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Post Lake Wisconsin Map

Explore Post 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.

Interactive Map of Post Lake, Wisconsin

How to Use This Post Lake, Wisconsin Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Post 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 Post 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	Post Lake
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Langlade County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.430458
Longitude	-89.090342
Population	343
Density	18.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	54428
Area Code	715
County Seat	Antigo
School District	Elcho School District

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About Post Lake, Wisconsin

Post Lake is a locality in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 343. The population density is 18.3 people per km². Post Lake is located at 45.4305°N, 89.0903°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54428.

Post Lake defines the horizon with its expansive, glassy stillness, a basin carved into the earth where the air holds the sharp, resinous scent of pine and damp soil. It lies 24.2 miles northwest of Langlade, WI (from Langlade, WI: bearing 316°T), and is situated 34.4 miles east-northeast of Merrill. The Wolf River pushes through the landscape, its dark, muscular current carving a path through the dense vegetation that defines the borders of the Langlade County Forest. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Harrison Hills rise like a jagged, violet promise against the fading light of a long afternoon. Upper Post Lake reflects the sky in shifting shades of slate and copper, its surface disturbed only by the occasional ripple of a rising fish or the sudden, heavy splash of a beaver. The surrounding woods, thick with birch and cedar, create a quiet perimeter that isolates the water from the frantic pace of the world beyond, lending the earth a heavy, ancient silence.

Post Lake has long been shaped by the industry of the North Woods, where the logging camps of the nineteenth century eventually gave way to the steady, modest commerce of the timber trade and seasonal tourism. The local economy persists through the rhythm of the seasons, turning on the quiet labor of those who maintain the land and the visitors who seek the solitude of the deep interior. Friday nights in the vicinity carry the weight of tradition, where the scent of frying batter drifts from local kitchens, marking the end of the working week with a simple, shared ritual. The cultural character of the region is etched in the stoic endurance of its inhabitants, whose lives are measured by the freezing and thawing of the ice and the long, golden stretches of the summer sun. Here, the history of the land remains visible in the stumps of old-growth timber and the enduring flow of the Wolf River, keeping the memory of the past anchored in the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Langlade County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 023° NE
State Owned Islands - Nw (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 179° S
State Owned Islands (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 179° S
Upper Wolf River Fishery Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 093° E
Statewide Spring Ponds - Nw (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 182° S
Statewide Spring Ponds (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 182° S
County Forest Land (Local Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 268° W
Remembrance Area (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 127° SE
Bogus Swamp State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 8.9 mi, 220° SW
Wolf River State Trail (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 064° NE
Little Rice Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 022° N
Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 14.4 mi, 008° N · 663k acres
FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 051° NE
Northern Highland (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 052° NE
M60a3 (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 189° S
Nicolet State Trail (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 086° E
Nicolet College Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.3 mi, 307° NW
Antigo Visual Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 189° S
Art Start (Gallery) — 21.1 mi, 313° NW
Hext Theater (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 313° NW
Chamber of Commerce Hodag (Public Artwork) — 21.3 mi, 311° NW
The Listening Place (Viewpoint) — 23.0 mi, 282° W
Headwaters Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.7 mi, 011° N · 22k acres
De Langlade (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 134° SE
Three Lakes Historical Society (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 351° N
Three Lakes Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 352° N
Tomahawk Cinema (Cinema) — 31.1 mi, 275° W
Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist (Attraction) — 32.2 mi, 356° N
Warren Mill - Now WPS (Historic Ruins) — 33.8 mi, 239° SW
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 43.1 mi, 016° N · 995k acres

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