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Fountain City Wisconsin Map

Explore Fountain City, 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 Fountain City, Wisconsin

How to Use This Fountain City, Wisconsin Map

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

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	Fountain City
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Buffalo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.11876
Longitude	-91.689804
Population	806
Density	71.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	54629
Area Code	715
County Seat	Alma
School District	Cochrane-Fountain City School District

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About Fountain City, Wisconsin

Fountain City is a locality in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 806. The population density is 71.1 people per km². Fountain City is located at 44.1188°N, 91.6898°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fountain City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 54629.

Fountain City clings to the steep, limestone-shadowed bluffs that rise abruptly above the Mississippi River, where the earth seems to have buckled upward to escape the encroaching water. It lies 6.7 miles northwest of Buffalo, WI (from Buffalo, WI: bearing 309°T), and is situated 6.9 miles northwest of Winona. The terrain here is defined by a verticality that defies the flat plains typical of the region, forcing homes and streets to stack themselves against the hillside like layers of a sedimentary rock. To the east, the horizon is dominated by the jagged silhouette of Buffalo Ridge, while a short distance away, the low-lying basin known as Speith Hole collects the morning mist that rolls off the river’s surface. Only three miles inland, the quiet, glassy expanse of Rileys Lake provides a stillness that contrasts with the constant, muscular flow of the Mississippi River, which pushes steadily southward past the dense greenery of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge.

Fountain City emerged from the rugged persistence of early settlers who recognized that the narrow corridor between the cliff face and the water offered a rare, if precarious, foothold for commerce. The local economy has long been tethered to the rhythm of the river and the surrounding agricultural bounty, where the scent of dairy farms and deep-woods timber often hangs in the humid air of late summer. Residents maintain a quiet connection to the landscape, shaped by the legacy of those who carved their lives into the unyielding stone, a history still visible in the weathered masonry of the older storefronts. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the seasonal shifts of the nearby Richard J Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest, where the changing colors of the canopy serve as a reliable clock for the passing year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.3 mi, 202° S · 274k acres
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 166° S
Rock In the House (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 304° NW
Prairie Island Park (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 180° S
Whitman Dam Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 294° NW
Merrick State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 309° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 236° SW
R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 211° SW
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.6 mi, 138° SE · 14k acres
Statewide Wildlife Habitat (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 296° NW
Statewide Wildlife Habitat - Wd (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 296° NW
Valencia Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 4.8 mi, 167° S
Ice Arena (Stadium) — 5.2 mi, 183° S
Winona County Historical Society Armory Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 151° SE
Performance Center (Arts Centre) — 5.2 mi, 183° S
Watkins Heritage Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 147° SE
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 036° NE
USCGC Winona (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 156° SE
Garvin Heights Park Scenic Lookout (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 162° S
John A. Latsch State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 292° W
Arches Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 218° SW
Viking Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 313° NW
Memorial Walk (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 048° NE
Fighter Jet (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 049° NE
Arcadia Area Historical Society (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 046° NE
Trempealeau Community Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 122° SE
Firebowl (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 101° E
Visitor Center (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 123° SE
International Owl Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.3 mi, 166° S
Riverside Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 28.6 mi, 128° SE

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