SureStay Hotel By Best Western Whittington Rend Lake is right off of I-57 at Exit 77 is surrounded by Sesser, Benton, West Frankfort, Christopher, Harrisburg, Thompsonville, McLeansboro, Du Quoin, Johnston City, Marion, Carbondale, Paducah, and Cape Girardeau. Right next door to Pheasant Hollow Winery, we are delighted to receive guests attending the winery's many events and other events such as the Cajun Festival, Murder Mystery, Blues & BBQ Festival, and Rend Lake Wine & Art Festival. There are local catering events including Sesser Homecoming, Rend Lake Days, Du Quoin State Fair, Street Machine Nationals, as well as events hosted by Benton Civic Center, Twin Oaks Lodge, Cedarhurst, Rend Lake College, Benton High School, Morthland College and the Annual NubAbility Athletics Summer Camp. We are close to old fashion eateries Maid Rite, Custard Stand, and Burton's Cafe. Visitors for family reunions and summer camps in the Rend Lake area will find our location near Camp Manitowa, Dale Miller Youth Camp, Benton KOA, many picnic shelters and day use areas offered at Rend Lake convenient. SureStay Hotel Whittington Rend Lake offers guests free use of a fish-cleaning station, deep freezer and fenced-in boat parking with charging stations. We welcome fishermen participating in many of the Rend Lake fishing tournaments, including the Crappie masters, FLW BFL Bass Tourney, Shriners, USA Bassin and Paralyzed Veterans of America Bass Tournament. We welcome guests who fish or hunt with guides throughout the year, those who hunt on public land offered by IDNR and the Rend Lake State Fish & Wildlife Refuge Area. We offer a special welcome every year to the Sesser-Valier Outdoorsman Club's Annual Deer Hunt for the Disabled. Business travelers with Service Master, Big Muddy River Correctional Center, John Deere, IDNR, Alcar Co LLC, American Coal, Viking Coal, Mach Mining, H Group, WPS, General Dynamics, and BNSF Railway find us to be easily accessible.