Lake Geneva is located in Southeastern Wisconsin, ten miles north of the Illinois state line and I-43 is six miles to the North, I-94 is 27 miles to the East. Route 12 is on the city’s eastern border. The city is located approximately ninety minutes from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, and forty five minutes from General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee. Private and small planes can land at the local Burlington airport.

The lake and town were originally named after the town of Geneva, New York, located on Seneca Lake, to avoid confusion with the nearby town Geneva, Illinois, was renamed Lake Geneva; later the lake was renamed Geneva Lake.

Recently named as one of America’s top 10 honeymoon destinations and used as the setting for James Patterson’s best selling romantic novel: “Sam’s Letter to Jennifer”. Lake Geneva continues to enhance its appeal to the public with the new Driehaus family fountain at the Riveira, the new water cascade at the millpond and the new and improved Lake Geneva Museum, featuring the streets of old Lake Geneva.

Lake Geneva is also a shopper’s dream with over 150 shops and boutiques throughout the area. Downtown Lake Geneva is an authentic, turn-of-the-century architecture with and interesting blend of period building styles.

Lake Geneva has many activities, such as golf, swimming, downhill skiing, parasailing, horseback riding, tennis, hiking, and biking and our fitness centers. Enjoy a romantic carriage ride around the downtown area or a hike on our twenty-six mile walking path surrounds the lake and combination of recreational areas with gorgeous natural beauty. Lake Geneva is an intimate community with a population of over 7,000 people. For over one hundred years, people have traveled to this area to relax and enjoy the lush, green rolling hills, nearby forests and clear blue water of the Geneva Lake.