Sylvan Lake:
This 669 acre lake is the largest in Noble County and one of the largest in Northern Indiana. It is popular with skiers, jet skiers, sightseers, and fishermen. With its four large basins, one can usually find an area that suits your water enjoyment needs. Sylvan is a popular site for catching bluegill, crappie, bass, or yellow perch. The State DNR also stocks it with large walleye fingerlings. There is a public access site just off of SR 9 in Rome City. This is also a great spot to beach your boat to walk up the hill to enjoy the nearby ice cream shop. The water level at our seawall is around 2.5 - 3' deep and is around 4 - 5' deep at the end of our 30' pier, all with a sandy bottom. A popular site on the lake is the 'sandbar' in the basin along SR 9. Families anchor their boats there to spend an afternoon enjoying the ankle to knee deep water and the sandy bottom. Information on fishing laws and on-line, non-resident licenses is available
Area Activities:
Northeast Indiana offers visitors everything from antiques to zoo's. Golfers have great choices in courses. Limberlost Golf Course (public) is five minutes from our house and can entertain hackers to the seasoned pro. 15 minutes away near Kendallville are two championship, public courses that are as beautiful as they are challenging. Cobblestone and Noble Hawk are two of the nicest courses in Northern Indiana. There is also a driving range and miniature golf course in Kendallville. The Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site with its stone Cabin in Wildflower Woods and formal gardens is a short walk from our house. The Black Pine Animal Park near Albion is a sanctuary to over 45 species of exotic animals. Kendallville, Wolcottville, and Angola offer many antique shops for your antiquing needs and Kendallville is also the home of the Mid-America Windmill Museum .
Festivals / Events:
The Noble County Fairgrounds is the site of the Tri-State Bluegrass Festival over both Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. Music fills the air over these four-day long events. The site is also home to the Noble County Fair in July. Labor Day weekend also kicks off the Marshmallow Festival in Ligonier and the week-long Auburn-Chord-Duesenburg Festival and Auction about 45 minutes away in Auburn, IN. The Apple Festival of Kendallville is held the first weekend of October and is the largest and most popular event in the area. Over 60,000 visitors attend the two-day event to enjoy open hearth cooked foods, entertainment, hand made crafts, and demonstrations.
Other Activities:
Bowling, miniature golf, Black Pine exotic animal park, library
