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Cqyqte
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Sep 29, 2016

Season Opening Dates for Campgrounds on southern routes

I am new to RVing and am planning our first trip south this February. I have a destination chosen, but now I am searching for a list of campsites that would be open at that time on the many routes south. Being Canadian I am used to seasonal dates and find it odd that some of the northern states campgrounds don't list open/closed dates on their websites. If anyone knows of a list or individual campgrounds that are open in February on the popular routes to Florida from Toronto and could point me in the right direction I would be grateful. I am pretty sure we will be selecting one night in a motel on our way south before we get into warmer weather.

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  • We start from west central Illinois in Jan. and don't count on any being open until we get south of central Il. but really more southern Il. and beyond. Very few public campgrounds will be open or will be open with no services. Whittington Woods(private) is a good one along I-57 near Benton. On our 2nd day much further south there are many more options. Get the RV parks app. and call the campground/

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