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Franks Field Wisconsin Map

Explore Franks Field, 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 Franks Field, Wisconsin

How to Use This Franks Field, Wisconsin Map

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

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	Franks Field
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Ashland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.5522
Longitude	-90.5989
Population	160
Density	48.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	54806
Area Code	715
County Seat	Ashland
School District	Ashland School District

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About Franks Field, Wisconsin

Franks Field is a locality in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 48.8 people per km². Franks Field is located at 46.5522°N, 90.5989°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54806.

Franks Field emerges from the dense, verdant expanse of the North Woods, where the soil holds the damp, dark memory of ancient glaciers. It lies 57.3 miles north-northeast of Sawyer, WI (from Sawyer, WI: bearing 28°T), and is situated 13.8 miles east-southeast of Ashland. The horizon to the south is defined by the shadowed silhouette of the Gogebic Range, a jagged spine of rock that divides the sky from the thick, timbered plains. Only three miles to the north, the immense, cold basin of Lake Superior exerts a silent pressure on the climate, drawing thick, gray curtains of mist across the timberland. Nearby, the waters of Morrison Creek carve a shallow, winding track through the underbrush, their movement providing a constant, low-frequency hum that grounds the silence of the woods. During the autumn, the light here thins to a sharp, brittle amber, catching the frost on the tall grasses that cling to the edges of the Town Of Saxon State Habitat Area.

Franks Field carries the quiet, industrious weight of a place built by the hands of those who arrived to fell the pines and break the heavy earth. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the seasons, shifting between the labor of small-scale forestry and the steady, rhythmic demands of dairy farming that define the character of the region. Life in Franks Field moves with the deliberate pace of the Sunday afternoon, punctuated by the occasional excursion to the thunderous descent of Potato River Falls, where the water churns white against the dark basalt. The heritage of the area remains etched in the quiet social intersections of the supper club, where the Friday fish fry serves as a communal anchor for the descendants of German, Polish, and Scandinavian settlers. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual changing of the leaf and the cooling of the air as winter prepares to reclaim the timbered silence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Saxon State Habitat Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 097° E
Scattered Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 097° E
Iron County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 104° E
Moka’aangiizisiban Tribal Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 318° NW
County Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 111° E
The Apostle Islands (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 113° SE
Copper Falls State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 185° S
White River Wildlife Area-Ashland (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 261° W
Brownstone Falls view (Viewpoint) — 12.4 mi, 189° S
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 12.7 mi, 325° NW · 110k acres
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 285° W
Northland College (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 279° W
Upcountry (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 278° W
Artesian Well (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 221° SW
Alvord Theatre (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 278° W
Robert Rue Parsonage Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 278° W
Locomotive 950 (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 281° W
Ashland Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 281° W
Upson Falls (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 145° SE
Mellen Area Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 191° S
Chequamegon National Forest (National Forest) — 16.2 mi, 196° S · 863k acres
Washburn Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 301° NW
Big Bay State Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 350° N
Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.0 mi, 281° W · 969 acres
Craig Blacklock Photography Gallery (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 336° NW
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 17.3 mi, 090° E · 995k acres
Madeline Island Heritage Center (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 331° NW
Downtown Art Place (Gallery) — 21.5 mi, 108° E
Tsuga Lumps (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 315° NW
Gaylord Nelson Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.6 mi, 010° N · 33k acres

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