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Great spot on the Illinois River. Lots of trees and shade, and a large amount of riverfront camping. We drove up and car camped right on the river. Great float options too!
Perfect place to stay and float the river! The owners are awesome and the staff is top notch. Played at Earth Note Festival and hung out all weekend... great music and people, had a blast!
This place is huge and the atmosphere is exactly what I want for a RAWK aka Rock Music Festival and a float trip weekend. I'm so ready for this summer to start and I'll definitely be back!! Now I fully understand why this place costs a few dollars more than the other campgrounds up and down the Illinois River in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Their rivers edge wraps completely around the entire campgrounds. It's not like others where u can see the river but not enter it. Nope! It's a beautiful beach the entire way!
They have both grassy and rocky areas to camp. So no matter how you choose to camp i.e. RV to tent you have a great place to set up.
The shower house is spacious, clean and actually has most everything you may have forgotten. Although, no beer 😥
I've camped and floated at probably ever single campgrounds in this area throughout my life. In fact I go a minimum of 3 times a year and this place is AMAZING ‼️So WHEN not if but WHEN you decide to give them a try just tell them that Amy sent ya 😘
Attended Earthnote Underground for 3 days May 2023, the 3rd Annual but its 1st year at Sparrowhawk Camp. 2 friends and I had lovely Cabin #3 -- 2 bedroom with1 King, 2 Twins and. cot, very COMFY bed mattresses. Lovely living area and kitchen and biggest deck you ever saw, overlooking the river.
We needed supplies which were promptly supplied by the office, the grill definitely needed some love and we just couldn't get it started to clean it. They brought us a BRAND NEW one before we needed it for dinner. Roof leaked a little during the torrential rains one day and they had covered it within an hour. Truly, the most reponsive staff ever.
Dishes and silverware were sparse, I would ask about it or bring what you need. Beds are made up with clean sheets. In the photos of twins here I had already stripped the beds, so I included some photos of the room after I dolled it up. Bring an over the door hanger for clothes, it worked great, as there are no closets or hanging space. I cleaned the place and took all these just before I left.
I didn't float but friends did and they loved it. They get an A+ in hospitality!! And the stage and event we attended was excellent.
The campsite area itself was clean,mowed, and pretty scenery. The bathrooms didn't look like they had been cleaned maybe ever. We also didn't like that there are no reservations for campsites or for floating. The reservations made for the 3 cabins were told upon arrival that only 2 were available now because someone was living in one. We were also told to be there to float at 8am as it is first come, first serve. We were part of a large group that got separated into different busses. We waited over an hour for the next bus to see if our group was on it. Spent our day trying to go slow and wait and look for our group. Never saw the people we came to float the river with. We also had a hammock stolen out of a tree the first night we arrived ahead of our group when there were no other campers.
