<P> In 2006 , Dr. Kate Forrester ( Sandra Bullock ) is leaving a lake house that she has been renting in Madison , Wisconsin to move to Chicago . Kate leaves a note in the mailbox for the next tenant to forward her mail , adding that the paint - embedded pawprints on the path leading to the house were already there when she arrived . </P>
<P> In 2006 , Dr. Kate Forrester ( Sandra Bullock ) is leaving a lake house that she has been renting in Madison , Wisconsin to move to Chicago . Kate leaves a note in the mailbox for the next tenant to forward her mail , adding that the paint - embedded pawprints on the path leading to the house were already there when she arrived . </P>
where is the lake house in the movie the lake house
where is the lake house in the movie the lake house
Madison , Wisconsin
Madison , Wisconsin