# Horseshoe Bend

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- **Location:** Roanoke, Illinois, United States
- **Price:** from $25.00/night
- **Rating:** 99% recommend (851 reviews)
- **Sites:** 13
- **Size:** 120 acres
- **Host:** Brady M.

## Overview

WE ARE CLOSED AFTER SEPTEMBER 27 FOR THE 2026 SEASON!! WE WILL REOPEN FEBRUARY 1, 2027

Family owned private campground since the 1940's. Very secluded and private. We offer a very unique experience that you will not find any public campground. I many ways we have a "private state park".

Nice trails for hiking or biking. There is even a small "race track" in the bottom bowl near the creek. There are several direct access points to the creek for fishing or wading. We have miles of marked trails that are easy for everyone.

Horseshoe Bend Main is a larger campground with four dispersed sites which a very spread out. This site has (3) 30 amp outlets for RV's. Porta potties are also provided.

The Horseshoe Bend Creekside sites are designated spots that are on the West Panther creek bank. There are porta potties, but no electric or water.

## Highlights

- **Best Hipcamps in Illinois:** Named one of the best Hipcamps to visit in 2026.
- **Best in Illinois: 1st place:** Named one of the best Hipcamps to visit in 2024.
- **Family-friendly:** Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is great for families and kids.
- **Brady is a Star Host:** Star Hosts are highly rated, responsive, and committed to providing incredible experiences.
- **Romantic:** Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is romantic.
- **Private sites:** 97% of recent Hipcampers say the sites felt private.

## Amenities

- **Amenities:** Pets, Toilets, Campfires, Showers, Trash, Cooking equipment, Picnic table
- **RV amenities:** Electricity Hookup, Generators
- **Activities:** Biking, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback riding, Paddling, Swimming, Wildlife watching
- **Terrain:** Forest, River, stream, or creek, Swimming hole, Field

## Sites

- **Horseshoe Bend - Creekside 1 Site** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Ridge** (rv-tent, up to 6 guests, $40.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Creekside 3 Site** (tents, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Creekside West** (tents, up to 6 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Creekside 2 site** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Walnut Grove** (tents, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Deep Woods 1** (tents, up to 4 guests, $25.00/night)
- **Lookout Point** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Main #2** (tents, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend Main - #1** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Main #3** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $35.00/night)
- **Horshoebend -South** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night)
- **Horseshoe Bend - Pavilion** (rv-tent, up to 4 guests, $40.00/night)

## Recent reviews

> Quiet and secluded with firewood provided. Excellent spot
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> - Drew L., September 29, 2026

> Brady's campsites were lovely. Flat, nice picnic bench, right next to pleasant little stream, stocked with firewood. We stayed on the back one, #3, which seemed the most private (nobody going past to get to the next one). Brady checked in on us via Hipcamp app a couple times to make sure we had everything we needed. Stayed in late september and the weather was perfect--warm enough to have fun in the day, but cool enough sleep cozily at night.
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> - Jim L., September 28, 2026

> Thanks again Brady! We had a great time!
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> - Robert P., September 28, 2026

> Great campsite! Stayed for a week in Creek Side #1 site, it was absolutely huge and right on the creek side. Probably could have fit 30 people in the site haha. Stayed for the Masters World Disc Golf Championships and had plenty of room for cars, tents, a putting basket and open area for throwing practice! Quiet, secluded, and beautiful. Portapoty was clean and the shower was nice and hot. Great place to stay and very reasonable
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> - Paul K., September 27, 2026

> Lots of good things to say, but no room. I experienced a nightmare like never before the last time I was at Horseshoe bend. There was a group of about 50 or more there having a party. The music was so loud that I was shouting for them to turn it down. They pulled all the narcissistic scripted responses. The first thing one man said to me was, "Where is your campsite?" I was mocked, ridiculed and then mobbed as if they were a group of wild animals all shouting, "Get out!" making fists and waving them in the air. It was demonic. After I left they turned up the music louder. After arriving at my…
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> - Laura C., September 26, 2026