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Weldon Springs State Park

Clinton, Illinois 61727 USA

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“Perfect place for outdoors activites”

Lying just southeast of Clinton in DeWitt County, Weldon Springs State Park is a 550-acre park for all seasons. Weldon Springs' recreational agenda is among the most comprehensive in the state park system, offering recreational opportunities year-round. During the milder seasons, you are invited to fish, boat, picnic, camp, hike, and view wildlife. Or, you might want to pitch horseshoes at the park's tournament-quality horseshoe pits. When the snow flies, hardier outdoors persons not only continue many of the warmer weather pursuits, but add sledding and tobogganing on a one-eighth mile hill, ice fishing and cross-country skiing to the itinerary of their visit. The history of the springs themselves was written long before our settlers reached Illinois.The source of the water which flows from the natural springs can be traced to an ancient river that flowed through DeWitt County millions of years ago. This river, known as the Teays River, was born in the Paleozoic Age when the land began to rise and drain the inland sea which once covered most of central North America.This predecessor of the Ohio River reached a width of fifteen miles in DeWitt County. The biggest river of interior America, the Teays was fed by the Ancient Mississippi River, the Ancient Iowa River, and the ancient Missouri River.The destruction of this ancient master river began a little more than 2,000,000 years ago when the Pleistocene Age ("Ice Age") spawned a series of glaciers. The Kansan glacier completely covered the Teays, and the Illinoisan and Wisconsin glaciers that followed deposited as much as 200 feet of glacial till over the Teays Valley, completely obliterating it.The Teays stopped flowing as a surface stream, but groundwater, resting on an impervious layer of bedrock, flows easily through the till deposits under the influence of gravity, seeping out of the sand and gravel to form the springs.

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4.0 Access
4.3 Location
4.0 Cleanliness
4.3 Site Quality
4.7 Noise

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October 15, 2017
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Campsites are nice. Older bathrooms, could use cleaning around the outside. Picnic tables need replacing. Great trails around lake.

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February 23, 2021
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Weldon spring has selection of sites from back pack sites group sites and 30/50 amp sites many are not in the main camping are. there is decent fishing in the pond and lots of fishing platforms around the pond to fish. there is a boat rental in the park and a place to eat but they are not run by the park and hours are vary. The main camp ground is almost always full on weekends from the locals. it can be loud but its also a good family spot there is lots of kids around on the weekends. if you dont mind the noise its a good spot,

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July 13, 2023
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We camped here on a Sunday night. We enjoyed the site and it was level and long enough to accommodate my 40’ fifth wheel. The park was not busy and it had a great trail around the lake. We had water and electric. Enjoyed the deer roaming as we drank our coffee.

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Nightly Rate: $26.00

Days Stayed: 1

Site Number: 5

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5 Noise

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Weldon Springs State Park

Clinton, Illinois
61727 USA
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