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Attractions near Burlington

The nearest draw to Burlington: Six Flags Great America, 27 mi away

Yearly visitors to Six Flags Great America number about 3M. There is no place to visit inside Burlington; there are 35 within 40 miles. The commonest are 19 museums, 4 theatres and 4 city parks. Out of town, Wrigley Field is 59 mi away.

Attractions nearby
73
within 60 miles
The big one
27 mi
Six Flags Great America
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theme park · 27 mi southeast

Six Flags Great America

Amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

Out of town, most of the 35 are to the northeast.

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

Everything nearby

The full list

Look within 60 miles for all 73.

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

Parks and trails in Burlington →

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

Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Metro Chicago: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0 · Aztalan State Park: Joshua Mayer - Flickr user wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin: The original uploader was Sulfur at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Vic Theatre: User:Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Leather Archives and Museum: Skvader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Milwaukee County Zoo: Awkwafaba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory: Sulfur (Talk / contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chicago Botanic Garden: No machine-readable author provided. Kaosfere assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Kettle Moraine State Forest: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Rosemont Theatre: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marcus Amphitheater: Ryan Dickey from Evanston, IL / Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park: Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Little Amerricka: Dklompmaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Riverside Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arcada Theater: G LeTourneau, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: Eddau, CC0 · Old World Wisconsin: Bridget Bannon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Davis Theater: ejojola, CC BY 2.0 · Discovery World: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Fabyan Villa: Smallbones, Public domain · Ellwood House: Paul R. Burley, CC0 · Woodstock Opera House: HrAtsuo, CC0 · Cosley Zoo: Christian Wilcox from Madison, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Indian Boundary Park: Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Block Museum of Art: Paradoxsociety, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grohmann Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum: Adam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the American Sailor: (U.S. Navy photo/Released), Public domain · Racine Zoo: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Charles Allis Art Museum: Freekee at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: Nick Number, CC BY 4.0 · Kohl Children's Museum: Eddau, Public domain · Lake Park: https://www.flickr.com/people/jhtaylor/, CC BY 2.0 · Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art: Lizzadromuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Racine Art Museum: Yumbay, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boerner Botanical Gardens: Photo was taken in the Summer of 2006 by Douglas Tyler Spencer., Public domain · Juneau Park: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kenosha Public Museum: Kenokewl of English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lilacia Park: Arpingstone at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russell Military Museum: Pkiv, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dretzka Park: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eugene Field Park: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden: KlehmArboretum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ladd Arboretum: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pottawatomie Park: Dane Vandeputte, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Angel Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Fire Barn 5: Smallbones, Public domain · Mitchell Gallery of Flight: SuperDalio, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oak Creek Parkway: Bluebarb11, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Racine Heritage Museum: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0 · Rotary Botanical Gardens: Chief-O (talk)., Public domain · Scoville Park: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Shakespeare Garden: Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wehr Nature Center: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0

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