Lithia Springs

Very pretty campground, nice large sites and not right on top of the next campsite. My favorite campground on lake Shelbyville now.

Easy site to get into. A little problem with hooking up to sewer, had to add extension. The opening should have been more direct, a little off. The weekend was good.

The spots are mostly level and well spaced with lots of full hook-ups on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are lots of activities in the area with Charleston, Effingham, Mattoon close by.

Very clean campsites. Love the sites that have been paved.

I am disabled and the electrical hook up was difficult for me to access-either a long walk to the adjoining site or climb down a rock pile. Plus it was raining.

Excellent camping sites and facilities are all good.

Camp host was great

Overall, it was acceptable, but not great. Sight claimed to be able to fit a 55 trailer. Mine is 26'. With the truck, my rear end hung over the backside of pad. Not a problem, except the sewer hookup at the sight is about 2" from the back of the pad. I had to crawl under the camper to put the drain hose in the site's hookup. Poor design on their part. Sewer hookup should be on the side of the pad.

Grass in the campground was about 6" tall, needed mowed.

Hosts were fantastic.

Wasn't allowed to park boat in the grass. I can accept this, but make the site wider if that's the rule. Had to part the boat several hundred yards away, so I had to empty out two unlockable compartments each day which was a little annoying.

Boat ramp is a couple hundred feet below parking. Not a problem for most people, but after 5 heart surgeries, it was a little rough on me so I drove to the Dam West ramp each day instead.

We had a great time camping at Lithia Springs. The facility was very clean and the staff was friendly and helpful. We had a problem with our camper's air-conditioning system, and the campground host gave us an excellent recommendation for a local serviceman. When we camp at Corp of Engineers' facilities we always stop into the Visitor's Center to get information about the local attractions. The volunteer at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor's Center was quite helpful. We enjoyed interpretive area very much!

I have to say that I’ve been camping and boating at Lithia Springs since I was a young child. About 30 years or so now. I just started bringing my kids here this past year and I guess I never realized how unfriendly this campground was for tent campers. Seems the entire campground has been set up for RVS and pull behind campers. I guess a person could always pitch a tent in the gravel lot if they wanted to but I’ll pass on it this year.