Explore Little Sturgeon, 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 Little Sturgeon, 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 Little Sturgeon.
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 | Little Sturgeon |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Door County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.842029 |
| Longitude | -87.57449 |
| Population | 177 |
| Density | 29.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 54235 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Sturgeon Bay |
| School District | Southern Door County School District |
Little Sturgeon marks the point where the quiet flow of Keyes Creek intersects with the verdant, low-lying woodland of the Door Peninsula. It lies 15.7 miles north-northeast of Lincoln, WI (from Lincoln, WI: bearing 14°T), and is situated 9.1 miles west of Sturgeon Bay. The landscape here is defined by a limestone-rich earth that supports dense groves of cedar and hardwood, creating a canopy that filters the afternoon light into long, amber slivers. Six miles to the east, the limestone rise of Brussels Hill breaks the horizon, anchoring a terrain that slopes gradually toward the expansive, dark waters of Lake Michigan. Within this expanse, the Statewide Public Access offers a quiet expanse of preserved land where the air carries the scent of damp soil and pine, marking a transition from the dense interior toward the open, wind-swept fields that define the regional geography.
Little Sturgeon remains a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow shift of agricultural seasons and the endurance of inland traditions. The local economy is grounded in the legacy of early European settlers who cleared these woods to establish small-scale dairies and orchards, a heritage that persists in the austere, functional architecture of the surrounding farmsteads. While the Ahnapee State Trail runs eight miles away, life in Little Sturgeon maintains a more localized pace, often centering on the shared rituals of a Friday evening supper club meal. This is a locality that values the quietude of its inland position, far removed from the clamor of larger hubs, where the stillness of the woods and the proximity to the deep, cool expanse of Lake Michigan foster an atmosphere of deliberate, unhurried continuity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Little Sturgeon, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 44.842029, -87.57449. 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 Little Sturgeon includes the ZIP code (54235), telephone area code (715), county seat of Door County (Sturgeon Bay), and school district assignment (Southern Door County 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. |