Buena Vista Farms. Inc.

Buena Vista Farms. Inc. Off of Interstate 67 between Jacksonville and Chapin IL. Full hook up, pull through, and lakeside RV Buena Vista Farms, Inc. Back in lake side spots, wide yards.

combines charm and the great outdoors to take you to a place where stress melts away. We have 66 RV spaces with full hook up services. Pull through up to 90 feet long for Big Rigs. We offer hiking, and 2 lakes for fishing with paddle boats, canoes, kayaks available for free! Kids Castle and Ark are well kept, Basketball and Dodge ball, Pickle ball and Horse shoes are available. For the EXPERIENCED

, a few RV spots can be open all winter but we provide limited services and you must be self contained with heated water and a 100 Gallon LP tank. Our luxury cabins overlooking the lake make us the destination spot for family events. We have two furnished apartments for workers in the area as an alternative to hotel stays.

LeeAnn Leatherman taking more breathtaking photos this evening at Buena Vista Farms camp!
03/22/2026

LeeAnn Leatherman taking more breathtaking photos this evening at Buena Vista Farms camp!

03/20/2026

Tomorrow is the Spring Equinox. 12 hours of light. 12 of dark. You'll notice it as a date. Everything in your yard has been counting the minutes since the winter solstice.

Here's what "twelve equal hours" does to the living things within 200 feet of your bed.

The robin in your maple tree has had her pituitary gland measuring daylight through her skull. Not her eyes — through the bone. Photoreceptors in the hypothalamus detect light passing through the thin skull of a songbird. As day length crossed eleven hours last week, luteinizing hormone surged. Her o***y began developing the first egg. Tomorrow, at twelve hours, the follicle that becomes the first egg of the year starts accumulating yolk.

The honeybee colony in the hollow tree shifted from winter cluster to brood mode three weeks ago when the queen started laying. She uses day length information relayed by foragers who measure it through flight duration. Right now she's laying 1,000 eggs per day. By the time the equinox passes, she'll be at 1,500.

The garter snake under your porch step is torpid but sensing photoperiod through its pineal gland — the "third eye" on top of its head. When tomorrow's light-to-dark ratio crosses even, its testosterone surges. Within days, it'll be mating.

The sugar maple you tapped three weeks ago is responding to the equinox by shifting from sap flow to bud development. The twelve-hour photoperiod triggers enzymes that convert stored starch into the sugars that power bud break. The sap season ends because the tree is spending its sugar on leaves instead of leaking it from drill holes.

The White-throated Sparrow in your thicket has been gaining weight for ten days — pre-migratory fattening triggered by photoperiod. Tomorrow's light-to-dark ratio completes the trigger. Within a week he flies north.

None of these organisms know it's March 20. They don't read calendars. They read light. And tomorrow the light says: go.

02/20/2026

HUMMINGBIRD LOVERS GET READY! The great hummingbird migration has just started...with several sightings already along the Gulf Coast. You'll start to see even more into March across the Southeast and will continue to spread north through May. Get those hummingbird feeders out!

The frigid temps have settled in, but the sun is shining! We’ve battled some frozen water over the weekend, thankfully o...
01/26/2026

The frigid temps have settled in, but the sun is shining! We’ve battled some frozen water over the weekend, thankfully our 6 winter spaces have stayed open. And electric has stayed on to keep the pumps running to keep open water for Ricky and Lucy. Nestor has been hard at work plowing and checking on things. Stay warm but enjoy the beautiful views! (Buena Vista in Spanish)

01/20/2026

Breaking: Start Monitoring. G4 levels has been observed. The initial shock is intense. If we can keep this trend until dark, then auroras STATEWIDE are likely.

We may increase this a level soon! Timing is now after sunset!

01/07/2026

The dark skies we try to maintain
really show off the stars and planets.

12/20/2025

The Moon Will Turn Red And Then Disappear From Our Lives for Years.

Before dawn on March 3, 2026, the night sky will perform one of its rarest transformations.
The Moon will slip entirely into Earth’s shadow… and slowly turn deep crimson.

For nearly one full hour, the Moon will glow like a burning ember suspended in darkness a total lunar eclipse, the last one many of us will see until 2028.

As the Moon darkens, something extraordinary happens:
-Stars brighten.
-The sky deepens.
-Time seems to pause.

This isn’t just an astronomical event it’s a moment that people remember for a lifetime. No telescope. No filters. Just you, the sky, and a Moon transformed by Earth itself.

If you’ve ever wanted to witness the universe in motion this is your moment.


Address

1630 Old Us Highway 67
Chapin, IL
62628

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

(217)6186554

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