page_title: Eagle River, Wisconsin
section_title: Sports and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Eagle River, Wisconsin / Sports and recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: The "World Snowmobile Headquarters" building at Eagle River, Wisconsin. The building hosts the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame, an antique snowmobile museum, Snowmobile Derby Hall of Fame, and a gift shop.
context_page_description: Eagle River is a city in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,398 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Vilas County. Because of the many lakes in the area, the city is a popular vacation and retirement destination. The area contains many condominiums, seasonal vacation homes, and hunting cabins.
context_section_description: Common recreational activities include boating, camping, fishing, swimming, hunting, golfing, ice fishing, and snowmobiling. Bald eagles can be viewed here, the source of the name "Eagle" River.
  Eagle River is known as the "Snowmobile Capital of the World" because of the World Championship Snowmobile Derby held for over 50 years at an ice oval on the north side of the city. There are over 500 miles of groomed snowmobile trails in the county. The World Snowmobile Headquarters and International Snowmobile Hall of Fame are located in Eagle River.
  The Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame is in Eagle River Stadium in Eagle River. Eagle River has been the host of the Labatt Blue USA hockey pond hockey championship games.Both of these have earned Eagle River the nickname "The Hockey Capital of Wisconsin."
  Eagle River has a public golf course, located on East McKinley Street.
caption: World Snowmobile Headquarters
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