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camperpaul wrote:

WoodGlue wrote:
Camperpaul, any reason why?

WoodGlue

During my tenure as a campground host at Illinois Beach SP, I was getting five to ten phone calls per week from people wanting to know how to get to the campground from the Nuclear Power Plant.

For some strange reason these people sounded like they were very scared.
Maybe their fear was caused by the two Jarheads standing in front of the RVs with machine guns (the plant was on lock-down due to 9-11).

With only 24 ft between the curbs there is no easy way to turn a MH around, especially if you have a toad.

To add insult to injury, the Zion PD would issue a ticket to the driver of the MH for driving on Shiloh Boulevard.

The Tom-Tom routing data is not the only one with this defect.

If you want to test your GPS receiver, have it route you to

Illinois Beach State Park Campground.

If it shows the entrance to be on Wadsworth Road, there is no problem but if it shows the entrance to be on Shiloh Boulevard the error still exists.

That actually is not hard to understand.....I was bored and looked it up.....those lost people most likely just picked the basic center of the park location which automatically pops up on a map / gps search since there is no specific street address listed on the park website for a campground location. They DO have specific directions of what road you take to access the CG, but GPS units are making it easier for people to think that typing in destinations basic name will get them where they need to go since many things do have exact street address in the system. People who found their way to the CG without assistance where probably those who still read regular maps and pay attention to road signs.

Personally, I have always had great luck with Garmin units for traveling and Magellan for off road locations.