Explore Junction, 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 Junction, 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 Junction.
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 | Junction |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Clark County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.00969 |
| Longitude | -90.90236 |
| Population | 420 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 54768 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Neillsville |
Junction emerges from the flat, industrious heart of the state as a quiet convergence of rail and road, where the horizon stretches wide across fields of corn and soybean. It lies 12.0 miles west of Clark, WI (from Clark, WI: bearing 264°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-northeast of Stanley. The air here holds a crisp, earthen stillness, especially near the banks of Little Otter Creek, a modest watercourse that carves a slow path through the loamy soil just a mile away. Three miles to the north, the waters of Otter Lake 27 reflect the changing sky, offering a sanctuary of quiet reeds and dark, cool depths that anchor the surrounding woods. On the far, hazy edge of the horizon, the distant outline of Flambeau Ridge provides a jagged contrast to the otherwise leveled plains, serving as a subtle reminder of the ancient shifts that once shaped this terrain. During the late autumn, the light pulls long, amber shadows across the fields, casting a golden clarity over the landscape that seems to suspend time entirely.
Junction grew from the necessity of transit, its early days defined by the rhythmic clatter of tracks and the labor of settlers who recognized the potential in this fertile, inland expanse. Today, the economy remains deeply tied to the land and the tradition of the regional dairy industry, with silos rising like sentinels above the farmsteads that define the local perimeter. Residents often seek the quiet recreation of the Statewide Public Access, a tract of land three miles out where the native flora and wildlife reclaim the space in a slow, persistent fashion. Friday nights in Junction carry the familiar, savory scent of the classic fish fry, a cultural anchor that brings neighbors together in a rhythm as predictable and grounding as the changing seasons. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned purpose, reflecting a heritage built by those who worked the soil and maintained the connections that keep a place like this firmly rooted in its own identity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Junction, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 45.00969, -90.90236. 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 Junction includes the ZIP code (54768), telephone area code (715), county seat of Clark County (Neillsville), and school district assignment.
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. |