack sites could be flooded in spring. The shower buildings are closed by November 1 (maybe earlier if bad weather persists) and reopen May 1 (maybe earlier if weather allows). Camping and Group Camp Reservations are accepted online at

Trails

The Lakeside Self-Guiding Interpretive Trail circles the lake at Weldon Springs State Park, winding 2 miles through riparian habitat where the forest and lake communities meet. A brochure and numbered posts beside the trail interpret natural features along the way.

The Beaver Dam Trail winds 7/8 of a mile between woodland slopes, alongside the Hidden Ponds, and across and beside a small stream. This trail is ideal for a night hike—listening to frogs, insects, and whip-poor-wills in spring and summer; and owls year-round.

The Old Farm Trail is a 3.1-mile mowed grass trail that takes you from the campground to the east park boundary and then through the old farm on the north end of the park. You can observe the restored prairie, old barns, and farm buildings as well as the remnants of the old Illinois Central Railroad grade. Bicycles are permitted on this 3-mile trail unless temporarily closed due to seasonal flooding.

Fishing

A 29-acre, spring-fed lake with two miles of shoreline dotted with bank fishing platforms and a boat launching ramp provides anglers with easy access to a fish population boasting sizeable largemouth bass, catfish, bullhead, crappie, bluegill, and sunfish. There are size and catch limits for some species. Check the fishing regulations for the site. Only electric boat motors may be used. Fishermen may rent boats at the concession stand.

​Accessibility for Weldon Springs:

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Parking—All parking lots are asphalt with accessible parking spaces with less than a 20' distance to the concrete sidewalk.

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Restrooms - There are accessible flush toilets in the shower house in the campground.

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Camping - There are 9 accessible campsites available, and each has a wheelchair-accessible picnic table. All campsites are reservable through ExploreMoreIL™.

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Fishing—There is one accessible fishing pier with a 100' distance to the pier from the parking lot.

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Service animals are welcome in the park, but water is not available.