Paul Wolff Campground

We recently purchased our travel trailer this year and came back from first big trip to Colorado and Utah and we just couldn’t get enough of trying to use our camper as often as possible. This is a local place for us and so we were pleasantly surprised by the clean, paved, spots. We even had our friends and parents over for a nice visit. *you’re allowed one extra car for visitors*

We spent on and off over a week here. *on and off bc we’re so close to home and down one adult crew member with a lot of kiddos, bc of a broken ankle incurred during our Moab Trip*

But overall we met locals and full timers as we enjoyed our respite and look forward to making our way back with more local travel this year!

We stayed in site 67… one word of caution, our specific site had some very rusty water so either double up the blue water filters or invest in the Clear O2 green filter… that really helped… we initially just I used one blue Camco and that wasn’t helping enough… but we only used the water for washing dishes and hands etc.

They have beautiful trails our kids explored and good fishing as well! And lots of bikes we riding around too!

Would recommend the stay!!! Many people we met have been there multiple times and continue to comeback!

200 down 10 up 5g Tmobile

About 1 hour to downtown Chicago so handy for sightseeing.

Nice county park, 90 or so sites. First come first served. Most are back in (easy) 5 or so pull throughs. Asphalt pads with fire rings, and tables. Pads are a little narrow, but the sites are wide so not sitting on top of your neighbor. Mix of shaded and non shaded sites, tall trees, well kept grass. Its mostly acorn trees, thought someone was throwing rocks at my camper! It was just them falling on the roof in the night hah!

Many trails for dog walks (they have horse trails). FYI those with dogs, a CRAP ton of squirrels around so even the most well behaved dog needs to be leashed.

Shared central water connections you will need a 50 ft water hose. Power post at each site 50/30/20.

Friendly staff. Pull in, hand over your drivers lic, they will give you a form to fill out. Go pick your site, set up, come back with the registration paper, no rush take your time. Bring it back to pay and get your ID back.

10 minutes to walmart, 20 minutes to costco.

We love a first-come, first-served campground and this one is clean, well laid out, very green and grassy, and had good trails.

We paid the non-county resident rate of $35/night for an electric/water site. Primitive sites (tent, non-electric) are $18/night for non-county residents. Stay limit is 14 days.

Dump station can be used by non-campers for $15. Firewood is available for sale.

There is not specified check-in time, and checkout time is 2 pm. When we arrived we were invited to go forth and choose our preferred campsite, then come back and pay. The sites are all back-in, but angled for easy access. Some sites are shaded with trees, others are open skies.

30/50A and water with two easily accessible dump stations. There are both flush toilets and vault toilets available.

There is a separate camping area reserved for horses/trailers with tie lines. There is a separate tent camping area (or tents can claim and RV site). The tent camping area is set away from the RV section and more rustic if preferred.

There is an occasional train (very occasional) that runs nearby.

There is a fishing pond and a small climbing wall (child sized), but no playground.

We will come back to this location next time we want to be in the general area. 👍

Pros- lovely bike trails, level sites, good cell signal

Cons
The staff aren’t very friendly. It almost felt like you were an intruder.

East side of campground has trees, but a train barrels through between 4-5 am. Site 35 is just a few feet from train tracks

The asphalt camping sites are very narrow.

No showers, just pit toilets and no FHUs, only water and electric. Water quality very poor.

This is a nice campground with partial hookups that is close to Chicago. The staff was friendly and we were able to pick our own site after driving around the campground until we found the right fit. The sites are decently laid out but not much privacy to speak of. We generally liked it here and would stay again but definitely bring a water purifier as the water has a fair amount of iron in it.

Not a lot I can add here that previous reviews haven't mentioned. They're all spot on. But a few things...
- Spotless bathrooms but like Kane County's Big Rock campground, no garbage cans in the bathroom.
- There is an Equestrian only camping section.
- Fishing pond with a small dock but it's floating, so be cautious. It dips downward closer to the edge. There are probably quite a few cell phones in there from people not expecting the dip.
- There's a big plastic climbing rock for American Ninja Warrior Jr wannabees.
- Two pavilions...one small one in the Equestrian campground and one very large, very nice one near the front gate.
- $35 is too much for non-county residents, at a campground with no showers, for families or seniors on a small fixed income. Just two years ago, it was only $25.
I've added some pictures to the gallery.

Although we lived in this area for over 20 years, I never knew this campground existed until we were traveling in Illinois visiting friends in the area. It is well located for a visit to Chicago! The sites are first-come, first-served and we got a weekday spot easily on a Tuesday afternoon. There are electric and water hook-ups, but the water is shared between sites so you will need a long hose. There is a dumping station available. There are about 8-9 miles of trails in the park and they are well maintained. There isn't much shade in most of the campground. Once you choose your site, simply go back to the camp check-in hut at the entrance to pay for your stay - cash or check only. Prices are lower for county residents.