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Giant City Lodge (Giant City State Park)
Illinois State Parks · Illinois, United States
- Units
- 3
- Sleeps
- 4 per unit
- Bedrooms
- 1 per unit
- Heated
- All
- Private bath
- All
- Electricity
- All
- Season
- First Friday of February to Mid-December
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Elevation
- 758 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Nearest town
- Makanda
- Address
- 460 Giant City Lodge Rd, Makanda, IL 62958
- Phone
- (618) 457-4921
About each unit
Bluff Cabins · sleeps 4
Giant City Lodge's 4 Bluff Cabins are its most upscale option: one bedroom with two queen beds, a full bathroom, central heat and air conditioning, satellite TV, an electric fireplace, a wet bar with a refrigerator, and a deck. There's no full kitchen, and pets aren't allowed. No cooking or grilling is permitted at the cabins, and they're smoke-free.
Historic Cabins · sleeps 4
Giant City Lodge's 12 Historic Cabins, in the Shawnee National Forest hills near Makanda, each have one room with two double beds, a full bathroom, central heat and air conditioning, and a TV. There's no kitchen or private cooking facilities, and pets aren't allowed. No cooking or grilling is permitted at the cabins, and they're smoke-free.
Prairie Cabins · sleeps 4
Giant City Lodge's 18 Prairie Cabins have one bedroom plus a living room with a Murphy bed, a full bathroom, central heat and air conditioning, and satellite TV. There's no kitchen or private cooking facilities, and pets aren't allowed. No cooking or grilling is permitted at the cabins, and they're smoke-free.
Open seasonally, the first Friday of February through mid-December; reservations for the following season open December 1. Closed the rest of the winter.
Each unit
| Unit | Sleeps | Bedrooms | Kitchen | Bath | Heat | Power | Accessible | Pets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Cabins | 4 | 1 | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | |
| Historic Cabins | 4 | 1 | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | |
| Prairie Cabins | 4 | 1 | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 28° | 5° | 67° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 47° | 29° | -1° | 72° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 59° | 41° | 19° | 78° | 5 of 11 |
| April | 68° | 49° | 31° | 84° | 1 of 11 |
| May | 78° | 62° | 44° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 86° | 68° | 55° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 72° | 63° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 71° | 63° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 84° | 66° | 53° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 67° | 50° | 35° | 83° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 57° | 40° | 16° | 75° | 3 of 10 |
| December | 46° | 32° | 11° | 66° | 9 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at Giant City State Park, 1.1 mi away (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Campgrounds nearby
- Giant City State Park · Illinois State Parks · 1 mi
- Trail of Tears State Forest · Illinois State Parks · 12 mi
- Ferne Clyffe State Park · Illinois State Parks · 12 mi
- Pine Hills Campground · USDA Forest Service · 14 mi
- Lake Murphysboro State Park · Illinois State Parks · 17 mi
Other cabins nearby
- Dixon Springs State Park · Illinois State Parks · 32 mi
- Washington County State Recreation Area · Illinois State Parks · 49 mi
- Hamilton County State Fish & Wildlife Area · Illinois State Parks · 54 mi
- Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park · Kentucky State Parks · 64 mi · 3 units
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