BAM
03-13-2007, 12:03
We ususally like to go to Rend Lake to camp. They also have the beach, the spillway( which have gar)and the visitors center right across the street. We usually camp at South Marcum on the south side of the lake. It has nice coves and real woody lookin! We like Covey Point the best. It has a nice playground, clean shower house, water, fire pits and concrete picnic table that make it class A camping. They usually keep really good care of the campground and mow it often. They also have tent camping as well on a point that is beautiful. You can go to Reserve.com and reserve the camping site you want up to 365 a year. South Marcum is only 3 miles to town the backway and you will run into a new super walmart and some resturants in Benton Il. On the north side it is nice as well. It has a nice resort and a Resturant that is called Windows(which is casual),they also have a hotel, cabins, gift shop and paddle boats. They also have pontoons and jon boats for rent. Down the road a little they have horseback riding which we never did personally. The deer are unreal up there at night. We counted over 50 one night just driving through.......The north side is alot closer to the shooting range which is nice as well. My husband and I used to go up there and they are really nice people. There is no membership and open all year I believe. They also have hunting up there like deer, goose, duck, and turkey! There are restrictions though........
There is also the Southern Illinois Artisan Shop which is pretty BIG and nice. It offers a gift shop and visitors center in there as well .......There are tons of Illinois Artisans in there!
And they have the pretty big golf course which we are not into golf but heard it was nice as well and it looks nice. They also have another beach on the north side that is nice but I think more for families with children. The one in South Sandusky is alot bigger and deeper.
They have tons of trails up there and some of them seem to go on FOREVER!
The widelife is wonderful. We had two deer come out every morning and just walk around like no one was there. The racoons come out at night alot though around the campsites. The fishing is ok. My husband did catch a 5lb bass that was nice last year and then we put out a trot line and caught some HUGE catfish and had them for dinner! LOL. We also put out some jugs in the middle of the night and that was fun...they started taking off every direction. Rend Lake could def keep anyone busy for a couple days and I am sure anyone could get some nice pics.
There is also the Southern Illinois Artisan Shop which is pretty BIG and nice. It offers a gift shop and visitors center in there as well .......There are tons of Illinois Artisans in there!
And they have the pretty big golf course which we are not into golf but heard it was nice as well and it looks nice. They also have another beach on the north side that is nice but I think more for families with children. The one in South Sandusky is alot bigger and deeper.
They have tons of trails up there and some of them seem to go on FOREVER!
The widelife is wonderful. We had two deer come out every morning and just walk around like no one was there. The racoons come out at night alot though around the campsites. The fishing is ok. My husband did catch a 5lb bass that was nice last year and then we put out a trot line and caught some HUGE catfish and had them for dinner! LOL. We also put out some jugs in the middle of the night and that was fun...they started taking off every direction. Rend Lake could def keep anyone busy for a couple days and I am sure anyone could get some nice pics.