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Ontario Wisconsin Map

Explore Ontario, 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.

Interactive Map of Ontario, Wisconsin

How to Use This Ontario, Wisconsin Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ontario, 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 Ontario.

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	Ontario
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Vernon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.725804
Longitude	-90.59152
Population	534
Density	205.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	54651
Area Code	715
County Seat	Viroqua
School District	Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District

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About Ontario, Wisconsin

Ontario is a locality in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 534. The population density is 205.4 people per km². Ontario is located at 43.7258°N, 90.5915°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ontario is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 54651.

Ontario anchors itself in the deep, unglaciated folds of the Driftless region, where the terrain refuses to flatten into the predictable plains found elsewhere. It lies 20.2 miles south-southeast of Fort McCoy, WI (from Fort McCoy, WI: bearing 167°T), and is situated 18.7 miles southeast of Sparta. The Kickapoo River carves a serpentine path through the landscape, its current often muted by the steep limestone bluffs that rise abruptly from the valley floor. Bee Hollow serves as the immediate cradle for the settlement, a narrow depression where the morning fog lingers long after the sun has cleared the crests of Tuttle Ridge. Just a mile away, the rugged topography of Wildcat Mountain State Park dominates the horizon, its dense timber and rocky outcrops providing a silent, vertical frame for the sky. Light in this valley behaves with a heavy, deliberate quality, catching the high ridges in gold while the floor remains submerged in a cool, bruised violet for most of the early hours.

Ontario maintains a quiet economy tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the surrounding woodland. The history of the place is written in the stubborn endurance of its small-scale agriculture and the modest, utilitarian architecture that lines the streets, reflecting a heritage of German and Scandinavian settlement. A few miles to the east, the 0.225 Reservoir holds back the stillness of the water, a quiet counterpoint to the persistent motion of the nearby river. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has learned to work around the obstacles of its own geology, favoring the practical demands of dairy production and forestry over the frantic expansion of more accessible regions. On quiet evenings, the air carries a faint, sharp scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, a lingering reminder that Ontario exists as a distinct, shadowed pocket of the world, indifferent to the speed of the life that passes far beyond its ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wildcat Mountain State Park (State Park) — 1.0 mi, 152° SE
Statewide Habitat Areas - Wd (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 199° S
Taylor Hollow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 145° SE
La Crosse Area Comprehensive Fishery Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 114° SE
Elroy-Sparta State Trail (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 357° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 069° E
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 113° SE
African American Settlers of the Cheyenne Valley (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 114° SE
Hillsboro Historical Society (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 111° E
Statewide Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 272° W
Elroy Tunnel Mural (Public Artwork) — 16.0 mi, 086° E
Omaha State Trail Tunnel (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 066° NE
Vernon County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 232° SW
Historic Temple Theatre (Cinema) — 19.0 mi, 232° SW
Viva Gallery (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 232° SW
Twin Bluffs Cave (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 059° NE
Bangor & Area Historical Society (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 300° NW
Necedah Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 25.7 mi, 021° N · 108k acres
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.7 mi, 041° NE · 88k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 270° W · 274k acres

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