South Marcum Campground

My site was right on lake. Great view. Many birds to watch. Campsites are good sized. I had full hook up. Everything was working perfectly. I came for the eclipse, it was awesome!!!

Great place to watch the eclipse

We love the site. However, when we arrived, we found out that the loop we were on didn’t have water. When we checked in, no one told us. We were expecting full hookup and hadn’t carried any water. Luckily, we were able to fill at the dump station before we setup. We understand how problems happen, we were just upset that we weren’t notified so we could plan accordingly. The problem was soon fixed, and the rest of our stay was wonderful.

Nice site with plenty of room for tents. Also extremely close the bathroom/shower which was awesome. Hot water was a plus.

Visited S. Marcum for 2nd time, but this time for the Great 2024 Eclipse. Shower house/toilets were great. Plenty of room between campsites. Friendly staff. Great paved bike/walking trail for 10+ miles through campground, below the dam, and into the next campground. Easy access to lake for boating/canoing. One downside: I-57 road noise. Overall rating still excellent.

Great walk-in campsite (T-04), much space between other sites.

Campsite was neat and a good distance from other campsites. Bathroom and showers were clean. We were there for the eclipse and it was a fun experience. Staff were all very friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back again!

Beautiful campsites and many with a water view. Great tents camping sites with spectacular lake views.

We came from Minnesota to view the eclipse and stayed at site 29 for four nights. Site 29 is a huge campsite surrounded on two sides with woods. It was a mostly level site with great placement of the picnic table and fire ring. We had a great time at South Marcum. There were many places to take walks and view nature. We also rented a couple of e-bikes so that we could enjoy the trails that went from South Marcum to around the dam site and beyond. We ended up putting 27 miles on the e-bikes enjoying everything that South Marcum provided. I have enjoyed camping most of my 63 years in campgrounds all around the US and Canada and South Marcum ranks up there as one of the best. I highly recommend this campground.

We are new to the COE campgrounds but have been camping most of our lives. South Marcum is right at the top of the nicest we’ve stayed including private and state campgrounds. The sites are roomy, the lake is beautiful, the bike path is very nice and grounds are well maintained. When back in the area we will definitely stop here again!