The boat launch with the deepest channel. The trail to the gorge. The farm stand that takes Venmo. The icon you've heard of and the one you haven't.
The lake's largest and most central marina, on Lakeside Drive in Syracuse — pontoon sales, service, and rentals, with online reservations the preferred way to book.
The free public launch, in the lake's southeast corner off Turkey Creek Road — a two-lane concrete ramp with a dock and paved trailer parking, the trailer-in option apart from the marina cluster around Syracuse.
A private sailing club founded in 1935, backed early on by Eli Lilly, that turned Wawasee into a genuine one-design racing lake — Snipe sailboats at first, Lightnings since the 1950s. Membership-only, but its regattas are part of the lake's identity; it hosted the US Sailing Championship of Champions in September 2026.