Welcome to Hickory Shores Resort, in Carlyle Illinois. This beautiful well manicured Resort offers all of the amenities and comforts of home. Visit them soon and relax. Find Illinois RV Parks near Carlyle Illinois 62231. You'll be sure to create memories the whole family can enjoy for generations.
Hickory Shores Resort is located on cove #6 of Carlyle Lake.
Hickory Shores Resort has something for everyone, from the young to the young at heart! With 20 cabins of various sizes Hickory Shores Resort offers a home-away-from-home atmosphere. The staff will make sure your stay here is a relaxing, affordable and FUN experience! Here, you are treated like "family"!
Carlyle Lake is the largest manmade lake within Illinois with more than 26,000 acres of water and 11,000 acres of land. It is located just 50 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri. Carlyle Lake offers tremendous recreational opportunities. Regardless of your tastes, Carlyle Lake has something for you.
You can go fishing for bass, bluegill, crappie, catfish, walleye, sauger, or more than 30 other species. The tailwater (below the dam) is the most productive fishing area in Illinois, producing 3,260 lbs. of fish per water acre. The state record flathead catfish and white bass have been caught in the spillway.
Carlyle Lake is well known to sailors as one of the best and most challenging lakes for sailboats. The lake was host for the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival Sailing Competition. There are sailing races almost every weekend through the summer. Boats and watercraft of all types are suitable for use on the lake, as there is no horsepower limit.
There's swimming beaches, camping areas, golf courses, great restaurants, and the kind of friendly hospitality that's a prize catch indeed.