What is the best boating lake near Eagle River?

Iron Lake in Iron County is the top-ranked boating lake near Eagle River on measured water quality (32 miles away).

How many lakes are near Eagle River for boating?

30 lakes within driving distance of Eagle River match the boating filters used on this page.

Best Lakes for Boating Near Eagle River, WI

30 boating lakes within driving distance of Eagle River, Wisconsin, ranked by water quality and boating-specific filters. Filtered for at least 100 acres and public access. The largest lakes with boat-worthy water are listed first.

Eagle River sits in a lake-rich part of the upper Midwest: 30 measured lakes within reach. Iron Lake carries the lowest nutrient and algae readings of the cluster.

Filtered for boating, the nearby-lake list narrows further. boating-specific signals, fish species, public access, depth profile, motor-boat congestion, interact with the water-quality readings in different ways depending on the use case.

#	Lake	County	Distance	Clarity	Depth
1	Iron Lake	Iron	32 mi	9 ft	45 ft
2	Sunset Lake	Iron	34.4 mi	13.5 ft	54 ft
3	Perch Lake	Iron	41.6 mi	6 ft	14 ft
4	Meta Lake	Vilas	3.3 mi	10.5 ft	25 ft
5	Sunset Lake	Vilas	4.4 mi	17.3 ft	30 ft
6	Carpenter Lake	Vilas	4.9 mi	7.5 ft	16 ft
7	Clearwater Lake	Oneida	5.1 mi	16.8 ft	48 ft
8	Bass Lake	Vilas	5.2 mi	12.8 ft	15 ft
9	Snipe Lake	Vilas	6 mi	11 ft	15 ft
10	Hunter Lake	Vilas	7.1 mi	12.6 ft	40 ft
11	Pioneer Lake	Vilas	7.3 mi	9.5 ft	27 ft
12	Round Lake	Oneida	7.4 mi	4.4 ft	15 ft
13	Indian Lake	Oneida	7.8 mi	11 ft	26 ft
14	Pickerel Lake	Vilas	8 mi	6 ft	26 ft
15	Island Lake	Oneida	8.1 mi	7 ft	26 ft
16	Lone Stone Lake	Oneida	8.5 mi	14.5 ft	30 ft
17	Little Fork Lake	Oneida	8.6 mi	6 ft	34 ft
18	Maple Lake	Oneida	8.8 mi	12.5 ft	15 ft
19	Anvil Lake	Vilas	9 mi	12 ft	32 ft
20	Moon Lake	Vilas	9.2 mi	13 ft	38 ft
21	Spirit Lake	Oneida	9.7 mi	12 ft	39 ft
22	Found Lake	Vilas	10.1 mi	6 ft	21 ft
23	Big Stone Lake	Oneida	10.6 mi	4.2 ft	57 ft
24	Franklin Lake	Forest	11.9 mi	16 ft	46 ft
25	Virgin Lake	Oneida	12.1 mi	6.6 ft	31 ft
26	Little Tamarack Flowage Lake	Vilas	12.4 mi	8.2 ft	16 ft
27	Spring Lake	Vilas	12.5 mi	8.5 ft	16 ft
28	Butternut Lake	Forest	12.6 mi	19.5 ft	42 ft
29	Whitefish Lake	Oneida	12.7 mi	8.8 ft	33 ft
30	Lake Julia	Oneida	12.7 mi	7 ft	45 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.