Explore Linden, 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 Linden, 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 Linden.
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 | Linden |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Iowa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.917773 |
| Longitude | -90.273458 |
| Population | 504 |
| Density | 249.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 53553 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Dodgeville |
| School District | Iowa-Grant School District |
Linden reveals itself through the quiet, unglaciated geometry of the Driftless region, where the earth refuses to flatten into the monotony of the plains. It lies 10.2 miles west of Iowa, WI (from Iowa, WI: bearing 261°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-southwest of Dodgeville. Peddler Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone-heavy soil, its waters reflecting a sky that seems wider and more watchful here than in the crowded centers of commerce. To the east, the horizon is anchored by the steady silhouette of Sunny Ridge, a boundary that keeps the world at a manageable scale. The light at dusk settles over the fields with a deliberate, bruised violet hue, catching the edges of the barns and the long, sloping grasses that lead toward the Barreltown Grassland And Stream Conservation Area - Swgsca, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and coming winter.
Linden emerged from the hard necessity of the lead-mining era, a time when the ground was hollowed out by men seeking fortune in the dark veins beneath the surface. Today, the economy leans into the patient rhythms of dairy and agriculture, a life tied to the cycle of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the clock. A few miles to the west, the stillness of Ludden Lake offers a mirror to the surrounding woods, a place where the history of the land is measured in the slow growth of timber and the deepening of Foreman Hollow. The people here carry the quiet resilience of those who have stayed put, finding a particular satisfaction in the steady persistence of a Friday evening supper club, where the clatter of silver and the warmth of a shared meal provide a sturdy buffer against the vast, open silence of the countryside.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Linden, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 42.917773, -90.273458. 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 Linden includes the ZIP code (53553), telephone area code (715), county seat of Iowa County (Dodgeville), and school district assignment (Iowa-Grant 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. |