11 Great Lake Towns for Retirement
Category: Active adult communities
January 18, 2024 — It is hard to imagine anything better than finding a great lake town for retirement. Waking up to the sound of lapping waves, taking a dip or a boat ride out to drop a few lines, or looking at the sunset mirrored on the lake – the beauty and lifestyle can be hard to beat. In this article we will profile 11 great lake towns for retirement, along with some outstanding active communities in or near those towns.
11 Great Lake Towns for retirement
Almost every part of the country has some wonderful lakes of every size and description. Some are in major cities like Chicago and Madison WI, while others are near tiny little towns. Many active adult and 55+ communities have taken advantage of these lakes to offer terrific opportunities for lakeside living. We used our new Community Explorer to find the lakeside communities in this article. As an example, looking at just Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee, we came up with 138 communities that are either on or near a lake.
Comments on "11 Great Lake Towns for Retirement"
LS says:
My son's family moved into a home on a small lake last year. While there are no speedboats to contend with, there is another annoyance. There are plenty of ducks and geese. While they are nice to look at, the geese can be aggressive and noisy. But the bigger problem is the excrement that they leave behind. It can be everywhere and you have to watch where you are stepping. However, the biggest problems are the flies that breed in the excrement. The flies are so abundant that, at times, you can't be outside and they also find a way inside to make your life miserable there too. I don't know if this is a problem on the larger lakes, but it can be on the smaller lakes where ducks and geese congregate.
Bill Bamber; Edmonton Ab. says:
Would live in 1000 Islands in a Heart Beat from Spring to Fall then take I75 South to Lake Worth!!
Yolande says:
LS thank you so much for this tidbit. I want to live at the ocean some where in the SE. However I was entertaining lake communities. What you mentioned is so very true! The geese are a huge problem in many communities even with small ponds. I lived in Denver CO in the mid 2000s. I went to a park & never went back after that experience. If they have chicks the males are super aggressive whether you're walking past or not. They're very territorial birds & about as friendly as wild Turkeys. I live in an area of the desert where there are no lakes.
We have a river but it's been drying up for weeks. I hear them flying over head but thankfully are not on our property. Ducks either especially since we have a pool. I hear the geese are protected, which explains the massive flocks every where. They're like Sea Gulls they're aggressive, huge & every where. I've seen Sea Gulls in Denver! Nature is beautiful but not if it becomes a pestilence. Sounds like I should stick to the ocean, hard to find affordability there but lakes may not be the thing for me unless it is larger & alligator free. That's my biggest concern - alligators.
Jennifer says:
Yolande, please do not judge all lakes by the fact that ducks and geese are occupying some of them. Not all lakes have this problem. My aunt had a lovely lake home in Southern Indiana, spring-fed, one of the country's cleanest, and not overrun with waterfowl.