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Lithia Springs Marina

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2060 E 1500 North Road
Shelbyville, IL 62565
39° 26' 4.13'', -88° 45' 41.31''
2177743221
VHF Ch. 64
$50/night
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Lithia Springs Marina
Fuel
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2024 2:16PM

Gas Regular $5.10

Octane: 87;

Awards


Boaters Choice 2020Boaters Choice Elite Fleet 2021Boaters Choice 2022Boaters Choice Elite Fleet 2023Boaters Choice Elite Fleet 2024

About


Lithia Springs Marina is a full service marina conveniently located midway between Chicago and St. Louis and only 7 miles from downtown Shelbyville on the south end of Lake Shelbyville

Since 1970, Lithia Springs Marina has welcomed millions of tourists seeking an affordable lake experience on beautiful Lake Shelbyville. Lake Shelbyville offers more than 172 miles of unblemished shoreline on 11,000 acres of water containing innumerable coves.

In addition to our 30 available slips for transient dockage, the marina offers over 300 slips for seasonal moorage. The marina now accommodates boats up to 40’ in length.

Berth Capacity


Slips:350

Services & Amenities

Last Updated: Jan 16, 2024

Fuel Dock:Yes
Gas:Yes
Dockage:Yes
Water Hookup:Yes
Transient Storage:Yes
Long Term Storage:Yes
Service & Maintenance:Yes
Wi-Fi:Yes
Pump-out:Yes
Restrooms:Yes
Showers:Yes
Laundry:Yes
Trash:Yes
Ice:Yes
Boat Ramp:Yes
Propane:Yes
Captains Lounge:Yes
Security:Yes
Cable TV on Slips:Yes
Groceries:Within 5 Miles
Alcohol:Yes
Medical Facility:Within 5 Miles
Pharmacy:Within 5 Miles
Hotels:Yes
Restaurants:Yes
Beach:Within 5 Miles
Dog Park:Within 5 Miles
Pet Friendly:Yes
Golf:Within 5 Miles
Tennis:Within 5 Miles
Ship Store:Yes
Bait & Tackle:Yes
Campground:Yes
Boat Rentals:Yes
Max. Vessel LOA:90.0 Feet
Max. Slip Length:75.0 Feet
Max. Slip Width:20.0 Feet
Fixed Docks:Yes
Floating Docks:Yes
Covered Slips:Yes
Oil Disposal:Yes
Engine Service:Yes
Propeller Service:Yes
Land Storage:Yes
Yacht Brokerage:Yes
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It was great, we had a fun Summer.

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Great marina. Great people. Well maintained.

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All was good, thank you

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Love the upgrades to the dock area, restrooms, ice machine location, slips. Will maintain our slip for years to come.

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Paid our slip rent and had a good season.

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Great marina, friendly staff, lots of services.

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The nicest marina on Lake Shelbyville, great location.

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Have maintained slip for many years now at Lithia

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Very good 👍. Employee was very helpful

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Stay was as promised. Helpful and competent staff at all levels.

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We love Lithia Springs Marina. The staff is wonderful and every is also very kind and helpful.

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perfect!!!

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The marina slip location was a great place leave our pontoon boat while camping. I thought the price $50.00 per day was a little steep. Parking around the marina is always tricky.

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Nice marina, but priced too high. Handy to campground. Nice family atmosphere. I loved having electricity to charge my boat every night. The dock staff were accommodating and friendly. The only negative was that the marina didn’t have minnows, and I am here to fish.

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very nice, the slip was nice, location perfect and it all worked well

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Clean, Friendly, and helpful!

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Very convenient. As advertised! Slip was ready and made my trip a lot easier!!

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I think $50 a day (last years rate was $27) to slip your 18’ boat is a little pricey. Was it really necessary to increase the price to almost double? This rating is strictly based on price.

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Great docks, great people

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Great place, really nice people working there! I really like this place and it's people.

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Very nice people working at the marina. Very helpful.

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Great people! Very friendly!

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Beautiful facility. It has everything you need. The staff was great!

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Have experienced great cooperation in meeting my needs from time to time. I found the staff to be friendly and courteous.

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To the point and had answers to my questions

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I've been in that slip for 21 years😁😁😁👍👍

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The staff is always pleasant to deal with! The bands are enjoyable and love the food trucks!

Marina Response:
Thank you so much. We are all working hard to make this coming season better than ever.
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Facilites are being upgraded. Management is easy to work with.

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We had an amazing time, and everybody is so friendly at the marina.

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Everything was great with the slip. The only issue I had was that someone had parked in my spot even though there are signs that say that these slips are reserved. Not Lithia's fault. Just someone who can't follow the rules.

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Clean stable dock no complaints

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Reserved spot and had no problems.

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Great slip location on port side as requested. Staff was incredibly helpful and friendly. Highly recommended for a very fun time on Lake Shelbyville

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Our stay was great, check in easy and slips were where we had requested.

