Federal campground in Shelbyville, IL.
This day use area sits on the southwest shore of Lake Shelbyville in the heart of central Illinois. This facility offers amenities such as walking & fitness trails, shoreline fishing, and a scenic overlook of the lake and dam. There is one reservable picnic shelter that has 6 picnic tables under the shelter. The shelter has a group grill and a water spigot. The shelter has electricity. Flushable restrooms are available up the stairs from the picnic shelter. The paved parking lot is next to the flushable restrooms up the stairs from the picnic shelter. The day use area has a perfect, wide-open overlook of the lake and dam. 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. The Lake Shelbyville Dam is located right next to the day use area. Down the road…