Eclipse 2024 in Randolph County
On Monday, April 8, 2024, the next total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from Randolph County. Thousands visited in August of 2017 and were thrilled by a spectacular totality of more than two minutes. Next year's will top three minutes!
Plan a trip to Randolph County now. We have more than 200 available hotel/motel rooms and over 1,200 campsites! (See below) Make a weekend of it. There is much to see and do here, including the French Colonial Historic District, the genesis of French Colonialism in America. Randolph County on the Mississippi River, was once the western boundary of the United States. Fishing, birding, the Roscoe Misselhorn Museum is here, so are the World Shooting & Recreation Complex, the Popeye Character Trail, golf courses, an antique eight-sided school house, the Pierre Menard Home, and so many other places to see and things to do. Restaurants abound and you can fly in to Sparta's Hunter Field Airport or Perryville, Missouri Airport just across the Mississippi River.
Camping:
(You can make reservations 6 months in advance.)
Randolph County State Recreation Area
4301 South Lake Drive
Chester, IL 62233
Multiple Campsites
World Shooting & Recreation Complex
1 Main Event Lane
Sparta, IL 62286
Multiple Campsites
For either of these camping locations:
Click on DNR.Illinois.gov/parks.html
Click on Reserve your campsite
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
14372 Park Road
Ellis Grove, IL 62241
Multiple Campsites
For a reservation:
Click on DNRhistoric.Illinois.Gov
Jerry F. Costello Lock & Dam
4800 Lock & Dam Road
Modoc, IL 62261
15 campsite at the confluence of the Kaskaskia and Mississippi Rivers. Each site has electricity, a picnic table and a fire pit with centrally located water source and shower house. There is a separate dump site. $20 each night. No reservations with anytime electronic check-in. First come ... first served.
Near Confluence Heritage Park
Request Lock & Dam Tours
Within the Prairie du Rocher French Colonial Historic District
More information, click on http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/.../Kaskaskia-River-Project/
Hotel, Motel, B & B Accommodations
Baldwin
K-River Motel & Campground
7797 IL-154
Baldwin, IL 62217
618.785.2564
Chester
Best Western
2150 State Street
Chester, IL 62233
618.826.3034
Prairie du Rocher
Conner House Bed & Breakfast
315 Main Street
Prairie du Rocher, IL 62277
618.284.8752
Red Bud
Red Bud Country Inn
1617 South Main Street
Red Bud, IL 62278
618.282.4444
Sparta
Holiday Inn Express
1301 North Market Street
Sparta, IL 62286
618.443.6020
Sparta Motel
700 South St. Louis Street
Sparta, IL 62286
618.443.3614
The Orchid House
204 West Main Street
Sparta, IL 62286
(305) 849-4301
Come for the weekend or a week long vacation you will always remember. Welcome ... to Randolph County, Illinois!