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Our stay was for 10 days. I requested slip to be on the left. ( I requested this when I booked the reservation in April, and sent another message just to be safe that slip needed to be on left) We have a pontoon and the door is on the left. The first three days we were placed in slip F02 which was not on the left. Then we were moved to slip N which was on the left. But when we got ready to dock, there was a boat still in our slip. So we were told to go back to F02, for one more night. The next night we were back on slip N, and that's where spent the rest of our days. Number one, I don't know why we couldn't have a slip on the left, when it was booked in April, (not last minute) number 2. Why did we have to be moved well into our stay. The staff is help full. Booking is questionable.

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Great marina, helpful staff

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Excellent location and amenities.

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The slip was in a great location. Right in front of the store door

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A little confusing trying to figure out where to go but once we got situated it was great. Great service and a great week at the Marina and lake

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Everything went smoothly!

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Great experience. No issues

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Been coming to Lithia for decades renting houseboats and boat slips and never had an issue until this time. I reserved two slips right next to each other and when we arrived, someone was parked in our second slip with a really wide boat. Management told us "there was nothing they could do about it", so for two days it was really dicey getting our 23' tri-toon in and out of that slip with this random boat parked there, until it finally left. When I reserve a slip I'm asked to give my phone number and I could not understand why they wouldn't just call the person to come get their boat out. First world problems, I know, but it was a pain and almost hit the other boat a few times. I just figured Lithia could do better.

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We had a great time and the staff were amazing!

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Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, efficient. Can’t ask for more than that

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Overall marina result of decades of patchwork add-ons. Transient slips buried in maze. Single lane launch ramp with very long walk to trailer parking causes major delays. Early Friday afternoon was bad (took about an hour to haul out 18 foot fishing boat. Hate to imagine what a Saturday is like. Need more ramps/dock. Some people had trouble hauling out an empty trailer due to smooth (why not textured?) concrete ramp. Employees where great but wouldn’t stay again.

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Great service, very nice staff.

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The dock was convienent and great location to where we were staying. I would ask to have some bumper protection on the poles. There is only 1 piece of plastic on a pole for 1 side of the dock. Thanks

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Super easy and convenient booked online and was just minutes to check in and then we where off on the water would recommend it to anyone.

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Great experience. Great price.

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As always great thanks again

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Everybody was very kind and friendly

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I like the convenience of the reservation but am disappointed in the refund policy. I would have stayed longer if this wasn't the policy.

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No return policy with over a months notice is unacceptable. This is double dipping as I am positive the spot I reserved was used by someone else that also paid.

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This was our first time to your lake. It was easy to reserve a spot and everyone has been so helpful.

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Our reservation was lost and they didn't have an assigned slip for our four day stay.

Marina Response:
We certainly apologize for the loss of your reservation. Could you please call the General Manager at 217-774-3221 and discuss in further detail your experience at Lithia Springs Marina.
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The manager is very friendly and helpful.

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Very nice marina, clean, convenient, the friendly staff was always available and happy to help.

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Very friendly and helpful! Love Lithia Springs Marina! Hope to go back in the fall!

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Very nice staff. Very accommodating and helpfull

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Very nice facilities...friendly helpful people

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Another great experience at Lyrhia Springs Marina. Can’t wait until next time.

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Great location for the boat with access for my friend who is in a wheelchair. They are very accommodating each time I visit and I appreciate their efforts. Great marina and great people.

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Great service and slips!

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Well maintained facility, great live music in the evening and friendly staff. Hard to beat.

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Nice slip, was easy to use and close to restaurant/bar.

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Great! Good spot and we love it!

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Very clean and inviting. Just what we were looking for since we were there for the fishing. Close to the water but not on the water.😔. But the wonderful hospitality made up for that!😁. Looking for to coming back very, very soon. Fishing was awesome too!!!

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Well managed marina. Clean, all docks in great shape, electric for your boat at your slip. Dock store close and well stocked. I'll be back.

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Nice clean marina with nice services. Food trucks, live music Very helpful staff

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We have been coming to Lake Shelbyville for over 20 years, Lithia springs Marina has always been a great place, wonderful staff and good prices!

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Staff were friendly, slip was old, cost was high for a non covered slip at $45+ per day, but the only available slips on the lake so a sellers market.

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The launch ramp was horrible, poor signage ended up going elsewhere and I was still charged even though they said I wouldn’t be. BEWARE!

Marina Response:
We are so sorry you had a poor experience. However, the launch ramp is not marina owned. This is owned and operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. We are currently 10 ft over summer pool so the high water ramp was opened. This is not typically how things are. We do sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and hope you will give us another try in the future!
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The staff was great! Boat dock was in good shape and had ample amount of tie off points. Can't wait to come back!! After covid lockdown of coarse lol such crap!

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Full-service marina, real close to downtown Shelbyville. Slip owners are cool. Great fishing.

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I've been coming here for 10 years, it's the best business on Lake Shelbyville! I've rented houseboats and pontoon boats at reasonable prices. There is a floating Subway restaurant on the water next to the Gas Dock / Ship Store and I will buy party platters for my large group - easy. Lots of fun on the docks, too. Highly recommend! A+!!

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