Name: UW - Eau Claire Enviromental Adventure Center
Address: 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI, 54701

The EAC Rental Program at UWEC maintains the largest inventory of outdoor equipment in the Eau Claire area. Equipment is available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are heading into the outdoors for a weekend of fun, make the EAC your first stop of all your equipment needs. Visit their website to discover what kind of equipment you can rent along with pricing.

UW - Eau Claire Enviromental Adventure Center

Located in western Wisconsin, Eau Claire offers sports planners a destination that's easy to reach, easy to navigate, and ready to host. Just 90 minutes from the Minneapolis–St. Paul area and within driving distance of Chicago, Eau Claire is well positioned to welcome teams, athletes, and fans from across the Midwest.

A versatile mix of indoor and outdoor venues supports events across a wide range of sports and competition levels, with tournament-ready fields, courts, ice facilities, pools, trails, and large-scale indoor spaces. Hotels, restaurants, venues, and visitor amenities are conveniently located throughout the community, making it easy for teams to get where they need to be throughout the event.

Visit Eau Claire's sports team works alongside event organizers to help bring the details together, connecting planners with venues, accommodations, local resources, and destination support.

And there's plenty waiting beyond the competition. Eau Claire's walkable downtown, local restaurants and breweries, miles of trails, public art, live music, family attractions, and the Chippewa River give athletes and their families more to experience between games and after the final whistle.

Eau Claire has the facilities to host the event and the destination experience to make the trip worth it.**** Bring the competition, bring the crowd, and come as you are — Eau Claire is ready to host.

Visit Eau Claire

The TruGolf Vista 12 Golf Simulator located in the Hilltop Recreation Center is available for reservation. You can choose to hit balls on the driving range or play a round of golf on one of 42 courses in their library. In addition, their Multisport Simulator is your go-to for a wide array of sports games. You can play action-packed games like soccer, dodgeball, and disc golf. You can even prove your shooting skills with our Western Shooting Gallery. All games offer superb graphics, ensuring a realistic experience. Bring your friends and enjoy the experience of outdoor sports, inside! Visit the website to reserve a 1-hour time slot!

UW-Eau Claire Golf Simulator

The Eagle's View Challenge Ropes Course offers a series of activities designed for individual and group participation regardless of age, physical limitation or ability level. The mission of this program is to concentrate on individual and group skill development by presenting a series of activities that involve physical and emotional risk with the opportunity to succeed (or sometimes fail) within a supportive group atmosphere.

Participants develop skills in problem solving, communication, decision making, trust, as well as gain a strong sense of self-worth and accomplishment. The Ropes Course experience also promotes calculated risk-taking, enhances leadership and management skills, facilitates organizational change, and builds effective teams.

UW-Eau Claire's Ropes Course is open to community members and visitors on Saturdays from 12pm-6pm and is $20 per person to participate. There is free parking located in the "R" slots. Visit their website to book your time slot!

UW-Eau Claire Ropes Course & Zip Line

Browse through this remarkable circular museum featuring more than 500 species of birds collected by James Newman Clark from the 1870's through the 1920's.Two popular exhibits are the Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle, which require the University to hold a license to have them.The four dioramas depicting native birds in their natural habitat include: a white pine forest with ruffed grouse, a screech owl pouncing on a mouse, and the now extinct passenger pigeons. This museum will soon move to the Science & Health Sciences building!

James Newman Clark Bird Museum UWEC

Stella Blues is a Cajun influenced restaurant serving delicious sandwiches, seafood, steaks, pasta, and vegetarian choices. Stella's boasts the city's largest selection on martinis, mojitos and margaritas and has 21 draft beers to choose from.

Stella Blues is located in downtown Eau Claire on Madison Street near Phoenix Park and the Farmers Market.

Hours are:  
Kitchen Monday - Saturday 4pm-10pm  
Bar: Monday - Thursday 4pm-11pm  
Friday & Saturday 4pm-12am

Stella Blues

The Pickle is a very special place in the Water Street District of Eau Claire. It's one of those places that you have to see in order to believe all of the stories that have been told about this bar.

The Pickle

The Joynt, a venerable Eau Claire watering hole, is many things. It’s a landmark. It’s a time capsule. It’s a classic Wisconsin tavern with a narrow, wood-lined interior decorated in a style one reviewer termed “Lumberjack Revival.” It’s a relaxing place to slip onto a stool (or, if you’re lucky, into a corner table) and drink some of the cheapest beer in town while chatting with a clientele that ranges from poets to students to blue-collar folks.

The Joynt

As an extension of a local organization with a hand in many facets of the food and beverage industry, they are uniquely situated to use their connections to the producers of the abundant goods we would all normally expect to be served in a fine dining experience, and put it at your front door. Their service listens to the needs of the farmer and delivers that product to our community to help ensure that our local agricultural economy can continue to thrive despite difficult times. It's also a great way to get delicious food into your home and onto your plate. Their weekly service delivers seasonally available produce you can pick up at their hub location. Simply select the products you would like and rest assured that you will receive unique, regionally-sourced items that will keep you healthy and happy whole supporting the farmers doing the work in the fields to ensure that our community always has access to the tastiest, freshest raw foods.

Pablo Food Hub

Gyros, falafel, and other Mediterranean eats round out the menu at this casual restaurant.

Gyro King

We offer meal replacement shakes, energizing teas, high protein coffees and a variety of protein snacks! We also offer a fun and inviting atmosphere proving a community minded space! Our goal is to bring healthy meal and energy options to our community, creating a space where people feel safe and we love being able to give back!

The Lounge EC

The Pioneer Tavern offers a friendly, fun atmosphere in the historic Water Street district. Come enjoy our back patio or try your luck at a game of pool, darts or foosball! During the summer months, we hold the longest running volleyball league in Eau Claire.

Pioneer Tavern

The Goat Coffee House is on Facebook! Check out the full listing for more details. Their purpose at The Goat Coffee House is to provide a quality cafe experience. They use the highest quality custom hand roasted beans. Their beans are organic fair trade and locally roasted in Duluth, MN. You can visit their web site at www.alakef.com. Using products that are better for the environment is also important to them. They use compostable cups, soup containers, dinnerware and have many healthy food options. Most importantly however, is that their customers love their experience at The Goat!

[Check out the Goat Coffee House on Facebook!](https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Goat-Coffee-House/167337136644338?fref=ts)

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