Prairie Pines Campground

PROS
Able to reserve via Reserve America 135 days prior to arriving
Park staff very friendly and helpful
Entry code for toilet/shower house
Gravel site surrounded by grass
Aluminum picnic table on concret slab
Metal fire pit with cooking grate
Follow directions to park from their website as GPS misdirected
Coin-operated laundromat in toilet/shower building
This is the mobile home park of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base repurposed as a campground and operated by the City of Rantoul, so where a mobile home was, it is now a campsite. Streets, sidewalks, curbs and street parking areas still exists. Because of that, all sites are pull-thrus from the perimeter road.

CONS
No senior discount
$3.50 reservation fee for self made online reservation
Rain saturated ground prohibited site pull in. Had to back up over a steep street curb into a non angled site. Unable to get into originally selected campsite due to insufficient room to back into site, so moved to Site #13.
Street lights throughout campground
WiFi available but wasn’t given log on password upon check in and office had closed for the day once we realized we didn’t get the log on password

We knew we would be passing through and needed an overnight stay. This park was perfect for us. Very quiet for a Saturday night. Sites are gravel and ours was mostly level. Since we were just staying one night, didn't use any levelers. The town of Rantoul is also pretty quiet, not a lot of activity for a Saturday. Go check out the decommissioned Air Force Base while you're here. All the buildings and hangers are in tact, albeit a bit dilapidated.

No where did it say ‘no trailers’ but the first thing we were told is that the city doesn’t allow a tow behind trailer separate from your RV. They want you to park your trailer in an unsecured side street a block or 2 away, which is not acceptable to us since that where our gear is stored… but he said since we were only staying 2 nights it might be ok…

WiFi is really weak but available
They have laundry facilities 1.25 to wash and 1.00 to dry

Cute little campground in the middle of farmland with nicely spaced spots and established trees. Ours wasn’t paved but level. The kids loved being right next to the playground. Nice covered shelter too. Honestly we were so pleasantly surprised to find this gem for $26 a night and full hookups!

Also pretty close to a Walmart in town. Had to drive on some county roads to get there but they were paved and not too bad. Worth the little jaunt from the highway. Nice crowd there. Pretty good cell service.

12.18.20 This small city park lies right next to the old, long ago closed Army/AirForce base. While the campground is open all year, water and sewer are off for the season. Except for the host, we are the only campers. Hard to imagine what it's like in summer; few attractions. GPS directions didn't work.
Warning: watch out for the gutter overhang at the Rantoul Subway drive-thru.

In the middle of our 14 night stay. Staff is friendly and leads you to your site. Grounds are very well maintained, electricity is clean and stable. Site map does not do your choice justice, they are well spaced, big, level/gravel and surrounded by pines and oak trees. Plenty of parking and at $150/week a steal. I could actually watch videos most of the time with site WiFi. Each site has picnic table and fire pit/place.

In the middle of our 14 night stay. Staff is friendly and leads you to your site. Grounds are very well maintained, electricity is clean and stable. Site map does not do your choice justice, they are well spaced, big, level/gravel and surrounded by pines and oak trees. Plenty of parking and at $150/week a steal. I could actually watch videos most of the time with site WiFi.