Explore Kieler, 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 Kieler, 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 Kieler.
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 | Kieler |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Grant County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.581388 |
| Longitude | -90.602628 |
| Population | 557 |
| Density | 256.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 53812, 53807 |
| Area Code | 920 |
| County Seat | Lancaster |
| School District | Southwestern Wisconsin School District |
Kieler emerges from the quiet, unglaciated landscape of southwestern Wisconsin, where the earth holds the deep, wrinkled memory of a land untouched by ancient ice. It lies 12.3 miles south-southwest of Platteville, WI (from Platteville, WI: bearing 211°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-northeast of Dubuque. Kieler Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone-heavy soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-slung grace toward the wider drainages of the region. To the east, the terrain dips into the shadowed embrace of Dry Hollow, while the distant, hazy outlines of the Dubuque Hills anchor the horizon against the wide, amber-hued sky of late autumn. Beyond the immediate fields, the light at dusk settles with a heavy, golden clarity upon the stalks of dormant corn, turning the flat expanses into a vast, muted tapestry of bronze and gray.
Agriculture remains the steady pulse of Kieler, grounding the daily rhythm in the demanding cycles of dairy production and the seasonal labor of the harvest. The settlement history of these parts, rooted in the industrious spirit of early settlers, echoes in the solid, unadorned architecture that dots the countryside. Residents often look toward the nearby Golf Course for recreation, or occasionally venture further to walk the Floodwall Trail - North Section, where the stillness of the interior country feels most profound. While the quietude of the land near Peru Bottoms invites a solitary reflection, the local character is defined by a grounded, practical endurance that has outlived the passing of generations, maintaining a steady pace that ignores the frantic demands of the world beyond these high, wind-swept ridges.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kieler, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 42.581388, -90.602628. 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 Kieler includes the ZIP code (53812, 53807), telephone area code (920), county seat of Grant County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Southwestern Wisconsin School District).
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. |