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Attractions near Franklin

Wehr Nature Center: Franklin’s one place to visit

Six Flags Great America sees about 3M visitors a year. Only one place to visit is inside Franklin, but 30 more are within 40 miles. There are 17 museums, 4 city parks and 3 theatres to choose from. For a full day, there is McDonald's #1 Store Museum, 58 mi away.

Attractions nearby
49
within 60 miles
The big one
36 mi
Six Flags Great America
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theme park · 36 mi south

Six Flags Great America

Amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

Furthest out is Volo Auto Museum, at 39 mi.

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

Everything nearby

The full list

The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 48 more.

The places inside Franklin lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Franklin →

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

Wehr Nature Center: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Little Amerricka: Dklompmaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Riverside Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: Eddau, CC0 · Old World Wisconsin: Bridget Bannon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Discovery World: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Woodstock Opera House: HrAtsuo, CC0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Ladd Arboretum: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Angel Museum: Unknown, 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 · Shakespeare Garden: Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA, CC BY-SA 4.0

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