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Attractions near Arlington

Leave Arlington for Camp Randall Stadium, 18 mi away

Arlington and its surroundings hold 8 museums, 3 state parks and 3 theme parks. Nothing on our list is inside Arlington; the 24 places to visit are within 40 miles. Out of town, Old World Wisconsin is 58 mi away.

Attractions nearby
27
within 60 miles
The big one
16 mi
Ice Age Trail
Park & preserve · 16 mi northwest

Ice Age Trail

Long-distance hiking trail in the United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped

The map puts most of the 24 to the south.

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

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

27 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

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

Parks and trails in Arlington →

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

Camp Randall Stadium: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Ice Age Trail: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dells of the Wisconsin River: atramos, CC BY 2.0 · Kohl Center: Pbrown111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Aztalan State Park: Joshua Mayer - Flickr user wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Devil's Lake State Park: CrispAir at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Blue Mound State Park: Mailseth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Henry Vilas Zoo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0 · National Mustard Museum: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0 · Overture Center for the Arts: Chief-O of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Circus World Museum: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2 · Olbrich Botanical Gardens: Chief-O at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Little Norway, Wisconsin: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0 · Elvehjem Museum of Art: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Little Amerricka: Dklompmaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum: Yinan Chen, Public Domain · International Crane Foundation: Rod from Livonia, Michigan, CC BY 2.0 · Old World Wisconsin: Bridget Bannon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wisconsin Historical Museum: Daderot, CC0 · James Madison Park: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rotary Botanical Gardens: Chief-O (talk)., Public domain · Allen Centennial Gardens: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sisson's Peony Gardens: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0

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