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Bayside Wisconsin Map

Explore Bayside, Wisconsin, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Bayside, Wisconsin

How to Use This Bayside, Wisconsin Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bayside, Wisconsin. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Wisconsin or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bayside.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityBayside
StateWisconsin (WI)
CountyMilwaukee County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude43.180565
Longitude-87.900642
Population4,482
Density724.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code53217
Area Code608
County SeatMilwaukee
School DistrictNicolet Union High School District

About Bayside, Wisconsin

Bayside is a locality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,482. The population density is 724.7 people per km². Bayside is located at 43.1806°N, 87.9006°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bayside is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 53217.

Bayside occupies a quiet expanse of land where the flat, fertile earth meets the vast, shifting temperament of Lake Michigan. It lies 3.4 miles east-northeast of Brown Deer, WI (from Brown Deer, WI: bearing 70°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Milwaukee. The landscape is defined by the steady, unobserved movement of Indian Creek, which carves a modest path through the woods and serves as a quiet artery for the local topography. At Ellsworth Park, the land opens into managed green space where the light of late afternoon catches the tall, native grasses, turning them the color of dry straw against the deepening blue of the sky. There is a precise, heavy stillness here, a quality of air that carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, cooling influence of the lake, grounding the houses and the driveways in a geography that feels both permanent and patient.

Bayside emerged from the broader settlement of the region’s German and Scandinavian pioneers, whose influence remains etched in the quiet, methodical organization of the streets and the enduring preference for sturdy, understated architecture. While the local economy has long since shifted away from the agrarian rhythms of the early settlers, the heritage of the Friday fish fry persists in the social life of the neighborhood, a tradition that binds the modern commuter to the older, simpler habits of the Great Lakes interior. The rhythm of daily life is measured not by industry or the bustle of commerce, but by the subtle seasonal shifts in the canopy overhead and the slow, deliberate pace of those who walk along the creek banks. It is a place where the history of the woods and the water dictates the tempo, maintaining a deliberate distance from the frantic pace of the surrounding urban sprawl.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Megan's Benches (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 200° S
  • Indian Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 199° S
  • Ampitheater (Theatre) — 0.8 mi, 129° SE
  • Milner Deck (Viewpoint) — 0.9 mi, 105° E
  • Doctors Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 126° SE
  • Little Dancer, At 14 (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 172° S
  • Milwaukee Country Club (Park) — 2.0 mi, 234° SW
  • Grasslyn Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 305° NW
  • North Shore County Club (Park) — 2.6 mi, 316° NW
  • Milwaukee River Parkway (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 213° SW
  • Glendale Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 211° SW
  • The Argo (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 183° S
  • Shoreland Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 337° NW
  • Mequon Country Club (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 330° NW
  • Havenwoods Forest Preserve And Nature Center (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 224° SW
  • Mequon-Thiensville Gateway (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 305° NW
  • Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 351° N
  • Scattered Wildlife (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 348° N
  • Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 173° S
  • Manfred Olsen Planetarium (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 174° S
  • Juneteenth Day (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 185° S
  • Lake Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 169° S
  • Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 7.8 mi, 180° S
  • Downer Theatre (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 172° S
  • Summer Soulstice Music Festival (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 175° S
  • America’s Black Holocaust Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 185° S
  • Gallery 507 (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 186° S
  • Skyline Music (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 181° S
  • Wisconsin-Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 9.3 mi, 004° N
  • Lakeshore State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 179° S

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About This Bayside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bayside, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 43.180565, -87.900642. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bayside includes the ZIP code (53217), telephone area code (608), county seat of Milwaukee County (Milwaukee), and school district assignment (Nicolet Union High School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.