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Get your heart beating on the brilliant whitewater of Little Grassy Creek, and dry warm beds await you at Super 8 Carbondale. You completely have to love New Thompson Lake. New Thompson Lake is not far at all from Carbondale, and there are other places here than New Thompson Lake, for example Thompson Lake. Summertime brings highs in the 80's to New Thompson Lake with nighttime lows in the 60's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 30's while the cold winter
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| | nights at New Thompson Lake are in the 20's. This lake is so wonderful. New Thompson Lake is tremendous enough to spend more than a day at, Devil's Kitchen Boat Dock is a tremendous local campground, and New Thompson Lake Dam is picturesque. There's so much to do here at New Thompson Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Crab Orchard Camp Grounds is a nice place for that, and in close proximity to New Thompson Lake you come across a golf course | |
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called Jackson Country Club. Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Carbondale is a perfect place to get some rest; Deer Lake is a wonderful lake close by. All the water falling down from the sky makes New Thompson Lake a wet spot; the month with most of the rain is March while January is mostly the driest month.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 37.745 Longitude: -89.25667
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Little Grassy Creek, Williamson CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class II-IV - 0.2 miles long (Play Section) |
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Deer Lake, Jackson CountyCounty, 1 miles away |
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Little Grassy Lake Campground & Marina
 | 1 PHOTO Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Showers, Fishing, Boating... TENT:Waterfront site available, RV:30 amp sites, 16 Full Hook Up, 54 Electric & Water, PETS:Must be registered at Marina and must be on leash., FIRES:Fire ring at each site, STORE:Store hours vary. Call for current store hours., BOATING:Boat Rentals available. Pontoon Boats, Jon Boats, Canoes & Kayaks. 10 HP limit on Little Grassy Lake.... ...family including full service camping, primitive camping, boat rentals, concessions, and a bait shop. Reservations accepted to reserve boats and campsites.
Pontoon boats, fishing boats, canoes, and kayaks can be rented at Little Grassy Lake Campground & Marina. You don't want to pass up the opportunity to explore the thirty miles of shoreline and embrace the solitude you will find on Little Grassy Lake. The 1200 acre lake is stocked with catfish, crappie, and bass, and offers plentiful opportunities for fishing, paddling, boating, and wildlife observation. Visitors have no choice but to slow down in the relaxing, laid back atmosphere we provide at Little Grassy Lake Campground & Marina.
Amenities include a waterfront camping sites, remodeled bathrooms with HOT showers, dump station, swimming, pets allowed (on leash), monthly educational programs and a renovated concession/bait shop which is stocked with minnows, crickets, camping supplies, cold beverages, food items, ice cream, firewood, & ice.
We will be open during the 2009 Shotgun Season. Please call for more ... |
Kinkaid Lake
 | 13 miles away Doea anyone know how much they charge for fishing boat rentals?...Would love to find more info about pontoon rentals or boats and where there locations are.... |
Pine Hills Campground
 | 17 miles away Pine Hills Campground is the place to go when exploring the Shawnee National Forest. Finding the campground can be difficult, but easy if you have a topographic atlas. It is located adjacent to Illinois largest wilderness complex, nothing significant on a grand scale, but a world away from the madness of Chicago at the opposite end of the state. It is between ILL routes 3 and 127 between Grand Tower and Trail of Tears state forest. I'm sorry to say I cannot share the best site in the campsround, but will probably find it yourself without much effort. It is at the back of the loop adjacent to the stream. I basically gave it away, but good hunting still! Actually, it can be difficult to find, but well worth the solitude. Good wildlife viewing in the area, especially near the LaRue Swamp area- many hawks can be seen in this perennial spring fed wetland. It is the Mississippi River Valley in a natural state- a remnant of it, at least. ... |
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