Lake Emily County Park — Attraction in Town of Amherst

Great spot to fish, boat, or swim. There is a very large dedicated swimming spot as well as many other places to go. Fish bite great anywhere you go on the lake so it is a great place to take your kids or just hang out and relax with some casual fishing. There are a few boat landings around the lake and you can go down any of them with access to almost all of the lake. And if you feel like it you can go into the swamp areas and catch some bullfrogs. You can catch bluegill, perch, bass, walleye, bullhead, and other species. As for campgrounds I'm not quite sure as to the quality of them. I have never camped there before but from what I have seen from just driving some spots are more private, some are more open. They all have picnic tables and charcoal grills and enough space to park a couple of cars along with a...

Was there about a year ago. Camped twice. Very nice park. A mixture of camping sites. Yes, there is a road and rail nearby. I wear ear plugs so it does not bother me.

Swimming area is very nice. A long walk from the back of the campground.

The site we were at was fine gravel and grass. Easy to set up the trailer. Dump station was easy to get through and had no issues.

Central Waters Brewery is about 5 minutes away. Fantastic place to get an excellent Bourbon Barrel Stout Beer!

We plan to camp...

We stayed at the north campground (site 45) for 2 nights. It was a really nice campground. The bathrooms were pretty clean and shower houses had hot water. It’s not a huge campground. Some sites have quite a bit of grass, but many are just dirt (driveways are gravel). There were 3 trains in the night on our 1st night (they are pretty loud). Second night we turned AC on and didn’t hear them at all. We will definitely stay here again if back...