Noblesville

Noblesville sits between two major highways: Interstate 69 and Interstate 65. From Indianapolis and Michigan you can reach Noblesville by way of I-69, just north of Fishers. From Chicago take I-65 and then SR-32 East, which will lead you directly into downtown.

In addition to the Col. Weir Cook Indianapolis International Airport, off of I-70 in Indianapolis, smaller planes can schedule a landing at one of two airports in Hamilton County and nearby Boone County, just west of Hamilton County. Both offer aircraft charter, sales, rental, catering, flight school and more.

• Metropolitan Airport, 10401 Willow View Rd, Fishers, ☏ +1 317-849-0840. 
• Indianapolis Executive Airport 11329 East SR 32, Zionsville. +1 317-769-3288. This airport also is home to a Hamilton County Welcome Center, open 6 to 8PM daily.
• 🌍 Sheridan Airport, 27045 Jerkwater Road, Sheridan, ☏ +1 317-758-4161. 

General speed is 55 mph (89 km/h) to 70 mph (110 km/h) on interstates and highways, and generally 35 mph (56 km/h) on other roads unless otherwise posted. Downtown Noblesville parking is available on the square and behind the Noblesville welcome center.

Noblesville is very flat, making biking very easy for all levels. Sidewalks are extensive, and if you chose to ride on the street, be prepared to deal with car drivers who aren't accustomed to your cyclists. The downtown area is quite easy to bike around.

• 🌍 The Belfry Theatre (off of SR 238/Greenfield Avenue), ☏ +1 317-773-1085. A community theatre. From any seat in the cozy facility, you will see and hear every detail of the performance. 
• Hamilton County Artists' Association, 195 S. 5th Street, ☏ +1 317-350-4858. A small art gallery dedicated to displaying art made by members of the Hamilton County Artists Association is housed in the old First Baptist Church Building, built in 1875. They also hold events including monthly shows and art classes. 
• 🌍 Hamilton County Courthouse (Downtown Noblesville). French Renaissance building completed in 1878. Served as the county courthouse until 1992, and once housed Charles Manson and John Dillinger. Now listed in the National Register of Historic Places Free. (updated Mar 2019)
• Hamilton County Museum of History. Built in 1857, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The museum was built as the county sheriff's home and served as the county jail until 1977. The building houses historical antiques and artifacts, history about the county and a genealogical library. Free. 
• Historic Noblesville Square Between 8th and Logan Street and 9th and Conner Street. The Noblesville commercial historic district sits at the center of the community, literally and figuratively. It combines historic architecture, period street lamps, quaint flower boxes and wrought iron benches. Total small town character!
• 🌍 Potters Bridge, 19401 N. Allisonville Rd, ☏ +1 317-773-6000. Hamilton County's only covered bridge is in this county park. The bridge was built in 1870-71 and crosses over the White River. Walk through the bridge and view the river through the many windows looking over it. They also have accessibility for canoes/kayaking. Listed on the National Register of Historical Places. 

• Potter’s Bridge Festival (October), 19401 N. Allisonville Rd, ☏ +1 317-770-4400. The festival celebrates the only remaining covered bridge in Hamilton County with arts, crafts, food, live music and kids activities. 
• Noblesville Street Dance (Downtown Noblesville), ☏ +1 317-776-0205. End of July. Hosted by Noblesville Main Street, this summer night features local restaurants, live music, classic car show and an antique tractor show. 
• Shakespeare in the Park (Weekends in the Summer), ☏ +1 317-877-6189. Seminary and Dillon Parks. Sponsored by the Noblesville Cultural Arts Commission, Shakespeare in the Park features free, live drama in an outdoor setting. 
• July 4th Parade & Fireworks Festival. (July) Historic Downtown Noblesville 
• Jazz Squared (Fridays from June-September). Enjoy the smooth sounds and ambiance of the Jazz Squared Concert Series. Bring your lawn chairs and join Noblesville Main Street as it presents the Jazz on the Square Concert Series. The bands will be performing live from 7PM to 9:30PM. 
• First Fridays (First Friday of every month). Make time each month to visit Noblesville's unique First Fridays. Events are often themed depending on the season, and often include live entertainment, food, and shopping along the square. 
• Noblesville Farmers Market (Saturdays end of May- end of October). Noblesville Main Street sponsors a weekly Farmers' Market in the Riverview Overflow Parking Lot. Every Saturday from late May to October, rain or shine from 8AM until 12:30PM. Vendors sell a wide array of locally grown produce, bedding plants, and fresh-cut flowers, locally-produced honey, handmade soaps, and fresh-baked goods. 

