Chicago Northwest KOA

Suburban Camping in the wider Chicago Metropolitan Area, 55 miles from Downtown Chicago

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Welcome to the closest KOA to Chicago and O'Hare International Airport

A family campground with lots to do! Check out the new Gem Mining, Jump Pad, Gagaball, Minigolf, Frisbee Golf, Polipong and huge playground! Join us for hay-wagon rides, face painting, flashlight candy hunt and a lot more on weekends.

Enjoy a peaceful camping experience in a friendly and quiet country setting, with long, pull-through RV sites, shaded tent sites, rustic camping cabins and fully equipped travel trailers for rent.
We offer complementary Wi-Fi throughout the park.

Have fun at Donley's Wild West Town next door, visit the Illinois Railway museum, see Santa's Village Azoosment Park, visit Six Flags Great America, cool off at Magic Waters near Rockford or in our own crystal clear pool.

Take the "Metra" train from nearby Crystal Lake or Woodstock to visit Chicago for sightseeing, festivals, and tours. We are also a convenient distance to the Woodfield Mall, Prime Outlet Discount Mall, and the Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino. Various local restaurants are within minutes.

General Information

New for this season, we have two Deluxe Studio Cabins next to each other.

All our rustic cabins are equipped with an A/C unit.

You will find us approximately 55 miles from downtown Chicago, 4.5 miles to I-90, in a rural setting of northwestern Illinois.

Open from mid April through mid October.

24 hours gated campground (after hour arrivals need reservation), dog breed restrictions apply. Please call for more information, 815 923 4206.

Campground Amenities

50 Max Amp
65' Max Length
Wi-Fi
Pool (5/24 - 9/2)
Propane ($)
Mini Golf
Firewood ($)
Bike Rentals ($)
Dog Park

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What Others Are Saying

Overall Camper Rating:

Kids had a blast 9/15/2019

- Heather Tunaitis on Google

Very clean, lots for kids to do. 9/15/2019

- Cindy Rambeaux on Google

Very friendly staff and clean campground. We chose this KOA because it is one of the closest campgrounds in the suburbs to Chicago... 9/5/2019

- Kathleen5 on Trip Advisor

Very nice campground. 9/14/2019

I liked this park a lot. People were friendly, park was nice. 1 complaint- no cable tv for local channels! Would be a perfect 10 for me if they had cable tv access. 9/13/2019

Typical KOA. Staff was very friendly. We stayed in a 5th wheel. Some trees are starting to encroach in the sites so the lower branches could be trimmed to eliminate hitting them when pulling into a site. We would stay there again. 9/11/2019

Fun campground with lots to do. Sites are a bit close together and the grass had not been mowed in a while, so no perfect scores, but overall we had a nice stay. 9/10/2019

Friendly, clean, and awesome! 9/10/2019

We stayed September 5th through the 8th. We had a nice pull through site with full hookups. We were surprised at how quiet the campground was and very well maintained. It was close to everything we wanted to do in the area as well. 9/9/2019

Very friendly staff. I appreciated that a staff member stopped by our site occasionally to make sure that everything was ok with our stay. The grounds were exceptionally clean and maintained. I look forward to our next visit. 9/9/2019

Friendly staff, convenient to I 80, tight spaces, but good for a stop over when passing thru 9/9/2019

Stay was fine other than another camper packing up Saturday morning and leaving noisily at 4:30 - 5:00 AM. Rules state quiet hours from 10 PM to 7AM and were not enforced. Not much to do for entertainment or dining in the immediate area... 9/8/2019

Very well kept KOA. 9/7/2019

Nice park and clean facility with helpful staff. 9/6/2019

Friendly staff and clean campground. This KOA is one of the closest campgrounds in the suburbs to Chicago. It is a 30 min drive to the train station in Crystal Lake and then 1:15 train ride to the city. We rode train twice to Wrigley Field and downtown Chicago... 9/5/2019

Great place great people work there. Very clean! 9/5/2019

Always enjoy coming to this campground. The grandkids love it! 9/4/2019

Excellent. Very clean park. Spots are a little close together, but the quality of everything, from the friendliness of the staff down to the sewer lines was excellent. We will definitely stay here again. 9/4/2019

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Campground Recreation

Ice Cream Socials
Haywagon Rides
Bingo
Flashlight Candy Hunt
Face Painting
50/50 Raffle
Tie Dye T-shirts
Polar Plunge/Pool Games/Frozen T-shirt contest
Egg Hatching
Crafts

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KOA Value Kard Rewards Program

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Latest Hot Deal

Big Weekend

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WHEN: May 8-9, 2020

WHAT: Stay Friday night, May 8th at a participating campground, and get Saturday night, May 9th for just $20.

WHY: The Big Weekend helps raise funds to send kids with cancer to medically-supervised camps all across North America. Kids fighting cancer deserve a chance to attend a summer camp and to just be a kid again. Funds raised from May 9 support the KOA Care Camps Trust which distributes more than $1 million dollars annually to support 125+ Care Camps each year. Learn more at koacarecamps.org.

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Campground Events

1st Fall Fest Weekend

Campground

Sep 27 - 29, 2019

Trick-or-Treat, Site Decoration Contest (win a free night of camping in 2020) and many fall themed activities. Join us to celebrate the Fall Season!

Sep 27 - 29

Marengo Settler Days

Local

Oct 3 - 6, 2019

"America Red, White & You!" Celebrated in the nearby town of Marengo.

Oct 3 - 6

2nd Fall Fest Weekend

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Oct 4 - 6, 2019

Trick-or-Treat, Site Decoration Contest (win a free night of camping in 2020) and many fall themed activities. Join us to celebrate the Fall Season!

Oct 4 - 6

Last Fall Fest/Closing Weekend 2019

Campground

Oct 11 - 14, 2019

Trick-or-Treat, Site Decoration Contest (win a free night of camping in 2020) and many fall themed activities. Join us to celebrate the Fall Season...

Oct 11 - 14

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Local Area

Located right next door to the KOA! This attraction includes Street of Yesteryear, Antique Phonograph and Music Box Collection, Sweet Phyllis Mine, Train Ride, General Store, Union Eagle Print Shop, Pony Rides, Vintage Photo Gallery and much more. Open daily Memorial Day thru Labor Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends April, May, September and October from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information please call (815) 923-9000 or visit their web site:

Make sure you ask for discounted tickets at the store!!!

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Great Family Fun........
Close by & affordable
Santa's Village Azoosment Park is an all inclusive park, meaning that one admission price covers all of your rides, all of the petting zoo including Pony Rides, and all shows...and parking is FREE!

Make sure you ask for discounted tickets at the store!!!!

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See, ride and explore a museum in motion. See the trains Hollywood made famous. Ride the trains that took us to war and brought us back to peace. Explore a "living" history museum. One price covers admission and rides. Hours vary. Located only one mile from the KOA. For more information visit their web site!

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