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Attractions near Fish Lake

A day out from Fish Lake: Notre Dame Stadium, 19 mi away

Each year, some 2.6M people go to Indiana Dunes National Park. There is no place to visit inside Fish Lake; there are 20 within 40 miles. The commonest are 9 museums, 3 gardens and a stadium & arena. Day-trippers head 59 mi out to Soldier Field.

Attractions nearby
83
within 60 miles
The big one
56 mi
Barack Obama Presidential Center
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
5
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 56 mi west

Barack Obama Presidential Center

Presidential museum in Chicago, Illinois.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The lie of the land

Furthest out is Jean Klock Park, at 40 mi.

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Orange: Fish Lake. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The complete list

These 83 are all within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Fish Lake → · Fish Lake’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Field Museum of Natural History: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: zooey from Chicago, Illinois USA, CC BY 2.0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Millennium Park: Photograph: J. Crocker, Attribution · Wintrust Arena: Swinterroth, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Buckingham Fountain: not specified, Public domain · Grant Park: Shoffman11, Public domain · Shedd Aquarium: Madeleine_H, CC BY 2.0 · Chicago Theatre: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jackson Park: J. Crocker, Public domain · Oak Woods Cemetery: Unknown, Attribution · Fort Dearborn: Napoleon Sarony, Public domain · Stagg Field: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Midway Plaisance: Unknown, Public domain · Mascot Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Adler Planetarium: Adler Planetarium, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jay Pritzker Pavilion: User:TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crown Fountain: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Auditorium Theatre: JW Taylor,, photographer., Public domain · Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa: The original uploader was Salsb at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Nederlander Theatre: Alanscottwalker, CC BY 4.0 · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Symphony Center: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CIBC Theatre: kimberlyhobart at English Wikipedia. The original uploader was kimberlyhobart a, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pavilion at Northerly Island: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0 · White City: Chicago Daily News, Public domain · Balbo Monument: J. Crocker, Attribution · Fountain of Time: Photograph: Conrad Lee Sculpture: Lorado Taft (1860–1936), Public domain · Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument: Calvin Beale, Public domain · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harris Theater: TonyTheTiger at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum Campus: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Washington Park: Night Ranger, CC BY 2.5 · Pullman National Historical Park: Boven, CC0 · Sundial: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Promontory Point: Quinn Dombrowski from Berkeley, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pritzker Military Museum & Library: Sgt. 1st Class Chuck Burden, U.S. Army, Public domain · Avalon Regal Theater: Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Burnham Park: User:TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smart Museum of Art: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chicago Architecture Center: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · DuSable Museum of African American History: The original uploader was TonyTheTiger at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gene Siskel Film Center: Mrschimpf, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chicago Children's Museum: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Garden of the Phoenix: Michael Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Petrillo Music Shell: Torsodog, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boeing Galleries: Ricardo Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chicago Design Museum: Chris Givens, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Contemporary Photography: Audreypillow at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Raclin Murphy Museum of Art: Swanyay, CC0 · Renaissance Society: Mx. Granger, CC0 · American Writers Museum: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crosby's Opera House: Unknown, Public domain · Morris Performing Arts Center: Nyttend, Public domain · Brauer Museum of Art: Thomas Alexander Harrison, Public domain · Bronzeville Children's Museum: Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hyde Park Art Center: Unknown, Public domain · Chinese American Museum of Chicago: Clarissaqu, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Henry A. Chapin House: JDNorry, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana Botanic Gardens: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Midwest Museum of American Art: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO, CC BY 2.0 · Porter County Jail and Sheriff's House: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taltree Arboretum and Gardens: Anders Lagerås, CC BY-SA 3.0 · RV/MH Hall of Fame: PunkToad from oakland, us, CC BY 2.0

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