• Forest Park Golf Course, 701 Cicero Rd, ☏ +1 317-773-2881. 9-hole municipal course offers “free cart Mondays” and rental clubs. 
• Fox Prairie Golf Course, 8465 E 196th St, ☏ +1 317-776-6357. 27-hole public course with four sets of tees for golfers of all experience levels. 
• Harbour Trees Golf Club, 333 Regents Park Ln, ☏ +1 317-877-3612. Private club with Pete Dye course offers a “membership sampler” in the fall of each year for $100 per family. 
• Pebble Brook Golf Club, 3110 Westfield Rd, ☏ +1 317-896-5596. Offers two 18-hole courses with multiple tee markers for every golfer’s skill level. Offers value passes or daily fee. Lots of tee times available. 
• Purgatory Golf Club, 12160 E. 216th St, ☏ +1 317-776-4653. As the name suggests, Purgatory can be a real challenge, even for the serious golfer. Six tees on each hole change the course from a 4,562-yard course to a 7,700-yard challenge. At the back tees, Purgatory is the longest course in Indiana. Either way, the 125 bunkers make the course a real test. Rated as one of America’s greatest public courses by Golf Digest and others. Area hotels offer a “Stay and Play” package for Purgatory. 

• Forest Park, 701 Cicero Road. 150-acres includes a 9-hole golf course, miniature golf, playground, skate park, swimming pool, volleyball and tennis courts. Home to the Indiana Transportation Museum as well as the “Little Beauty” carousel, a 1920 Allen Herschell design with 20 “jumpers” and 12 other animals to ride ($1 per ride). 
• 🌍 Dr. James A. Dillon Park, 6001 Edenshall Lane. Nearly 78-acre park opened June 2008. Playground, spray park, trails, and a skate park. 
• Seminary Park Between 10th and 11th Streets. A pocket park of 1 ½ acres hosts annual Shakespeare in the Park and community concerts.
• Strawtown Koteewi Park, 12308 E. Strawtown Ave, ☏ +1 317-984-5556. This 75-acre park features wetlands, prairie land, boating, fishing, and natural trails for hiking and cycling. It has also been a hotbed for archeological activity. Students from state universities have discovered arrowheads, pottery and other items dating back to 1400 AD. Some are on display at the Taylor Center of Natural History on the park grounds. 
• Southside Park Between 2nd and 3rd Streets. A pocket park that includes a softball field, basketball court and playground.
• Morse Reservoir This man-made lake between Cicero (Indiana) and Noblesville has 1,500 acres for boating and water activities and 35 miles of shoreline. More than 95% of the shoreline is residential, but recreational boating is allowed. Launch your boat from the Carrigan Road Bridge marina. Morse Lake Park, by the dam on the east side of the lake, allows supervised swimming in the lake and year-round picnicking as well as fishing.

• 🌍 Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St, ☏ +1 317-776-8181. Formerly known as Deer Creek, Verizon, and Klipsch. This Indy's largest outdoor music venue, featuring major concerts with covered and lawn seating. Performances have featured the likes of Sade, Aerosmith, Lollapalooza tours, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Depeche Mode, Lyle Lovett, Tom Petty, the Jonas Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews, Rascal Flatts and many, many more. This is where the big Grateful Dead riot happened in the 1990s and Phish carried on the traveling spirit. Lyle Lovett and Julia Roberts first appeared on stage together here, after eloping in Marion, IN, earlier that day. 
• Noblesville Main Street also is home to a Bureau Welcome Center in Noblesville, 942 Maple Ave., which is open M-F 10AM to 4PM, and Sa 10AM to 6PM.

