Fort Kaskaskia

The Fort Kaskaskia site is accessed by turning NW off of Shawneetown Trail Road. There is only one way in and one way out returning down the road one entered in on. Traveling into the fort the first thing you come across is the earth works of the fort off to the SW side of the park road and there is no accessibility or parking to this area.

The next areas you come across is the south shelter and Menard cemetery SW of the park road and the Site Office/Maintenance shop and dump station area to the NE of the park road. None of these places are accessible or have accessible parking, although nothing is officially accessible, the site office has an asphalt entrance/parking area that could be accessed by a visitor easily.

The next area is the Garrison Hill Cemetery and there is no accessible parking to this area either.

The main Shelter is the next area and there are three accessible parking spots. Two south of the shelter and one north of the shelter. There is a concrete sidewalk that leads to two accessible pit privies from the shelter.

The next area is the old stage area NE of the park road there is no accessibility or parking to this area.

Next is the north shelter NW of the park road and it has one accessible parking spot SE of this shelter and NW of the park road with a concrete sidewalk leading up to the shelter, there is no other accessible access to anything else in this area.

Moving forward the park road will split and to the left (NW) leads to the primitive campground, there is no accessibility or parking to this area. To the right (NE) lead to the only campground loop, class A sites. Sites # 22 and # 24 are the designated accessible sites. Site # 22 is reservable by going to ExploreMoreIL™. Site #24 is on a first come first serve basis. Both sites have a concrete pad and both sites require crossing an oil and chipped entrance/exit road to get on the concrete sidewalk paths that lead to two accessible vault toilets.

The sites day use areas are open from sunrise to sunset. Access to the campsites is 24/7- 365. Quiet hours are from 10pm-7am. There is normally a host on duty on the weekends May - Oct but there is also an iron host self-check in station and reservations can be made and must be made at least three days in advance of arrival.

There is no shower house, museum, tours, or welcome center. Visitors are free to explore the site at their leisure.