The list nobody Instagrams. Where to grocery-shop on a Saturday afternoon. Which gas station's open at 11. Where the pharmacy is at six on a Sunday. The closest urgent care if the kid hits the dock the wrong way.
We list the boring stuff so the vacation works.
A full-service Kroger on Old State Road 37, the closest supermarket-with-pharmacy to the lake's Fairfax and Paynetown recreation areas before the longer drive into downtown Bloomington.
A small store at Paynetown SRA next to the marina — ice, firewood, snacks, bait, and basic camping supplies.
A 24-hour emergency room at IU Health's regional hospital on Discovery Parkway in Bloomington, roughly twenty-five minutes from the lake's recreation areas — the area's major hospital, serving the whole south-central Indiana region.