Explore Mission, 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 Mission, 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 Mission.
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 | Mission |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.3454 |
| Longitude | -90.7631 |
| Population | 297 |
| Density | 206.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 54615 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Black River Falls |
| School District | Black River Falls School District |
Mission occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Clear Creek defines the local hydrology, cutting a path through the earth just steps from the center of daily life. It lies 12.0 miles south of Columbia, WI (from Columbia, WI: bearing 190°T), and is situated 5.6 miles northeast of Black River Falls. The surrounding terrain is shaped by the transition between wooded ridges and open fields, with the rugged rise of Silver Mound visible as a constant, dark anchor on the horizon. Five miles to the west, the expansive Black River State Forest offers a vast, protected canopy where the air carries the scent of damp pine and decaying leaves, grounding the entire territory in a deep, enduring stillness. The quality of light here during the late afternoon is particularly striking, catching the eddies of the creek and turning the water into a ribbon of hammered silver that winds through the tall grasses.
Mission serves as a modest nexus for the surrounding agricultural life, where the heritage of early settlers remains evident in the sturdy, weathered architecture of the older storefronts and barns. The local economy persists in a slow, deliberate cadence, largely supported by the timber industry and the small-scale dairy operations that have long defined the regional character. Residents often gather in the evenings to share conversation over plates of fried perch, a tradition that mirrors the unpretentious nature of the people who call this place home. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the proximity to the wilderness of the Black River State Forest and the recreational waters of Lake Arbutus ensures that the natural world is never distant, framing the lives of those in Mission with the seasonal shifts of the Wisconsin woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mission, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 44.3454, -90.7631. 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 Mission includes the ZIP code (54615), telephone area code (715), county seat of Jackson County (Black River Falls), and school district assignment (Black River Falls 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. |