Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 130 - CAMPING ON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PROPERTIES › Section 130.70 - Fees and Charges

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The full
			 amount of the camping fee and, if applicable, the utility fee shall be
			 collected at the time the permit is issued. If checks are taken, they shall be
			 made payable to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the site
			 identified. Camping fees vary according to the type of campground and are as
			 follows:
1) Spring-Summer Camping (rates apply
			 May 1 through September 30, except at the WSRC during sanctioned shooting
			 events when camping is reserved for event participants via a licensing
			 agreement between the event sponsor and the Department)
A) Class AA Sites: Camping fee of $15 per
			 night per site, $10 utility fee. Sites having availability to showers,
			 electricity, water hookups, sewer hookups, and vehicular access. The camping
			 fee shall be $25 per night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Memorial Day
			 and Labor Day holiday weekends and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the
			 Independence Day weekend if July 4 falls on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday or
			 Monday.
B) Class A Sites: Camping
			 fee of $10 per night per site, $10 utility fee. Sites having availability to
			 showers, electricity and vehicular access. The camping fee shall be $20 per
			 night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday
			 weekends and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the Independence Day
			 weekend if July 4 falls on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
C) Class A Premium Sites: Camping fee of $15
			 per night per site, $10 utility fee. Sites having availability to showers,
			 electricity and vehicular access. The camping fee shall be $25 per night on
			 Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends
			 and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the Independence Day weekend if
			 July 4 falls on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
D) Class B-E Sites: Camping fee of $8 per
			 night per site, $10 utility fee. Sites having availability to electricity and
			 vehicular access.
E) Class B-E
			 Premium Sites: Camping fee of $10 per night per site, $10 utility fee. Sites
			 having availability to electricity and vehicular access.
F) Class B-S Sites: Camping fee of $10 per
			 night per site. Sites having availability to showers and vehicular
			 access.
G) Class B-S Premium Sites:
			 Camping fee of $12 per night per site. Sites having availability to showers and
			 vehicular access.
H) Class C Sites:
			 Camping fee of $8 per night per site. Sites having vehicular access or tent
			 camp/primitive sites (walk-in or backpack) having availability to
			 showers.
I) Class D Sites: Camping
			 fee of $6 per night per site. Tent camping or primitive sites with no vehicular
			 access.
J) Youth Group Camping: $2
			 per person, minimum daily camping fee of $20.
K) Adult Group Camping: $4 per person,
			 minimum daily camping fee of $40.
L) Each member of an organized group
			 utilizing facilities furnished at Dixon Springs State Park, Horseshoe Lake
			 State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) and Pere Marquette State Park
			 shall pay a fee of $4 per night. At Dixon Springs and Horseshoe Lake State Fish
			 and Wildlife Area (Alexander County), a deposit of $40 will be required before
			 confirmation of a reservation. The deposits will be credited to the total
			 camping fee. At Pere Marquette, a deposit of $100 will be required before
			 confirmation of a reservation. The deposits will be credited to the total
			 camping fee. At Pere Marquette and Dixon Springs, deposit balances will not be
			 refunded until inspection is made of the facilities after the group departs. If
			 damages warrant, Pere Marquette and Dixon Springs will have authority to retain
			 this deposit. Fees for day use of the group camps at Dixon Springs, Horseshoe
			 Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) and Pere Marquette shall
			 be $75 per day.
M) Rent-A-Camp
			 Tents at Primitive Sites
If resources and funding allow, the Department, or the
				Department's concessionaire (see 17 Ill. Adm. Code 150), will make available
				Rent-A-Camp Tents for use at primitive sites at designated State parks and
				recreational areas throughout the Department's statewide system. A Rent-A-Camp
				Tent will provide, at a minimum: an already erected tent on a platform, one
				sleeping mattress, one charcoal grill, one picnic table, and one trash barrel.
				The overnight fee for a Rent-A-Camp Tent will be based on the basic fee of $6
				per night for a primitive (Class D) camping site (see subsection (a)(1)(I)) and
				the per-night fee charged by the Rent-A-Camp Tent concessionaire for access to
				the camping amenities listed in this subsection (a)(1)(M) and set-up costs.
				Depending on availability, and at the concessionaire's discretion, a camper may
				obtain additional amenities, including additional sleeping mattresses, from the
				concessionaire for an additional fee for each amenity.
N) Rent-A-Camp Cabin areas will provide, at a
			 basic cabin rental fee of $25 per night, one 2-bedroom cabin with 2 bunk beds,
			 one full-sized bed, ceiling fans, electric heaters, table with chairs, one
			 charcoal grill, one picnic table, and one trash barrel. The total overnight fee
			 for a Rent-A-Camp Cabin will be based on the basic fee plus Class specific
			 utility and camping fees, as follows:
i)
			 Rent-A-Camp Cabins at Class A Sites:
$25 cabin rental plus $10 utility fee and $10 camping fee per
				night, per site at all sites having availability to showers and vehicular
				access.
ii) Rent-A-Camp
			 Cabins at Class A Premium Sites:
$25 cabin rental plus $10 utility fee and $15 camping fee per
				night, per site at all sites having availability to showers and vehicular
				access.
iii) Individual
			 Rent-A-Cabins at Dixon Springs State Park: rented individually - not by
			 organized groups pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(L); $60 cabin rental, $45
			 barrack fee per unit.
iv)
			 Individual Rent-A-Cabin (boathouse) at Siloam Springs State Park: $80.00 cabin
			 rental.
O) A $5 per
			 campsite non-refundable reservation fee must be remitted at those facilities
			 offering reservation services. This fee applies to reservations for group
			 campsites as well as individual site reservations and individual Rent-A-Camp
			 Cabin and individual Rent-A-Camp Tent reservations. In addition to the $5
			 non-refundable fee, the full amount of the camping and utility fee (if
			 applicable) is required at the time reservations are made.
P) Dumping of wastewater from recreational
			 vehicles and camping trailers by persons who are not registered campers will
			 cost $5 per vehicle.