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Highland Wisconsin Map

Explore Highland, 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 Highland, Wisconsin

How to Use This Highland, Wisconsin Map

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

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

Latitude	43.046658
Longitude	-90.379846
Population	874
Density	296.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	53543
Area Code	715
County Seat	Dodgeville
School District	Highland School District

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About Highland, Wisconsin

Highland is a locality in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 874. The population density is 296.5 people per km². Highland is located at 43.0467°N, 90.3798°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Highland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 53543.

Highland emerges from the unglaciated terrain of the Driftless region, where the land refuses the uniformity of flat plains and instead rises in stubborn, irregular folds. It lies 16.8 miles east-northeast of Grant, WI (from Grant, WI: bearing 64°T), and is situated 17.0 miles west-northwest of Iowa. The Big Spring Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone-heavy earth, its waters mirroring the shifting amber and violet hues of a Wisconsin dusk. To the east, the silhouette of Sunny Ridge defines the horizon, a constant, dark spine that anchors the expansive sky. Only four miles away, the stillness of Black Hawk Lake provides a counterpoint to the movement of the creek, its surface often glass-like under the heavy, humid air of midsummer. The earth here holds a memory of ancient ice that bypassed this pocket of the world, leaving behind a landscape that feels raw, exposed, and deeply rooted in the slow passage of geological time.

Highland carries the imprint of settlers who arrived to extract the mineral wealth buried deep within the bedrock, turning the local economy from early lead mining toward the steady, rhythmic demands of dairy farming. The legacy of those who arrived to work the earth persists in the small-scale agricultural patchwork that defines the surrounding fields, where the color of the soil shifts from dark, rich loam to pale, rocky outcrops. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, Rem-Big Spring Creek offers a space where the natural world asserts its dominance, unbothered by the machinery of modern industry. Life in Highland moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, dictated by the turning seasons and the quiet persistence of those who call these hills home. Whether the winter frost settles heavily upon the valley of Irish Hollow or the spring thaw swells the banks of the creek, the character of the place remains fixed in the quiet, enduring labor of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rem-Big Spring Creek (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 325° NW
Statewide Habitat Areas (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 318° NW
Statewide Habitat Areas - Sd (State Recreation Area) — 3.3 mi, 318° NW
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 269° W
James J Rule Timber Demo Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.1 mi, 114° SE
M60a3 (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 016° N
Old Rock Church (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 204° SW
Scattered Wildlife (Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 344° N
Governor Dodge State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 098° E
The Pursuit West (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 027° NE
Boeing C-97G (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 107° E
Stephens Falls (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 096° E
House on The Rock (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 073° E
Lone Rock (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 047° NE
Military Ridge State Trail (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 111° E
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 098° E
Wyoming Valley School Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.3 mi, 069° E
Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 253° W
Igor the Mouse (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 251° W
Mineral Point Opera House (Theatre) — 16.4 mi, 142° SE
Blaine Theater (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 290° W
Gard Theater (Cinema) — 18.1 mi, 060° NE
Prairie Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.4 mi, 069° E
Cabin Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 097° E
Grant County History Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 231° SW
Badger Hut (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 214° SW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.9 mi, 210° SW · 274k acres
Effigy Mounds National Monument (National Monument) — 40.4 mi, 259° W · 2,460 acres

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