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Cataract Wisconsin Map

Explore Cataract, 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 Cataract, Wisconsin

How to Use This Cataract, Wisconsin Map

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

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	Cataract
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Monroe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.087741
Longitude	-90.842359
Population	220
Density	143.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	54656, 54620
Area Code	715
County Seat	Sparta
School District	Sparta Area School District

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About Cataract, Wisconsin

Cataract is a locality in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 220. The population density is 143.0 people per km². Cataract is located at 44.0877°N, 90.8424°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 54656, 54620.

Cataract emerges from the low-slung, unglaciated folds of the land where the earth seems to hold its breath in the quietude of the Welsh Valley. It lies 9.4 miles northwest of Fort McCoy, WI (from Fort McCoy, WI: bearing 305°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Sparta. Rathbone Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy sincerity that defines the floor of the valley. To the west, the distant, hazy spine of Putnam Ridge rises like a sleeper’s shoulder against the horizon, anchoring a landscape that otherwise dissolves into soft, cultivated slopes and dense pockets of timber. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber weight, catching the silt in the creek and turning the surrounding fields into a bruised violet, as if the soil itself were absorbing the day's long, slow heat.

Cataract maintains a stillness born of deep-rooted agricultural patterns and the steady, unsung labor of those who work the surrounding dairy country. Life moves in alignment with the Big Creek Fishery Area, which marks the local topography with a quiet focus on the preservation of the wild, untouched corners that remain between the farmsteads. While the memory of the mills and the early settlers lingers in the names etched into old property boundaries, the modern pulse of the place is found in the communal tables of local supper clubs, where the ritual of the Friday fish fry remains a stubborn, necessary tradition. Though the roar of Polly Falls lies miles away, the persistent trickle of water remains the constant, rhythmic heartbeat of this corner of the state, grounding the people of Cataract in a geography that demands little but offers a profound, unspoken stability.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Creek Fishery Area (State Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 345° N
Cataract Pond Public Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 019° N
Monroe County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 097° E
Stream Bank Protection Fee Program (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 269° W
Jackson County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 021° N
Black River State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 349° N
La Crosse River State Trail (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 152° SE
Masonic Lodge (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 171° S
Sparta Free Library (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 171° S
Elroy-Sparta State Trail (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 168° S
Black River Valley (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 025° NE
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 324° NW
Mindoro Cut (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 238° SW
Bangor & Area Historical Society (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 208° SW
Bell AH-1 (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 209° SW
M60a3 (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 209° SW
Cranberry Discovery Center (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 080° E
Firebowl (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 265° W
Necedah Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 22.1 mi, 066° NE · 108k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.3 mi, 240° SW · 274k acres
Nature's Backyard (Public Artwork) — 24.1 mi, 234° SW
Visitor Center (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 243° SW
Riverside Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 25.2 mi, 232° SW
Swarthout Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 226° SW
The Pump House Regional Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.1 mi, 227° SW
Dahl Auto Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 227° SW
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.3 mi, 088° E · 88k acres
Trempealeau Community Heritage Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 259° W
Arcadia Area Historical Society (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 289° W
Historic Temple Theatre (Cinema) — 36.8 mi, 184° S

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