Bloomington Public Use Area

It was a nice quiet place. Tons of parking. A lot of open spaces. Some areas look like no one had been there in 30 years. Lots of great places to take photos. Caught a few bass also.

Pretty happy with the campground at $20 for electric and water. It is not on the water but you can see water from it. Boat ramp and protective cove is very close. I would walk but not carry my kayak there. The benefit of being off the water is much less wind and its open since half the campground was under water recently and still closed. Sites are not right on top of each other but its not state park space either. I cannot speak to the public restrooms as we didnt use them but the playgrounds are open here now. Make sure you have a map because there are not really signs on where the sites are. One is posted you can take a pic of at the campground gate but nothing to take with you. Shade is hit and miss by site. The trees have grown but they appear to have lost some to various diseases and are replanting and fighting off what they can. All sites have fire rings, lantern holders, charcoal, grills, tables, are paved and mostly level with gravel and grass.nnI camped in site 25. Its a bit close to the campground road but the camper provides privacy. Sites have been busy but easy to get here a week in advance except for holiday weekends which we avoid. Closest firewood is the small bait shack down the road along the way in with ice etc. Hosts are nice and helpful and rangers make frequent rounds. Used to camp here in the group sites and in elm growing up and there have been improvements there as well. The back in sites offer the most privacy for obvious reasons.nnCoverage if you care TMO/SPR is decent 3-4bars with 20-40mb down 1-3 up depending on bands. Vz 3-4bars 10mb down 4 up.

We come here every year at this time and every year they cant keep the power on you would figure they would fix the issues but each year same thing power goes off every half and hour the bathrooms could be cleaner but hey someone finally put soap in the bathroom so there is at least that. We have fun here but when you need to cool off you cant maybe next year they will figure out the issues but I wont hold my breath

Restrooms could have been tended to. Womens room almost out of toilet paper. Camping spots very nice

Showers were nice but sucked I had to drive there all sandy