Explore White Lake, 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 White Lake, 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 White Lake.
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 | White Lake |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Langlade County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.157193 |
| Longitude | -88.764551 |
| Population | 262 |
| Density | 48.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 54491 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| County Seat | Antigo |
| School District | White Lake School District |
White Lake marks the convergence of damp earth and moving water, where the persistent current of White Lake Creek carves a path through the dense, low-lying timber. It lies 2.8 miles southwest of Langlade, WI (from Langlade, WI: bearing 215°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north of Menominee. The air here holds a permanent, cool weight, smelling of damp cedar and the mineral tang of the soil, while the terrain shifts into a series of uneven rises that culminate in the distant, steady presence of Ninemile Hill. Only a mile away, West Lake rests in a shallow depression of the landscape, its surface reflecting the heavy, gray-blue clouds that frequently drift across this northern latitude. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised streaks, turning the tall grasses a deep, bruised violet before the shadows swallow the ground entirely.
White Lake grew from the timber-heavy ambitions of an earlier century, its economy once defined by the rhythmic bite of the sawmill and the slow, heavy movement of logs destined for the rail. Today, the pace of life follows the seasonal migration of those who traverse the Wolf River State Trail, which bisects the locality and serves as a quiet artery for visitors seeking the stillness of the interior. Life in White Lake remains tethered to the patterns of the woods, where the winter silence is occasionally broken by the distant, mechanical hum of riders on the Popple Ridge Snowmobile Trail. The inhabitants maintain a stoic, practical relationship with the land, finding their rhythm in the routine of the seasons and the quiet persistence of a place that remains indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Lake, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 45.157193, -88.764551. 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 White Lake includes the ZIP code (54491), telephone area code (715), county seat of Langlade County (Antigo), and school district assignment (White Lake 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. |