The City of Carmi is pleased to announce that camping reservations for Burrell’s Woods are now available online. Those wishing to camp in the future should make online reservations before going to the campground.
The City of Carmi appreciates your patience during this transition.
Now you will be required to reserve your campsite online at
FireFly Reservation
Length of stay on one site is 14 consecutive nights. If you choose to stay longer you may move to another site and stay another 14 days.
PLEASE PRINT OUT AND DISPLAY YOUR REGISTRATION ON CAMPSITE POST.
CHECK IN TIME IS 1pm
CHECK OUT TIME IS 12pm
PLEASE CHECK IN WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR CAMPSITE.
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A campground with over 100 acres to explore – southern Illinois’ Burrell Woods Bicentennial Park
Looking for a shady campground to get away from it all? Burrell’s Woods Bicentennial Park has walking and running trails, camper hookups as well as tent camping, picnic facilities and countless tall, shady trees to stretch out beneath.
The camp area has a shelter for picnics and is equipped with grills, electricity and water. There’s also a modern bathhouse with 4 showers each for men and women, hand dryers, hair dryers and private dressing areas equipped with handicapped sinks, toilets and showers.
Camping with all amenities is available April 15 through October 15. Camping is permitted year round (shower house is closed during winter).
The campground features:
All campsites must be reserved online only and are $25 per night- 50 AMP and 30 AMP electric hook-up
- Each site has a concrete pad, fire pit and a sanitary sewer
- Firewood is included. Tent camping sites are available.
- Dumpsters available for trash
- Two miles from city limits
- City owned and operated
- The Carmi Police Department patrols the park
For more information call 382-2693 (7 a..m. – 4:00 p.m. M-F)
Burrell Wood Bicentennial Park and campground, a great place to gather the family and friends
There are 8 more shelters in the park for picnicking. Each is equipped with water, electricity and grills for cooking. There are 4 children’s play areas near these shelters. Three handicapped restroom facilities are centrally located between picnic areas.
In addition to providing our visitors with a well equipped southern Illinois campground, you can fish at Burrell Woods. The pond is stocked for bank fishing with bass, catfish and bluegill. Just behind the pond and over the bridge is a quiet, peaceful walking trail. This trail, which will bring you just a little closer to nature, is approximately ¼ mile long and not a hard walk for most people. There’s an additional 60 acres for exploring, recently purchased for the city, with new attractions to come.
All the roads through out the park are paved. The park and Carmi are golf cart friendly.
The picnic area and woods feature:
Open year round- Eight accessible sites for picnicking, parties and family gatherings
- Two easy miles from city limits
- Accessible flush toilets
- Drinking water
- Electric hookups
- Grills
- Fishing
- Hiking
Nature trails- Wildlife viewing
- Birding
- Playgrounds
- Volleyball
- Biking
- City owned and operated
- The Carmi Police Department patrols the park
For more information or to reserve a shelter call 618-382-2693 (7 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. M-F)
Why not take a break from the campground and go into town?
There’s a super Walmart in Carmi, ten minutes or less from the campground, as well as locally based grocery stores and markets even closer.
If you don’t feel like cooking, there are local restaurants and diners, pizza parlors as well as some of the national chains in Carmi. If you don’t feel like getting out, have it delivered to the campground!
There are also fraternal clubs and taverns in town, as well as package liquor stores.
Carmi has several hardware and auto part stores if you need to do some repairs during your stay. Or just come into town to shop, as we have several gift shops, antique stores and other retailers.
There are several churches in town for those who wish to attend the services of their choice.
Carmi has a fun 9 hole regulation golf course located at the Carmi Country Club. From the longest tees it offers 2,794 yards of golf for a par of 71, and an excellent clubhouse.
Hop on a bicycle and see the park and campground with a new perspective
Those who like to bicycle will love Carmi’s quiet streets, or for those with a bit more stamina, easy access to miles and miles of country roads, though gently rolling farmland and flat prairies. Or for those who like to take it easy, there’s always a country drive.
The campground and park isn’t too far from where you want to go
Our southern Illinois campground is about a 20 minute drive from I64 with exits at Burnt Prairie and Mill Shoals. Southern Illinois boasts great fishing, boating, hunting and other outdoor pursuits. At Burrell Woods Centennial Park and campground, you’re a short distance from Dolan Lake and Recreational Area, Hovey Lake Federal Wildlife Area and Beall’s Woods. For boating and ski buffs – you’re only a short drive from the Big Wabash River, the Ohio River and Rend Lake.
The Shawnee National Forest and their popular wine trail is less than an hour away, where you’ll find Garden of the Gods, with mile after mile of hiking and horseback riding trails through the wooded foothills of the Ozark mountains. The area is known for its stone bluffs, waterfalls and the some of the best fall foliage imaginable in the midwest
But if it’s fall foliage you’re looking for, you’ll find Burrell Woods blazes in the autumn.
