Wolf Creek State Park

Reserve Your Campsite

There are 304 Class A campsites with restrooms and showers, electricity and picnic tables, a campground cabin, and 78 Class C sites. In addition, there are two family tent camping areas, an organized group camp, and an equestrian campground. The shower buildings are closed by November 1st (may be earlier if bad weather) and reopen May 1st (may be earlier—weather depending).

A 140-site area in the Lick Creek section has also been designated for reservations. Requests for reservations are accepted starting in January for sites to be reserved between May 1 and October 31.

Campground reservations can be made through the Reserve America website at ExploreMoreIL™.

Trails

For refreshing walks in the forests, Wolf Creek State Park contains seven hiking trails. For invigorating wintertime activity, there is a 16 1/2-mile snowmobile trail, and for the equestrian, there is a scenic 15-mile equestrian trail.

Swimming

Treat your whole family to a day at the beach. A developed swimming beach, which opens at the end of May and closes on the first of September, is situated in the southwest section of the park. A high-water swimming beach is available when the lake floods. No lifeguards are available, so please remain in the buoyed area and be careful. Alcohol and pets are not allowed past the main gate into the beach area, and pets, food, and drinks are not permitted on the sand. Picnic tables and grills are available nearby.

​Boating & Fishing

From the four-lane launching ramp (adjacent to a 175-car parking lot), you can set out for any variety of water sports on Lake Shelbyville. Rental boats and motors are available from several private marinas on the lake, which also provide a full range of boating and fishing supplies. There is a high-water boat ramp for when the lake floods.

The miles of flood brush, timber, and rock rip-rap shorelines; the many points with submerged ridges; and the hundreds of tributary streams emptying into Lake Shelbyville provide prime and productive fishing areas. The lake is teeming with black and white crappie, largemouth bass, walleye, channel and flathead catfish, bluegill, muskie, bullhead, carp, and sunfish. Special size and creel limits are in effect for some species, so please check with the site superintendent’s office for specific information on fishing opportunities and regulations

​Physical Accessibility at Wolf Creek

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Parking lots are asphalt with accessible parking spaces. The distance to the nearest sidewalk is 100 feet. Sidewalks are concrete.

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The fishing pier at Wolf Creek does not meet ADA guidelines due to the grade being too steep.

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Restrooms - There are accessible vault toilets located in the Lick Creek and Sand Creek campgrounds, at the boat ramp area, at the Red Fox hiking trail parking lot, and at the Horse campground. Lick Creek campground has a shower house with accessible flush toilets. There is a concrete pathway to the shower house from the accessible campsites in this campground.

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Camping - In the Lick Creek campground, there are 5 accessible campsites (sites 78, 79, 80, 81, and 82), which have wheelchair-accessible picnic tables and fire pits and can be reserved through Exploremoreil.com. The Sand Creek campground has 5 accessible campsites (sites 205, 206, 207, 208, and 210), which have wheelchair-accessible picnic tables and fire pits, but these sites are first come, first served.