Appleton
Appleton is a city, and the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, with small portions extending into Calumet and Winnebago counties.
Appleton is a city, and the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, with small portions extending into Calumet and Winnebago counties. Located on the Fox River north of Lake Winnebago, it is 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles (160 km) north of Milwaukee. The city had a population of 75,644 at the 2020 census, making it the sixth-most populous city in Wisconsin. The Appleton metropolitan statistical area had 243,147 residents. Appleton is part of the broader Fox Cities region.
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Worth seeing in and around Appleton
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849.
600 m · liberal arts college and conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 02Neenah Light
The Neenah Light is located in Kimberly Point Park in Neenah, Wisconsin. The lighthouse marks the entrance of Lake Winnebago into the Lower Fox River.
9.6 km · lighthouse in Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 03Fox River Mall
Fox River Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping center located in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, United States, which serves the Appleton, Wisconsin metropolitan area. It is a major driver of the local economy and its construction helped spur the growth of the Grand Chute shopping district, which is today known as the "shopping capital of Wisconsin".
5.6 km · Large regional mall in Grand Chute, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 04Ellis Jennings House
The Ellis Jennings House is located in Neenah, Wisconsin.
9.4 km · house in Neenah, Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 05Hearthstone Historic House Museum
The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is a historic home in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States that has been converted into a museum. On September 30, 1882, it became the first residence in the US powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system.
1.7 km · historic house in Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 06Community First Champion Center
The Community First Champion Center is a 164,000 sq ft indoor sports center in Grand Chute, a suburb of Appleton in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The facility is primarily used for youth and community sporting events.
6.7 km · arena located in Grand Chute, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 07Little Lake Butte des Morts
Little Lake Butte des Morts is a lake in the US state of Wisconsin, eight miles north of Lake Butte des Morts. It is part of the Fox–Wisconsin Waterway and receives its inflow from a short segment of the Fox River which drains from the north end of Lake Winnebago around Doty Island.
8.2 km · lake of the United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Fox Cities Stadium
Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, a suburb of Appleton. The stadium was built in 1995, and holds 5,900 people.
5.8 km · Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin which hosts baseball and major music concerts · Wikipedia - 09Valley Fair Shopping Center
The Valley Fair Shopping Center, Valley Fair Mall, or Valley Fair Center was a shopping mall in Appleton, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that opened on March 10, 1955. This enclosed mall was the first weather-protected mall to ever be built within the United States, and was the first enclosed mall to open.
3.1 km · shopping mall in Wisconsin, US · Wikipedia - 10J. Leslie Sensenbrenner House
J. Leslie Sensenbrenner House is a 19th and 20th Century Revival home in Neenah, Wisconsin. It was designed by Thomas Van Alyea and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin on September 2, 2003.
9.7 km · house in Wisconsin designed by Thomas Van Alyea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Appleton
- Airports
- General Mitchell (MKE), 152 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 258 km · Gerald R. Ford (GRR), 278 km
- Stations
- Appleton International Airport, 9.5 km · Appleton Transit Center, 600 m
- Milwaukee → Appleton142 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · $14–19
- Chicago → Appleton275 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · $25–34
- Grand Rapids → Appleton264 km · quickest by road, 8h 55m · $47–65
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No local-transport research exists yet for Appleton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Appleton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Whispering Pinesneighborhood in Appleton, Wisconsin2 km