Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

Reserve Your Campsite

Wayne Fitzgerrell SRA has 243 campsites, which offer electrical hookups and sanitary facilities. Three shower buildings are available for campers.

Campers should register with the campground host upon arrival. The fee for camping is $20 per night for sites with electricity. There is an additional $10 fee/night added to the camping fee during the following holiday weekends: Memorial Day, July 4th (if the holiday falls on a Fri, Sat, Sun, or Monday), and Labor Day. All sites in the Bay Area, Hickman's Point, and Lakeview camping loops are reservation only. Lookout Point and Shady Rest are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Campsite map and reservations for Wayne Fitzgerrell SRA can be made online at ExploreMoreIL.

Printable version of the Wayne Fitzgerrell Camping Sites

Hiking & Biking

For hikers and bikers, a newly constructed 4-mile hiking/biking trail is in place, which runs from the day-use areas through the campgrounds to Rend Lake Resort and then connects to the Rend Lake College Bike Trail. Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

Fishing

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area, with its excellent camping, lodging, and boat launch facilities, is a great headquarters for anglers using Rend Lake. Since 75 percent of the park’s boundary is Rend Lake shoreline, the site provides outstanding bank fishing opportunities.

Rend Lake is well-known as an outstanding sport fishery for white and black crappie, particularly in the early spring, as well as excellent fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, and bluegill. As a result of the IDNR stocking program, the lake is one of the few southern Illinois locations to have a noteworthy white bass fishery. Current state records for bowfin and black crappie were taken from Rend Lake.

​Accessibility at Wayne Fitzgerrell:

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Parking - The north parking area is asphalt with accessible parking spaces and concrete sidewalks to the park office.

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Restrooms - All restroom facilities in the park are accessible with concrete sidewalks.

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Camping - There are 12 accessible camping spots in two loops with asphalt pads and sidewalks to the shower building. Two are reservable on ExploreMoreIL™

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Showers - The park has three shower buildings with two accessible stalls in each building.

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Fishing - Three accessible fishing locations (sailboat, campers' boat ramp, and resort parking lot) that have concrete sidewalks and floating docks. We have over 500 feet of accessible floating docks.