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We found a level paved site with 30 amp electric, dump station, clean hot shower, clean restroom, freshly mowed grass, saw Sheriff's deputy patrolling, felt safe, stayed 2 nights, would come back. Camphost couple very friendly, eager to help us register. Saw lots of flies but it's in farm country, so I expected it to be buggy in summer.
Just a small, wayside park, but it's a WWII memorial purchased in 1947 by the citizens of Elba. It has beautiful river scenery across from the Astico campground. They do have a porta-potty during the summer, a charcoal grill, a spring fed waterfall of sorts, and a picnic table.
OK I guess I'll start with the first day we got there I had to deal a dead raccoon in our site myself because there was no camp host to be found. The crayfish river or should I say swamp is completely disgusting and smells anyway so we figured maybe noone else could smell the dead raccoon. We got there Saturday and didn't see a camp host until Monday. There's canoes and kayaks that are supposed to be there to rent but nobody to unlock them. Sunday we had to deal with homeless squatters who just helped themselves into our personal space and one in particular was mentally unstable and pretty much wish I had a gun with us. Not that it mattered because there were nobody to complain to. Really sad and disappointing weekend. Would of had more fun camping in my backyard
Park is no longer good for hiking. Current management is turning the original hiking trails in to ATV/UTV trails that can no longer be hiked by visitors. What used to be nice, single track hiking is now 15 foot wide mud paths that never dry out and have no grass or foliage. Contact Dodge County (not park management staff) if you'd like to see this get better.
We did the right thing this year and parked our Class A in the proper place for Beer Camp and it was fantastic. Also I LOVE all the wonderful places to walk 🚶♀️
