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Places near Delavan Lake by type
All 281 places by distance →One day from Delavan Lake
5 stops, one loop, back by 6:21 pm
134 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.
- Leave Delavan Lake
- Beck's Woodsnature spot · 2 hrs
- Hackmatack National Wildlife Refugenature spot · 2 hrs
- Big Foot Beach State Parkbeach · 1.5 hrs
- Geneva Lakelake · 45 min
- Whitewater Lakelake · 45 min
- Back in Delavan Lake
Questions people ask
What are the best places to visit near Delavan Lake?
Yerkes Observatory (attraction, about 8 km), Geneva Lake (lake, about 13 km), Big Foot Beach State Park (beach, about 21 km), Beck's Woods (nature spot, about 23 km), Whitewater Lake (lake, about 25 km), Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (nature spot, about 30 km).
How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Delavan Lake?
18 places on Spotwander: 2 other attractions, 1 church, 4 lakes, dams & reservoirs, 6 wildlife, forests & gardens, 2 parks.
Which is the nearest church to Delavan Lake?
Pettit Memorial Chapel, about 49 km by road; New Gracanica Monastery (71 km) is next.
Which is the nearest lake to Delavan Lake?
Geneva Lake, about 13 km by road; Whitewater Lake (25 km) is next.
What is a good one-day trip from Delavan Lake?
Start in Delavan Lake, visit Beck's Woods, then Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, then Big Foot Beach State Park, then Geneva Lake, then Whitewater Lake, and drive back — about 134 km by road in all.






























