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River Hills Wisconsin Map

Explore River Hills, 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 River Hills, Wisconsin

How to Use This River Hills, Wisconsin Map

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

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	River Hills
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Milwaukee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.174176
Longitude	-87.924254
Population	1,602
Density	120.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	53217
Area Code	608
County Seat	Milwaukee
School District	Nicolet Union High School District

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About River Hills, Wisconsin

River Hills is a locality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,602. The population density is 120.0 people per km². River Hills is located at 43.1742°N, 87.9243°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. River Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 53217.

River Hills occupies a landscape of quiet, wooded seclusion where the land rises and falls in long, glacial swells that define the character of the southeastern Wisconsin plateau. It lies 2.2 miles east-northeast of Brown Deer, WI (from Brown Deer, WI: bearing 70°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Milwaukee. Thick stands of maple and oak dominate the terrain, their heavy canopies filtering the sunlight into a soft, verdant gloom that persists even through the brightest summer afternoons. Just a mile away, the winding course of Indian Creek cuts through the low-lying brush, a narrow ribbon of water that anchors the local ecosystem and provides a steady, rhythmic pulse to the surrounding acreage. While the expansive, steel-gray horizon of Lake Michigan lies to the east, the immediate atmosphere of River Hills remains defined by the dense, inland quietude of its private estates and the sprawling, manicured greens of the Milwaukee Country Club, which borders the edge of the residential properties.

History here feels less like a narrative of rapid expansion and more like a deliberate preservation of space, with the economy favoring a slow, stable stewardship of the land rather than industrial density. The influence of early settlers, who found a rugged, fertile territory, remains evident in the way the architecture respects the natural contours of the geography, keeping structures low and partially obscured by the dense undergrowth. Residents often look toward the distant, faint silhouette of Holy Hill rising in the west, a landmark that serves as a silent compass for those moving through the interior of the region. Daily life in River Hills follows a measured pace, far removed from the mechanical hum of the distant Milwaukee Municipal Mooring Basin, favoring instead the stillness of autumn evenings when the air grows sharp and the scent of damp earth rises from the forest floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Milwaukee Country Club (Park) — 0.8 mi, 233° SW
Indian Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 126° SE
Megan's Benches (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 073° E
Brown Deer Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 225° SW
Little Dancer, At 14 (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 122° SE
Grasslyn Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 343° N
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 1.8 mi, 092° E
Milwaukee River Parkway (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 189° S
Milner Deck (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 084° E
North Shore County Club (Park) — 2.4 mi, 345° N
Glendale Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 196° S
Havenwoods Forest Preserve And Nature Center (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 216° SW
The Argo (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 166° S
Mequon Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 290° W
Mequon-Thiensville Gateway (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 318° NW
Little Menomonee River Parkway (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 267° W
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 004° N
Scattered Wildlife (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 000° N
Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 163° S
Manfred Olsen Planetarium (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 164° S
Juneteenth Day (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 176° S
Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 170° S
Lake Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 7.6 mi, 159° S
Downer Theatre (Cinema) — 7.8 mi, 163° S
Gallery 507 (Gallery) — 7.9 mi, 178° S
America’s Black Holocaust Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 177° S
Summer Soulstice Music Festival (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 166° S
Skyline Music (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 172° S
Lakeshore State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 172° S
Wisconsin-Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 9.9 mi, 011° N

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