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Facility Rentals

Thank you for considering the Champaign County Forest Preserve District for your event. Whether you're planning a wedding ceremony or reception, family reunion, business meeting or company picnic, we have a facility to accommodate you. We offer open-air shelters and enclosed buildings in beautiful settings, in styles from rustic to contemporary. Fee Information.

Buildings and shelters are available to rent at three of our five forest preserves.

  • Reservation
    Information
  • Photos: Lake of the Woods
    Forest Preserve     | Mahomet, IL
  • Photos: Homer Lake
    Forest Preserve | Homer, IL
  • Photos: Middle Fork River Forest
    Preserve | Penfield, IL

Reservations will be taken up to one year prior to the event date for all rentals. For assistance in finding the right location, visit, call our Headquarters at the HI-Tower Bell Carillon in Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve at 217/586-3360, or e-mail hq@ccfpd.org. Our staff will be happy to help you determine which location best meets your needs.

Once your reservation is made, you will be sent a contract which must be signed and returned with a nonrefundable reservation fee (which is applied toward your rental fee) within two weeks. Two months before your event date, the remaining balance of the rental fee and the damage deposit must be paid in full.

Alcohol is allowed with building rentals if a certificate of Host Liquor Liability Insurance in the amount of $1 million and naming the Champaign County Forest Preserve District as an "additional insured" party is provided before the event.

The Forest Preserve District welcomes your interest in using our facilities for your wedding and/or reception. Before you make your final decision, however, there are a number of factors of which you should be aware. Please read our special information for wedding activities.

  Lake of the Woods Pavilion Capacity: 200 | Available to rent: year-round | Fees & Amenities
Lake of the Woods PavilionLake of the Woods Pavilion Interior
  Elks Lake Pavilion Capacity: 200 | Available to rent: year-round | Fees & Amenities
Elks Lake Pavilion
  Izaak Walton Cabin Capacity: 32 | Available to rent: year-round | Fees & Amenities
Izaak Walton CabinIzaak Walton Cabin InteriorIzaak Walton Cabin Interior

Riverview Retreat Center
Capacity: 36 ) | Available to rent: Apr 15 - Oct 15 | Fees & Amenities
Riverview Retreat CenterRiverview Retreat Center Interior
  Golf Course Clubhouse Capacity: 80 | Available to rent: Oct - Apr | Fees & Amenities
Golf Course ClubhouseGolf Course Clubhouse
  Sycamore Hollow Shelter Capacity: 60 | Available to rent: Apr 15 - Oct 15 | Fees & Amenities
Sycamore Hallow ShelterSycamore Hallow Shelter
  Swiss Valley Shelter Capacity: 90 | Available to rent: Apr 15 - Oct 15 | Fees & Amenities
Swiss Valley Shelter
  Rotary Hill Shelter Capacity: 116 | Available to rent: Apr 15 - Oct 15 | Fees & Amenities
Rotary Hill ShelterRotary Hill Shelter KitchenRotary Hill Shelter Kitchen

Salt Fork Center Capacity: 100 | Available to rent: year-round | Fees & Amenities
Salt Fork CenterSalt Fork Center Interior
Walnut Hill Shelter Capacity: 60 | Available to rent: Apr 15 - Oct 15 | Fees & Amenities
Walnut Hill Shelter
Activity Center Capacity: 134 | Available to rent: year-round | Fees & Amenities
Activity CenterActivity Center InteriorActivity Center Kitchen

Sugar Creek Shelter Capacity: 100 | Available to rent: Apr 15 - Oct 15 | Fees & AmenitiesSugar Creek Shelter