Explore Trempealeau, 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 Trempealeau, 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 Trempealeau.
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 | Trempealeau |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Trempealeau County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.002233 |
| Longitude | -91.428001 |
| Population | 1,843 |
| Density | 358.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 54661 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Whitehall |
| School District | Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District |
Trempealeau rises from the earth as a singular limestone sentinel overlooking the wide, pulsing artery of the Mississippi River. It lies 9.7 miles west-northwest of Holmen, WI (from Holmen, WI: bearing 288°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-southeast of Buffalo. The landscape here refuses the flat uniformity of the plains, instead favoring the rugged, unglaciated geometry of steep bluffs and deep, shaded coulees. Chicken Breast Bluff commands the skyline, its weather-worn face standing in constant vigil over the river’s slow, deliberate migration toward the south. To the north, the terrain softens into the quiet, wooded seclusion of Little Trout Valley, while the nearby expanse of Perrot State Park preserves the ancient, raw character of the Driftless region, where the light at dusk catches the limestone ridges and turns them the color of cooling embers.
Trempealeau carries the weight of a history carved by the confluence of trade and the unforgiving pull of the river. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the water and the seasonal cycles of the surrounding dairy country, maintaining a pace that favors steady labor over hurried expansion. Travelers occasionally wander toward the Long Lake Canoe Trail or pause near the quiet, reeds-edged waters of Lake Onalaska, yet the life here remains anchored in the traditions of the upper Midwest, where the Friday night fish fry serves as a social pillar for the descendants of early European settlers. Life in Trempealeau persists with a quiet gravity, defined by the persistent, low hum of river traffic and the long, amber shadows that stretch across the fields when the day’s work concludes.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 44.002233, -91.428001. 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 Trempealeau includes the ZIP code (54661), telephone area code (715), county seat of Trempealeau County (Whitehall), and school district assignment (Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau 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. |