Explore Eland, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Eland, 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 Eland.
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 | Eland |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Shawano County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.870527 |
| Longitude | -89.215113 |
| Population | 199 |
| Density | 34.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 54427 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Shawano |
| School District | Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District |
Eland emerges from the low-lying basin where the Railroad Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the dense, deciduous woodland. It lies 16.3 miles east of Weston, WI (from Weston, WI: bearing 95°T), and is situated 18.7 miles east of Kronenwetter. The air here holds a crisp, persistent weight, sharpened by the proximity of Norrie Lake just two miles to the east, where the surface tension of the water catches the pale, slanted light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate canopy of maples and oaks, the landscape levels into a patchwork of fields that stretch toward the horizon, where the distant, hazy suggestion of the Philippine Islands marks the limits of the sky. The Mountain-Bay State Trail bisects the geography with a quiet, linear precision, offering a passage for those who traverse the earth on foot or wheel, tracing the old corridors of industry through the silent, thickening brush.
Eland remains an anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse, where the legacy of past timber harvesting has gradually yielded to the patient, seasonal labor of the dairy fields. The rhythm of daily existence is dictated by the slow turning of the soil and the iron-willed endurance of the local winters, a cycle that has defined the character of the families who settled these woods generations ago. Life in Eland favors the quietude of the interior, where the sharp, clean scent of crushed pine needles often lingers after a rain, and the evenings are marked by the steady, hum-like stillness of a region far removed from the clamor of the world. Here, the local economy keeps a steady pulse, mirroring the methodical pace of the trains that once defined its founding and the unpretentious hospitality of the supper-club tradition that still draws the community together at the close of the week.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eland, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 44.870527, -89.215113. 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 Eland includes the ZIP code (54427), telephone area code (715), county seat of Shawano County (Shawano), and school district assignment (Wittenberg-Birnamwood 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |