Boulder Junction offers wonderful vacation enjoyment. The town is surrounded by 240,000 acres of forests and 194 sparkling lakes. Boulder Junction touts much in the way of recreational opportunities in a relaxed and amiable atmosphere.

Recreation opportunities are almost limitless, and you can enjoy swimming, hiking, biking, and all types of water sports including water skiing, sailing, canoeing, and fishing. You can also hunt, snow ski, snowmobile on beautiful wooded trails, ice skate, shop, and dine well.

The lakes surrounding Boulder Junction offer tremendous trophy fishing. musky, northern pike, walleye, trout, bass, and panfish are large and plentiful.

There are 7 Department of Natural Resources beaches and picnic areas near Boulder Junction.

Trail maps are available for the many mountain bike trails through the surrounding Northern Highland State Forest, including the 10-mile Boulder Junction Area Trail System (BATS). There is also a new, a new 13.5 mile paved trail that links Main Street with the Crystal Lake area.

Nearby are 6 public golf courses.

The park district provides tennis and basketball courts, beach volleyball, a baseball diamond, picnic area and covered pavilion, and a children's playground. Visitors can also enjoy summer recreation programs.

Boulder Junction city was also voted as the "friendliest town in Wisconsin" by Wisconsin Trail reader's, and "one of the top 50 outdoor sports towns in the nation" by Sports Afield magazine.

The charming, concentrated business district offers fine shopping, dining, and specialized services such as grocery, gas, bike rentals, boat rentals, post office, video rentals, and much more.

Vilas County is one of the more popular areas of the North Woods, where the deer outnumber the people. Covered with hundreds of lakes and rivers it is an ideal spot for boaters and fisherman. The small towns offer a great variety of unusual arts and crafts centered in the areas traditions and the antique shopping is marvelous. Restaurants, live theater, water ski shows, water slides all contribute the ambiance that makes this the ideal spot for a family vacation.