Manitowish Waters is a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States.

In 1934, at the Little Bohemia Lodge on Little Star Lake, the FBI and Dillinger Gang were involved in a shootout, which resulted in the accidental shooting death of one local Civilian Conservation Corps worker and severely injuring two other workers by federal agents who mistook them for members of the gang.

Personal items left behind by the hasty departure of the Dillinger Gang members have been preserved and are on display.

In the summer of 2008, the Little Bohemia Lodge was used in the filming of a re-creation of these events in the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies, a movie about Dillinger and the FBI starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis.

American businesspeople and political donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein are currently considered the "main benefactors" of Manitowish Rivers, owning a hotel, a condominium complex, a lakefront pavilion, a restaurant, a spa, a coffee shop, and two gift shops in the city, as well as numerous private residences.

Located one mile south of the city, the airport handles approximately 6,200 operations per year, with roughly 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi.

River's Edge BCycle station offers a bikeshare facility for the town with 10 e-bikes since 2021.