Within 5 minutes:
- Root River State Trail: over 60 miles of paved trail for walking, biking, cross-country skiing
- Root River: fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and tubing
- Commonweal Theatre: live, professional theatre (April – December)
- Bluffscape Amish Tours
- Sylvan Brewing: Lanesboro’s 1st brewery in over 100 years!
- Lanesboro Arts and St. Mane Theatre
- Sylvan Park: with seasonal farmer’s market, tennis courts, and volleyball
- Art Galleries: Lanesboro and Whalan
- Lanesboro Golf Club & Old Barn Resort Golf Course
- Minnesota State Fish Hatchery: free tours available
- Lanesboro Historical Museum
- Bass Pond: fishing in the summer, ice fishing in the winter
- Snowmobile Trails
- Shopping and dining: includes clothing, gifts, ice cream, coffee, casual dining, fine dining, and pubs
Within 10 minutes:
- Southeast Minnesota Veterans Cemetery (Preston)
- Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center: high ropes course, hiking, birding, geocaching, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing.
- Fillmore County History Center & Genealogy Library (Fountain)
- Lanesboro Area Art Trail (select weekends in August, September, October)
Within 15-20 minutes:
- Jem Movie Theater (Harmony)
- New Generations of Harmony Antique Mall (Harmony)
- Harmony Distillery (Harmony)
- Historic Depot Museum (Peterson)
- Norsland Lefse Factory (Rushford)
- Rushford History Museum
Within 30 minutes:
- Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park with cave tours, trout fishing, horseback riding, birding
- Historic 1899 Forestville: costumed guides reenact life in 1899 at this Minnesota Historical Society site
- Niagara Cave: cave tours, mini-golf (Harmony)
Within 40 minutes:
- Seed Savers (Decorah)
- 4 Daughters Winery (Spring Valley)
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum (Winona)
- International Owl Center (Houston)
