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Townsend Wisconsin Map

Explore Townsend, 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 Townsend, Wisconsin

How to Use This Townsend, Wisconsin Map

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

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

Latitude	45.328023
Longitude	-88.589552
Population	179
Density	140.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	54175
Area Code	715
County Seat	Oconto
School District	Wabeno Area School District

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About Townsend, Wisconsin

Townsend is a locality in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 140.8 people per km². Townsend is located at 45.3280°N, 88.5896°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54175.

Townsend emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed expanse of the North Woods where the light filters through high branches in thin, golden needles of clarity. It lies 11.8 miles northeast of Langlade, WI (from Langlade, WI: bearing 36°T), and is situated 30.3 miles east-northeast of Antigo. The landscape holds the quiet weight of ancient glaciation, marked by the shimmering, expansive presence of Townsend Flowage, which mirrors the gray-blue sky with a glassy, unmoving intensity. Nearby, the cool, rhythmic pulse of McCaslin Brook cuts through the loam, a persistent whisper of water that defines the local topography long before the silhouette of McCaslin Mountain rises in the distant haze. Five miles to the east, the vast, protected canopy of Nicolet National Forest maintains a somber, emerald stillness, while the Nicolet State Trail carves a direct line through the terrain, inviting the traveler to witness the landscape as it recalibrates with the changing seasons.

Townsend carries the resonance of a place built upon the labor of timber and the enduring patience of the seasons, its identity shaped by generations who understood the precise alchemy of wood, soil, and winter. The local economy persists in the steady, unassuming rhythms of small-scale commerce and the seasonal migration of those drawn to the deep woods, where the long, snow-packed months once necessitated the ingenuity of the Popple Ridge Snowmobile Trail to navigate the frosted backlands. Life here maintains an internal coherence, finding its social anchor in the warmth of local kitchens and the ritualized gathering of neighbors, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world. It is a place where history is not a museum piece but a layer of the present, felt in the scent of pine needles on the air and the deliberate, unhurried pace of a community that measures its existence by the slow, inevitable turn of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nicolet State Trail (State Park) — 0.0 mi, 055° NE
Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 162° S · 663k acres
Lakewood Rearing Station (State Recreation Area) — 3.6 mi, 088° E
Statewide Habitat Areas (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 098° E
Statewide Habitat Areas - Lm (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 098° E
Battle Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 6.0 mi, 077° E
Mccaslin Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 7.0 mi, 059° NE
Forest Legacy Program (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 268° W
Statewide Spring Ponds (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 150° SE
Wolf River State Trail (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 243° SW
De Langlade (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 216° SW
Marinette County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 042° NE
Langlade County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 241° SW
Remembrance Area (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 278° W
Northern Highland (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 324° NW
FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 324° NW
Little Rice Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.6 mi, 317° NW
M60a3 (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 248° W
Bogus Swamp State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 271° W
Antigo Visual Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 30.4 mi, 245° SW
M42A1 Duster Memorial Tank (Public Artwork) — 30.8 mi, 184° S
Pine River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 38.9 mi, 004° N
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 034° NE
Cornish Pump Museum (Museum) — 42.5 mi, 036° NE
Three Lakes Historical Society (Museum) — 42.8 mi, 319° NW
Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 42.8 mi, 034° NE
Three Lakes Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 42.9 mi, 319° NW
Gravity Hub (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 038° NE
House of Yesteryear Museum (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 040° NE
Nicolet College Art Gallery (Gallery) — 44.8 mi, 296° NW

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