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Presque Isle Wisconsin Map

Explore Presque Isle, 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 Presque Isle, Wisconsin

How to Use This Presque Isle, Wisconsin Map

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

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	Presque Isle
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Vilas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.247171
Longitude	-89.729323
Population	680
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	54557
Area Code	715
County Seat	Eagle River

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About Presque Isle, Wisconsin

Presque Isle is a locality in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Presque Isle is located at 46.2472°N, 89.7293°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54557.

Presque Isle holds a quiet dominion over the dense, verdant expanse of the Northern Highland State Forest, where the landscape is defined by a deep, glacial stillness. It lies 75.0 miles east-northeast of Sawyer, WI (from Sawyer, WI: bearing 66°T), and is situated 24.3 miles east of Iron. The South Branch Presque Isle River winds through this terrain, its dark, cedar-stained waters carving a slow path through the thickets of pine and tamarack. At the edge of the timber, Little Horsehead Lake mirrors the heavy, bruised clouds of an approaching dusk, its surface undisturbed by the reach of distant horizons. From the higher elevations, one might discern the faint, jagged silhouette of the Gogebic Range rising in the north, a reminder of the ancient stone beneath the soil that shapes the character of the woods.

Presque Isle carries the quiet weight of a region built on the seasonal rhythms of timber harvesting and the careful stewardship of the North Woods. The economy moves with the shifting light, turning from the solitude of winter logging to the influx of those who seek the silence of the forest trails and the clarity of the inland waters. Local life is defined by the modest comforts of the supper club and the steady, unpretentious work of those who have long called this rugged country home. There is a particular endurance here, a sense that the history of the land is written in the slow growth of the hemlocks and the persistent, iron-cold flow of the river, anchoring the people of Presque Isle to a geography that demands both respect and resilience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Northern Highland State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 360° N
Statewide Public Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 019° N
Statewide Habitat Areas - Nw (State Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 044° NE
State Owned Islands - Nw (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 153° SE
State Owned Islands (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 153° SE
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 001° N · 995k acres
Presque Isle, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.3 mi, 332° NW · 20k acres
Catherine Wolter Wilderness Area (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 123° SE
Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 5.9 mi, 096° E · 663k acres
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 105° E
Marenisco Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 010° N
Ontonagon, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.2 mi, 087° E · 46k acres
First Forest Patrol Flight (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 163° S
Clair de Loon (Viewpoint) — 16.8 mi, 250° W
Sylvania Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.1 mi, 101° E · 18k acres
Waswagoning (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 194° S
Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 328° NW
Snowmobile (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 152° SE
Bass Lake Preserve State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 219° SW
Doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 177° S
World's Largest Penny (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 177° S
Northern Waters Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 104° E
Historic Ironwood Theatre (Theatre) — 25.4 mi, 304° NW
Downtown Art Place (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 304° NW
Paulding Light (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 075° E
Kartway (Theme Park) — 31.2 mi, 133° SE
Phelps Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 112° E
Upson Falls (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 285° W
Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 131° SE
Old Victoria Historic Townsite (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 037° NE

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