Highland Wisconsin Map

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.

About This Highland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 43.046658, -90.379846. 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 Highland includes the ZIP code (53543), telephone area code (715), county seat of Iowa County (Dodgeville), and school district assignment (Highland School District).

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.