Fish Lake Beach Camping Resort

What a treasure! We were met with a warm greeting by a helpful and courteous staff. We were escorted to our RV site and staff helped to get us hooked-​up and plugged-​in. That has never happened to us before. We were introduced to our neighbors by the owner of this resort. The atmosphere and staff exceeded our every expectation.
We are tucked away under a canopy of very old and large trees. The little roads are quaint with RVs and little cottages (400sq.ft or less) lots of flowers and plants abound. Pets, Seniors, and Kids all live here on a seasonal basis interspursed with visitors, like us. This is NOT a transient and raucous resort. While transients are welcome, there is an area specifically for travelers. It is the best of both worlds. There is a guard gate and fee-​based for daily beach visitors. The amenities are perfect. The lake is a typicical Midwest mud bottom, so swimming for the squeamish is a no go. Great for kids splashing about, complete with a lifeguard and swings, hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream. Even an arcade!
I prefer the pool and jacuzzi, which are pristine. It is very cute and fun here. I call it the «Enchanted Forest». What a great find!

Fish Lake is family run, not corporate. they accommodate tents, travel trailers, motor homes and they sell Park models for those of us that visited once and had to stay… there are so many activities. Softball, Basketball, Volleyball, RC Racetrack, 2 parks for the kids plus the Beach play area. Miniature Golf, Hay Rides, Outdoor Movies, Fishing, Hiking, Paddle Boats, Swimming Pool, Hot Tub, and Dances. Very family/​pet friendly. they also have a little store for essentials and Ice Cream!
It’s 40 miles from the North side of Chicago and you are in another world. the stars are incredible at night.
The campers are friendly and more like family than neighbors. There are generations that keep coming back for the fun. There are also different theme activities. Memorial Day/​Veterans Day remembrance, Christmas in July, Halloween weekends etc etc. I highly recommend FLB and you don’t have to spend ½ a day traveling to get to it. Book early as the dates fill up quick!

Tent camped here overnight mid week. Slept great. The resort is set back off of route 12, so much so, that it’s like another world inside-​like a lil paradise! Quiet, serene and yet bustling with activity on the lake and beach front. Clean, heated pool & hot tub and bath houses that are clean and nearby.

Close to home and still a get a way feeling. We used two tents on a lake front site. We were right next to the beach/​playground and store. I wish the bathrooms nearest our site were open later than 9:00 pm. Maybe a key fab for registered campers to access them after hours could be considered. We were warned at about 9:00 pm for playing music after 10pm, by management. Kind of a Debbie downer. They have super clean and well maintained grounds. Thanks Fish Lake Beach crew!

Great for camping, swimming, or relaxing. This place is a must go in the summer. Highly recommend their ice cream.

First time here, the campsite is overcrowded and noise. The ground is not grasses, it’s gravel. It’s easy to put a hole at the bottom of the tent if you don’t have a another layer of protection underneath. You do need air mattress. The best is there is the lake and a beach.

I cannot disagree more with previous reviews. This is a family campground, as a family campground should be. Lots of trees, grassy areas, picnic tables and an extremely accommodating staff. We have had three different encounters with the office staff and they were always pleasant and helpful. We are one of those longterm campers who are here for the season. My husband will be recuperating here from back surgery and after we moved in, a site near us that was complete with a deck became available. The deck will provide a safe, level surface on which to walk while he is recovering. They were pleasant and were totally willing to allow us to move. Being one of the few campgrounds in the Chicagoland area, it is not surprising that on weekends and holidays it would be crowded. We were here over Memorial Day weekend and, yes it was crowded, lots of children in the pool, yet they were well supervised by their parents and not rowdy. In the evenings, there was karaōke, music, and lots of teens and young adults who were either supervised by their parents or just generally well behaved. We are full timers and have family in the McHenry area and we will definately return to Fish Lake!

I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO FISH LAKE CAMPGROUNDS. The Manager lady Evann, was completely rude and unreasonable. When we made reservations for the campground we made sure that we could get a area that was grassy because we have a new little puppy to our family and he will eat wood chips or stones, puppy explore with their mouths. The daughter of the Manager told us we would have one of these grassy areas for that reason. Once we got there, we were given a spot by Evann and it was full of stones and such, what we had requested not to have. So my better half went to talk to the Manager about the problem. Evann had not even considered helping accommodate us, the place was practically empty and there were spots open in the grassy area. But still to Evann, it was either take the spot she gave us, despite what her daughter had said, or we could leave. So after only a couple minutes of my better half talking to Evann, my better half came out to the car and told me how the lady was shutting her down and insinuating how because we were young that we most likely did not understand her. So I went inside to see if I could kindly find a solution, if not we would just go somewhere else, no big deal. I went in to talk to Evann and not even two words into my sentence she told be to, «SHUT UP!», because she had, «had enough of this.». I was speechless, I had never encountered a manager or customer service person SO RUDE! Obviously infuriated by such a rude comment I asked, «Is there no way you can move us around, since we were guaranteed this spot and because there were many open sites, but she had told us, «That every single one was specifically reserved by people, even the people currently camping there.». She told me this not knowing that I had talked to those people there and I had asked them about the campgrounds and had found out that it was there first time at this campground, so obviously they wouldn’t be able to reserve a spot that they had never been to. SO we were lied to and told to shut up. We instead went to Chain of Lakes State Park 15 minutes up to road, it was way better than Fish Lake could ever try to be, I actually felt like I was camping, unlike Fish Lake which is filled with permanant Mobile Homes!