Driving north from Chicago
166 lodges sit within about twelve hours of you, the nearest on Carpenter Lake at about 9 hours — 391 more lie further north.
How far is the water
Lodges by drive time
Bands, not routes. We estimate city → border crossing on real highway hours (with customs), then road distance to the lake — good enough to sort a shortlist, not to plan your departure.
Under 8 h
0 on 0 lakes
8–12 h
166 on 105 lakes
12–16 h
342 on 167 lakes
16–20 h
21 on 16 lakes
Over 20 h
28 on 25 lakes
Closest first
The nearest lodge water
- Carpenter Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country9 h
- Tunnel Lake2 lodges · Algoma Country9 h
- Chub Lake2 lodges · Algoma Country9 h
- Ranger Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country9 h
- Wakomata Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country9 h
- Chiblow Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Lake Huron (lac Huron)1 lodge · Southern & Central Ontario10 h
- Granary Lake2 lodges · Algoma Country10 h
- Flack Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Flame Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Dunlop Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- McElrea Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Five Mile Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Anjigami Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Bark Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- McLennan Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country10 h
- Big Pine Lake1 lodge · Algoma Country11 h
- Lake Manitou4 lodges · Southern & Central Ontario11 h
Where you end up
Regions in reach
- Algoma CountryOntario · 78 lodgesfrom 9 h
- Southern & Central OntarioOntario · 92 lodgesfrom 10 h
- Sunset CountryOntario · 225 lodgesfrom 11 h
- Northeastern OntarioOntario · 54 lodgesfrom 11 h
- Southern ManitobaManitoba · 11 lodgesfrom 13 h
- WhiteshellManitoba · 4 lodgesfrom 14 h
- Superior CountryOntario · 48 lodgesfrom 14 h
- Ontario Far NorthOntario · 10 lodgesfrom 15 h
- Northeast ManitobaManitoba · 19 lodgesfrom 16 h
- Northwest ManitobaManitoba · 9 lodgesfrom 24 h
- North Central ManitobaManitoba · 2 lodgesfrom 27 h
Other starting points