camping close to chicago
We would like to visit Chicago in the summer and want to stay on the out skirts and use puplic transit to go to museaums navy pier ect. We are coming from the east coast so would like to stay on that ...
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I have to emphasize that there will only be a tent campground at Northerly Island, and it will be limited to certain times, and most sites will be limited to various youth groups. Campground does not equal RV park.
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The idea of the island is not to have a bunch of RVs and assorted vehicles there, it is earmarked now to be a natural area, and, also, since trucks are not allowed on Lake Shore Drive, how would any towed RV get there?
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Northerly Island is currently open to camping four times a year, with 40 spots available for reservations by families, individuals or groups. That’s 160 camping opportunities.
After the improvements, 900 camping slots will be added to the mix. That is, camping will be offered six times annually with 100 slots available with another 300 reservations set aside for children’s groups.
Camping slots will be earmarked for “at risk” inner city kids, many of whom have never before had the opportunity to camp out.
The 300 camping slots for kids will be reserved for 12- to 15-year-olds in the Wilderness Camping Program and timed to coincide with schedule breaks for year- round schools. Participants will get two weeks of instruction in sailing, survival skills, shelter and fire building and leave with a sleeping bag, a fishing pole and a compass.
The idea of the island is not to have a bunch of RVs and assorted vehicles there, it is earmarked now to be a natural area, and, also, since trucks are not allowed on Lake Shore Drive, how would any towed RV get there?
