SENIORS STOP IN LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN



Seniors Discover ‘Newport of the West’

images-2 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with a population of just over 6,500 is a resort town located on Geneva Lake and is popular with senior tourists from nearby metropolitan Chicago and Milwaukee. This Visitor Guide by Blue Toad lets you thumb through page by page and this one even has the sound of the pages as they turn.

The Lake Geneva Shore Path rates high with senior visitors. This 21-mile path allows hikers to literally walk through the back yards of century-old mansions. The path was created by the region’s earliest settlers who dictated that the 20 feet of land directly up from the shoreline be deemed public domain, like the beaches on the Big Island that are federally owned.

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Today, their edict provides walkers with an unprecedented view of some of the most beautiful homes and landscaping in the midwest. The Lake is the second deepest lake in Wisconsin at 135 feet deep and 21 miles around.  This popular resort area is known as “the Newport of the West.”

Geneva Lake Museum Draws Senior Visitors

Senior visitors are invited to tour Black Point Estate, one of the finest examples of Queen Anne architecture, and to view one of the most intact collections of Victorian furnishings in the Midwest.

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The Estate includes the historic house and gardens overlooking Geneva Lake and was the summer home for wealthy Chicago business mogul Conrad Seipp and four generations of his descendants.

Geneva Lake Museum of History showcases a treasure trove of information and artifacts of the Lake Geneva area dating back to the 1880s. The Geneva Lake Museum, a must-see for senior history buffs like me, takes us back in time down the Museum’s authentic main street.

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Riviera Beach is public and popular with swimmers, sunbathers, hikers and boaters. For senior golfers, Geneva National and Hawks View will fill the bill.

Vacation Destination Since Civil War Days

Originally called “Muck-Suck” (Big Foot) for a Potawatomi chief. The city was later named Geneva after a town in New York by the same name located on Seneca Lake. Many notables called Lake Geneva home but one that really stuck out for me was the bank robber, Baby Face Nelson.

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Venetian Festival, a popular summer event celebrated 50 years this past summer. Lake Geneva is just a hop, skip and jump from the Illinois border making it convenient for weekenders from Chicago. After the Civil War, Geneva Lake became a popular place to vacation, and this trend has not stopped.

Fishermen, bring your poles and plan to pull in some nice Walleye, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Crappie, Trout, Largemouth Bass and Smallmouth Bass from the 5,264 acre Lake.

When you are cruising along the Wisconsin-Illinois border on Highway 12, stop in Lake Geneva and enjoy. jeb

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