Campground Rules:
CAMPGROUND RULES for CAMPERS & VISITORS
CAMPERS
1. Check-in & out time is 3:00pm.  If a campsite is not currently occupied, a new camper may check in as early as Noon without being charged.  You have until 9:30pm to check-in and set up your site.  No check-ins allowed after 10:00pm (quiet time) due to disturbance to other campers.
2. Cancellations must be made 3 days (72 hours) before reservation date to receive refund of deposit.  Without deposits, campsites will only be held until 5:30pm.
3. First aid & emergency phone numbers are available at the office (aka) Cowboy Corner.
4. The speed limit in the campground or on the property is 5 MPH maximum.  Slower when people and horses are around.  One vehicle per campsite allowed, others park in the general parking area.
5. Quiet time is from 10:00pm to 7:00am.  Please be considerate and respect others, sound travels in the quiet of the night, more than you suspect.
6. No loud playing of radio or stereo at any time.  Play for your ears only and not your neighbors.
7. No littering - we struggle to keep this a beautiful place to camp -- Please help and do your part, and upon your departure please leave the campsite as you found it.  All camping equipment must be removed and the site cleaned of all litter.  Thank you.
8. If you smoke, throw your cigarette butts into the fire pit or into a cigarette receptacle, otherwise please be responsible and field strip your cigarettes -- it's easy!  Put out your smoke (bottom of shoe), tear off the filter (put in pocket), tear apart paper and tobacco (biodegradable) & discard.  The birds & animals love tobacco and would take a lit cigarette to their nest or our barn creating a fire hazard.  So please don't throw butts on the ground.
VISITORS
9. Visiting hours are from11:00am to 9:00pm, with a visitor's fee of $3.00 per person.  Visitors must check in at Cowboy Corner prior to meeting their campers.  All visitors must park their vehicle in the general parking area.  No visitors are allowed to check-in after 7:30pm.  Visitors are not allowed to bring pets.
PETS
10. While pets are very important in our lives and to your camping experience, they must be leashed or physically confined at all times.  Pick up their waste and attend to their needs.  Pets are not allowed in Cowboy Corner, bathrooms or any building.   Many campers are not pet owners and their camping experience is greatly diminished if your pet is noisy. If your pet is a barker, you may be asked to leave.
FIRES
11. VTR has adopted the IDNR policy regarding the Emerald Ash borer and does not allow campers, picnickers or visitors to our campground to bring in their own firewood.  For this reason we provide free firewood to our campers to use in reasonable amounts.
12. Tents must be at least 10 feet from open fires.  Never place ashes in refuse bags!
13. Absolutely no removal of brush or branches from standing trees is allowed.  No burning of these items:       treated or creosoted wood
glass bottles
aluminum cans
We recycle aluminum cans, dispose of them in the container in front of Cowboy Corner.
Except for fire wood, do not leave unburned debris in the fire pits.  Any broker glass must be picked up and discarded in refuse bags or dumpster.
GENERAL
14. Absolutely no loaded firearms, bows and arrows, air guns, projectile firing devices, fireworks and explosives of any kind.
15. No mini-bikes, golf carts, mopeds, or any type of motorized recreational or all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) allowed.
16. The use of alcohol is allowed but open drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vulgar/offending language will not be tolerated.  We are family oriented and the atmosphere should be one of enjoyment.  The use of alcohol is not permitted under legal drinking age.
17. No car/truck/RV washing.
18. Garbage and/or refuse should be stored in closed plastic bags at all times.  Bags are available at the office if needed($).  Each camper will securely wrap all garbage and trash in plastic bags and deposit them neatly in the dumpster.
19. All persons entering campground do so at their own risk.  Vandalism of any kind is not permitted.  Anyone found to be damaging picnic tables, playground equipment, campground equipment and/or buildings, trail signs, trees, bushes, or hurting birds, animals, will be subject to removal from the campground.
20. The campground is privately owned.  Management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone and the right of dismissal from the campgrounds with no refund and restitution required when indicated.
21. Camping is an outdoor experience; therefore we do not give refunds due to discomforts of nature.
22. We try our best, but things happen...so please bring all problems to our attention.  We cannot fix them if we don't know about them.  Any suggestions you may have to help us make your camping experience more enjoyable, please let us know as well.  Thank you.

Entrance to Vel Terra Ranch in Woodbine, Illinois consititues permission for management to use any photograph taken for any lawful purpose without compensation to the individual.



These rules are simple courtesy and common sense and are in place to insure everyone is safe and has a good camping experience.  We hope you enjoy your time at Vel Terra Ranch and that you will come back and camp with us again.
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Vel Terra
Ranch