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Bear Creek Wisconsin Map

Explore Bear Creek, 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 Bear Creek, Wisconsin

How to Use This Bear Creek, Wisconsin Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bear Creek, 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 Bear Creek.

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.

City	Bear Creek
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Outagamie County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.531369
Longitude	-88.726488
Population	427
Density	178.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	54922
Area Code	715
County Seat	Appleton
School District	Clintonville School District

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About Bear Creek, Wisconsin

Bear Creek is a locality in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 427. The population density is 178.8 people per km². Bear Creek is located at 44.5314°N, 88.7265°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bear Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 54922.

Bear Creek unfolds across a landscape of flat, fertile fields and dense woodlots where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered. It lies 16.7 miles west-northwest of Outagamie, WI (from Outagamie, WI: bearing 286°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north of New London. The air here holds the crisp, heavy scent of damp earth and coming frost, particularly as evening light turns the sky a bruised, metallic gray. A mile from the center, Bear Creek flows with a steady, deliberate pace, carving a narrow path through the silt and soil that defines the regional geography. Beyond the immediate fields, the elevation shifts only slightly toward the distant rise of Turney Hill, while the Wiouwash State Trail cuts a straight, gravel-lined artery through the greenery, inviting a quiet passage through the terrain.

History in Bear Creek remains tethered to the labor of the soil and the legacy of the settlers who arrived to clear the timber and organize the dairy farms. The local economy persists as a quiet cycle of seasonal harvest and livestock management, reflecting a culture that values the sturdy endurance of its German and Polish roots. On Friday evenings, the social pulse quickens in the warm, wood-paneled interiors of nearby supper clubs, where the ritual of the fish fry brings the community together in a shared, predictable comfort. Though Pigeon Lake sits seven miles away, providing a deeper stillness to the landscape, the daily life of Bear Creek finds its own rhythm in the steady hum of machinery and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wiouwash State Trail (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 354° N
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 054° NE
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource Area 26 (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 054° NE
Wolf River Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 093° E
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 284° W
Newton Blackmour State Trail (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 167° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wi (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.4 mi, 106° E · 560 acres
New London Fairground (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 182° S
Anchor (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 184° S
Taft War Memorial (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 185° S
New London Public Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 184° S
Scattered Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 12.0 mi, 032° NE
Animal Haven Farm Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.7 mi, 216° SW
Mustang Horse Statue (Public Artwork) — 20.8 mi, 144° SE
Capital Credit Union Slide (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 143° SE
Giant Chairs (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 143° SE
Urban Air (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 147° SE
Classical Forum (Theatre) — 22.9 mi, 135° SE
Rock Island 17177 Caboose (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 143° SE
Thrivent Financial Hall (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 140° SE
Appleton History Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 140° SE
Trout Museum of Art (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 139° SE
Atlas Science Center (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 141° SE
The Draw (Arts Centre) — 25.1 mi, 139° SE
Aylward Gallery (Gallery) — 25.8 mi, 143° SE
Barlow Planetarium (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 143° SE
Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 40.7 mi, 006° N · 663k acres

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