Explore Shullsburg, 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 Shullsburg, 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 Shullsburg.
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 | Shullsburg |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Lafayette County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.573335 |
| Longitude | -90.23096 |
| Population | 1,173 |
| Density | 339.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 53586 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Darlington |
| School District | Shullsburg School District |
Shullsburg emerges from the limestone-heavy earth of the Driftless region, where the land refuses the leveling hand of ancient glaciers and instead breaks into a series of sharp, stubborn ridges and deep, verdant folds. It lies 8.8 miles west-southwest of Lafayette, WI (from Lafayette, WI: bearing 244°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Darlington. The Shullsburg Branch carves a persistent path through the limestone, its current low and rhythmic as it navigates the terrain toward the distant drainage basins that feed the Mississippi. To the north, the rise of White Hill commands the horizon, a solitary prominence that catches the bruised purple light of late autumn evenings, while the gentle, unglaciated slopes provide a stark contrast to the distant, flat plains of the Midwest. The air here holds a crisp, mineral quality, smelling faintly of turned soil and the damp, cool exhales of the deep earth, a sensory signature that lingers long after the sun dips behind the treelines.
Shullsburg carries the weight of a lead-mining heritage in its very architecture, with sturdy masonry buildings that seem to have grown directly from the bedrock during the feverish expansion of the nineteenth century. Badger Park serves as the quiet center of the contemporary landscape, offering a space where the pace slows to the hum of insects and the rustle of dry prairie grasses. While the local economy has long since shifted away from the subterranean extraction of ore, the echoes of that industry remain in the weathered facades of the main street and the deep, abiding patience of its residents. For those seeking the wider expanse of the region, Apple Canyon Lake provides a respite of still, reflective water, yet the true character of the locality remains tethered to the hills and the subterranean secrets that once defined the ambition of everyone who settled upon this uneven ground.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shullsburg, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 42.573335, -90.23096. 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 Shullsburg includes the ZIP code (53586), telephone area code (715), county seat of Lafayette County (Darlington), and school district assignment (Shullsburg 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. |