• Bica Café, 933 Conner Street, ☏ +1 317-764-2555. Portuguese restaurant on the site of the historical downtown Noblesville square. 
• Matteo's Ristorante Italiano, 40 N. 9th St, ☏ +1 317-774-9771. Here, you can experience the finest Italian cuisine as well as fine art and great music in a relaxed atmosphere. Come and taste the vibrant flavors of Matteo's home in Salerno, Italy. And make sure to take advantage of all the benefits of a true Italian meal. 
• R. L. Wilson House, 273 S. 8th Street, ☏ +1 317-770-9399. Friday lunch only from 11AM to 2PM Reservations are requested but not required. 

• Alexander's on The Square, 864 Logan St, ☏ +1 317-773-9177. Step back in the 1950s with this retro ice cream shop in the heart of Noblesville. High stools and plenty of ice cream and treats to go around. Homemade chocolates, homemade ice cream and hometown friendliness. They have the best waffle cones in town, freshly made all the time. Open 36 flavors with plenty of toppings. And they have a deli. 
• Ginger's Cafe, 1111 S 10th St, ☏ +1 317-773-0303. Ginger's Cafe brings back the style and personality of the past with the fantastic food and amazing service. The eclectic deco furnishings allude to a time past. 
• Uptown Cafe, 809 Conner Street, ☏ +1 317-674-8668. Diner atmosphere with down-home feeling, serving diner classics. 

• Noble Coffee & Tea Company, 933 Logan St, ☏ +1 317-770-0339. A spacious coffee shop on the square. The store roasts fresh coffee beans weekly and features a wide selection of menu items, plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, and a coffee bar. For the non-coffee lover, try an iced chai tea or an Italian soda. 

Drinking age is 21. You cannot buy packaged alcohol on Sundays.

• Sycamore Knoll Bed & Breakfast, 10777 Riverwood Ave, ☏ +1 317-776-0570. Restored 1886 country estate on over 4 acres near the White River. Two suites, each with private bath. Designed for quiet relaxation: library, large brick porch with swing, fruit orchard, perennial gardens, bird watching. Hearty home-cooked breakfasts. 

• Riverbend Campground, 21695 SR 37 N., ☏ +1 317-773-3333. 100 sites on 25 wooded acres along the White River. This campground offers RV and tent sites, canoe and kayak rental, boat ramp, showers, toilets, laundry room, playground and campstore. Open April through Dec 1. 
• Sleepybear Campground, 13231 E. 146th Street, ☏ +1 317-691-2339. The closest facility to Verizon Wireless Music Center to camp, park, or tailgate and enjoy your concert event. 
• White River Campground, 11299 E. 234th St, ☏ +1 317-984-2705. 107 sites. This 26-acre campground is located along the White River. Showers, a playground, laundry room, campstore and a recreation room are available. Open April 15 through Oct 30. 

• Wyndham Noblesville, 13500 Tegler Drive, ☏ +1 317-773-4970. Across from the Hamilton Town Center Mall, the Wyndham has a workout facility, barista bar and casual dining. 
• 🌍 Fairfield Inn & Suites, 17960 Foundation Drive, ☏ +1 317-776-9900. This 59-room hotel is off of St Rd 37 and St Rd 32 in Noblesville. Minutes from Verizon Music Center, Conner Prairie, Hamilton Counties finest golf courses, shopping and restaurants. Each room features free HSIA, coffeemaker, iron & ironing board, 25" TV and 2 telephones with data ports. 
• Baymont by Wyndham Noblesville, 16025 Prosperity Dr, ☏ +1 317-900-1590. offers Jacuzzi rooms, indoor pool, exercise room, free internet access, free deluxe continental breakfast, and laundry.