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Washington Island Wisconsin Map

Explore Washington Island, 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 Washington Island, Wisconsin

How to Use This Washington Island, Wisconsin Map

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

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	Washington Island
State	Wisconsin (WI)
County	Door County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.39483
Longitude	-86.931301
Population	690
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	54246
Area Code	715
County Seat	Sturgeon Bay

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About Washington Island, Wisconsin

Washington Island is a locality in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a small community with a population of 690. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Washington Island is located at 45.3948°N, 86.9313°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 54246.

Washington Island reveals itself as a plateau of limestone bedrock draped in a quilt of dense northern hardwoods and open, sun-bleached meadows. It lies 20.4 miles north-northeast of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 16°T), and is situated 25.1 miles south-southeast of Escanaba. The air here holds a distinct crispness, carrying the scent of cedar and damp earth across the landscape as it pushes toward the vast, open expanse of Lake Michigan. Sunlight filters through the canopy in long, slanted bars, illuminating the moss-covered stone fences that delineate older plots of land. Only two miles distant, the quiet, tangled expanse of Coffey Swamp State Natural Area preserves a wilder, wetter character, where the silence is broken only by the movement of wind through reeds and the occasional call of a bird.

Washington Island sustains a life shaped by the steady, deliberate cycles of the seasons and a heritage rooted in Scandinavian settlement. The economy turns on a slow, persistent rhythm of small-scale agriculture and the meticulous craft of local artisans, while the influence of the mainland remains distant, felt mostly in the transit of goods and the quiet arrival of visitors. Eleven miles away, the Mink River meanders through the regional landscape, a persistent thread of water that reflects the changing colors of the sky. Life here respects the gravity of the land, where the evening light lingers over the fields, grounding the inhabitants in a place that values the weight of tradition and the simple, unadorned beauty of its northern surroundings.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 324° NW
Jens Jacobson's Cabin (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 324° NW
Jacobson's Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 323° NW
Little Lake Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 1.4 mi, 350° N
Coffey Swamp State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 071° E
Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 071° E
Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.1 mi, 189° S
Rock Island State Park (State Park) — 3.6 mi, 084° E
Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.6 mi, 124° SE · 2 acres
Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.7 mi, 188° S · 3,604 acres
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 068° E
Newport State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 194° S
Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 188° S · 161 acres
Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.8 mi, 189° S · 19 acres
Statewide Public Access - Lm (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 203° SW
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 18.9 mi, 355° N · 899k acres
Mud Lake Wildlife Area-Door (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 203° SW
Anderson Store and Dock (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 216° SW
Horseshoe Island Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 222° SW
Ephraim Fire Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 215° SW
Northern Sky Theater (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 222° SW
Anchor from schooner Oak Leaf (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 224° SW
Hands On Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 25.1 mi, 213° SW
St. Peter's Catholic Church ruins (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 030° NE
West Shore Fishing Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 255° W
Livery Stable Site (Historic Ruins) — 25.6 mi, 029° NE
Plum Bottom Gallery (Gallery) — 33.4 mi, 213° SW
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive Number 5 (Attraction) — 33.4 mi, 023° NE
Bear Statue (Public Artwork) — 38.5 mi, 237° SW
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 46.0 mi, 124° SE · 127k acres

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