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Big Foot Prairie Wisconsin Map

Explore Big Foot Prairie, 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 Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin

How to Use This Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Big Foot Prairie, 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 Big Foot Prairie.

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	Big Foot Prairie
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Walworth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.4956
Longitude	-88.5983
Population	22
Density	265.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	53184
Area Code	608
County Seat	Elkhorn
School District	Walworth Joint No. 1 School District

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About Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin

Big Foot Prairie is a locality in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 265.4 people per km². Big Foot Prairie is located at 42.4956°N, 88.5983°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 53184.

Big Foot Prairie stretches across a vast, flat expanse where the horizon meets the sky in a long, unbroken line of fertile, dark soil. It lies 12.5 miles south-southwest of Elkhorn, WI (from Elkhorn, WI: bearing 193°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north of Harvard. Lawrence Creek cuts through the quiet earth nearby, its waters pulling slowly through the silt and heavy grasses that define the drainage of this inland basin. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, especially when the light of a fading afternoon slants low against the fields, turning the stalks of corn into rows of burnished gold. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the terrain begins its transition toward the varied topography of the region, though the sense of open space remains the primary signature of the landscape.

Big Foot Prairie carries the quiet legacy of early agricultural settlement, where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates the pulse of the local economy. Farmers have worked these plains for generations, their labor a steady, unadorned devotion to the land that keeps the small silos and homesteads standing against the wind. Residents find their recreation in the quietude of Ballfield Park, or perhaps take the short drive toward the deeper waters of Lake Geneva to watch the surface ripple under the shifting clouds. The culture remains rooted in the practical, neighborly traditions of those who built their lives far from the bustle of denser hubs, favoring the steady work of the fields and the reliable peace of the inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ballfield Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 006° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 358° N
High Point 2 (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 131° SE
Piscasaw Creek (Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 264° W
Duck Pond Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 006° N
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.6 mi, 104° E · 638 acres
Royal Oak Teepee (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 100° E
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.7 mi, 099° E
Lake Geneva Club Historical Gazebo (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 042° NE
Alden Sedge Meadow 10 (Local Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 108° E
Harvard Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 188° S
Yerkes Observatory (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 022° N
Alden Sedge Meadow 4 (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 102° E
Sharon State Habitat Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 311° NW
Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 311° NW
Scattered Wildlife (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 316° NW
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 7.2 mi, 187° S
Ice Castles (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 030° NE
Big Foot Beach State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 059° NE
Civil War - Muster Tree and Train Depot Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 348° N
Muster Tree - Train Depot (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 348° N
Civil War Tree (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 347° N
Andy Gump (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 052° NE
Shoe Tree (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 177° S
Geneva Lake Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 052° NE
Elkhorn Band Shell (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 010° N
Tuttle Clarkson Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 230° SW
Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 109° E
Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 148° SE
Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 108° E

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