Explore North Lake, 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 North Lake, 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 North Lake.
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 | North Lake |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Waukesha County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.156118 |
| Longitude | -88.370652 |
| Population | 247 |
| Density | 399.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 53029, 53064 |
| Area Code | 608 |
| County Seat | Waukesha |
| School District | Arrowhead Union High School District |
North Lake occupies a space where the earth feels ancient and settled, defined by the quiet, glacial weight of the surrounding landscape. It lies 6.2 miles west of Lisbon, WI (from Lisbon, WI: bearing 272°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-northeast of Oconomowoc. The Oconomowoc River meanders through the terrain, its water moving with a deliberate, low-slung grace that shapes the local topography as it flows past the basin. To the east, the silhouette of Holy Hill rises as a singular, forested guardian against the horizon, anchoring the view in a way that suggests endurance. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the tall grasses, turning the fields into long stretches of amber and muted gold.
North Lake preserves the quiet legacy of agrarian settlement, where the rhythms of the land have long dictated the pace of life. While modern life moves forward, the proximity to Statewide Public Access - Se provides a necessary stillness, offering a preserved pocket of woodland that mirrors the wilder, uncultivated character of the region. The economy remains tethered to the steady pulse of the interior, distant from the pressures of larger centers, and those who live here often find their connection to the past through the simple, persistent maintenance of the soil and the water. Even the distance to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail feels like a meaningful boundary, keeping the immediate landscape intimate and focused on the simple, honest function of the fields and the depth of the water.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Lake, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 43.156118, -88.370652. 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 North Lake includes the ZIP code (53029, 53064), telephone area code (608), county seat of Waukesha County (Waukesha), and school district assignment (Arrowhead Union High 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. |