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Welcome to Log Cabin Camp ...

Log Cabin Camp is located in Kankakee County<1>.

Log Cabin Camp is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Log Cabin Camp lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Log Cabin Camp (for example, toward Earl Park (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Log Cabin Camp: 815 & 779<3>

Websites for Log Cabin Camp ...

Junior League:   www.jlkankakee.org/

Communities near Log Cabin Camp ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Log Cabin Camp.

  • Kankakee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bourbonnais
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bradley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowell is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,137 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <4>
  • Manteno
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Crete
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Monee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Beecher
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Peotone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Log Cabin Camp. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Log Cabin Camp.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Log Cabin Camp. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Log Cabin Camp.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Log Cabin Camp. See our Newspapers Page for Log Cabin Camp.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Log Cabin Camp ...

Looking for more information about Log Cabin Camp? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Log Cabin Camp, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Log Cabin Camp.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kankakee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Log Cabin Camp - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Log Cabin Camp area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Log Cabin Camp area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.