Map of Wisconsin with Cities, Counties, and Roads Network

Expansive Map of Wisconsin: Unfolding the Landscape, Counties, and Urban Hubs

Map of Wisconsin, Wisconsin map with cities, counties, and roads network. This detailed map shades all 72 counties and labels each county seat, while keeping a road-light look so the county boundaries stay clear. You can instantly place Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the east, with Minnesota across the St. Croix River and upper Mississippi River, Iowa at the lower Mississippi, Illinois to the south, and Michigan to the northeast across the Menominee and Montreal river lines and the big lakes. For bearings only, a few thin lines highlight I-94 from Minneapolis–St. Paul to Madison and Milwaukee, I-90 through La Crosse and Rock County, I-39 down the center, I-43 from Green Bay to Milwaukee and Beloit, US-41/141 to Marinette, US-2 along the Lake Superior rim, US-51 through Wausau, and US-53 from La Crosse to Superior.

Lake Superior shore to the Northwoods and the Fox Valley

Superior country: Douglas to Iron on Lake Superior

Follow the top edge of the map from west to east, and you trace harbors, sandy spits, and iron-range towns.

• Douglas County (seat: Superior) fills the northwest corner opposite Duluth, Minnesota. Superior's twin ports and bridges are easy to spot beside Wisconsin Point, all while the county polygon remains center stage.

• Bayfield County (seat: Washburn) stretches along Chequamegon Bay and the Apostle Islands. The labels Bayfield and Ashland bracket the bay's curve; inland forest roads stay faint, so the shoreline and islands command attention.

• Ashland County (seat: Ashland) shares the bay and reaches east toward the Bad River and Penokee highlands.

• Iron County (seat: Hurley) touches Lake Superior at Saxon Harbor and runs south to the Montreal River border with Michigan.

Turning south from Lake Superior, you enter the Northwoods, a quilt of glacial lakes and pine marshes mapped with large, clean tiles.

Big pines and glacial lakes: Vilas to Lincoln

• Vilas County (seat: Eagle River) is known for its chain-of-lakes labels around Eagle River and Boulder Junction.

• Oneida County (seat: Rhinelander) shows Rhinelander near the Pelican River; US-51 passes lightly through Minocqua and Hazelhurst.

• Forest County (seat: Crandon) and Florence County (seat: Florence) hold the Menominee-headwater wilds on the Michigan line.

• Langlade County (seat: Antigo) sits south of Forest with potato country plains.

• Lincoln County (seat: Merrill) drops down to the Wisconsin River, where Merrill sits just above Wausau.

Center-north river counties: Price to Marathon

• Price County (seat: Phillips) and Taylor County (seat: Medford) spread across mixed forest and dairy openings; the map shows the Flambeau and Jump rivers for effortless orientation.

• Rusk County (seat: Ladysmith) and Sawyer County (seat: Hayward) are dotted with flowages and trail towns; Hayward stands out near the Namekagon.

• Barron County (seat: Barron) pivots around Rice Lake while Polk County (seat: Balsam Lake) touches the St. Croix line with Minnesota.

• Washburn County (seat: Shell Lake) sits between Barron and Sawyer; Shell Lake is the prominent round landmark.

• Marathon County (seat: Wausau) is the region's hub, centered on the river bends around Wausau and Rib Mountain; I-39/US-51 is a thin north-south spine.

Upper Wisconsin valley to Wolf and Oconto country

• Lincoln flows into Marathon, then Portage County (seat: Stevens Point) shows the Wisconsin River and a university town right on the channel.

• Wood County (seat: Wisconsin Rapids) fans out around paper-mill riverscapes; Marshfield is noted on the west side.

• Clark County (seat: Neillsville) and Chippewa County (seat: Chippewa Falls) carry dairy flats toward the Chippewa River, with Eau Claire County (seat: Eau Claire) just downstream.

• Pierce County (seat: Ellsworth) and St. Croix County (seat: Hudson) frame the St. Croix River crossings from Minnesota into the state.

• Pivoting east, Waupaca County (seat: Waupaca) is the Chain O' Lakes country feeding the Wolf River.

• Shawano County (seat: Shawano) stretches along Shawano Lake and the Wolf.

• Menominee County (seat: Keshena), a compact tile, marks sovereign Menominee Nation lands and forest.

• Oconto County (seat: Oconto) and Marinette County (seat: Marinette) step to the Bay of Green Bay and the Menominee River boundary with Michigan.

Green Bay and the Fox Cities

The Fox River Valley reads clearly because the river ribbon guides your eye from Lake Winnebago to the bay.

• Brown County (seat: Green Bay) places Green Bay at the river mouth; US-41 and I-43 only whisper in the background, so the county polygon remains crisp.

• Outagamie County (seat: Appleton) is upstream with Appleton, Kaukauna, and Fox locks towns highlighted.

• Winnebago County (seat: Oshkosh) wraps the western shore of Lake Winnebago, with Oshkosh and Neenah easily identifiable.

• Calumet County (seat: Chilton) covers Winnebago's east shorelines, tying the lake to the Kettle Moraine hills farther south.

Door Peninsula and lakeshore counties

• Door County (seat: Sturgeon Bay) reaches into Lake Michigan with the Door Peninsula; Sturgeon Bay's ship canal splits the landform in two on the map.

• Southward along the lake the map shows Kewaunee County (seat: Kewaunee), Manitowoc County (seat: Manitowoc), Sheboygan County (seat: Sheboygan), Ozaukee County (seat: Port Washington), Milwaukee County (seat: Milwaukee), Racine County (seat: Racine), and Kenosha County (seat: Kenosha). Each seat label sits right on the water or very near it, giving you a clean shoreline index.

Driftless Area, Capital Region, and Mississippi bluffs to the Illinois line

Driftless and Mississippi counties from Pierce to Grant

The southwest edge of the state lacks glacial smoothing, so its county tiles ride steep river bluffs and coulees.

• Pierce (Ellsworth) sits at the Mississippi–St. Croix meeting.

• Pepin (Durand), the state's smallest county, fronts the broad Lake Pepin reach.

• Buffalo (Alma), Trempealeau (Whitehall), La Crosse (La Crosse), Vernon (Viroqua), Crawford (Prairie du Chien), and Grant (Lancaster) trace south along the river. City labels like Onalaska, La Crosse, and Prairie du Chien are precisely placed on river terraces so you can read the floodplain at a glance.

Coulee uplands just east of the river

• Jackson County (seat: Black River Falls) centers on the Black River corridor.

• Monroe County (seat: Sparta), marked with Sparta and Tomah, shows the split of I-90 and I-94.

• Juneau County (seat: Mauston) stretches toward the Castle Rock and Petenwell flowages on the Wisconsin River.

• Richland County (seat: Richland Center) and Iowa County (seat: Dodgeville) climb into rolling hills where old lead routes once ran.

• Lafayette County (seat: Darlington) slips along the Illinois line, with Mineral Point highlighted just across in Iowa County.

The capital region and central lakes

• Dane County (seat: Madison) is centered on the Yahara lake chain; Madison sits between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona like a bar of land on the map. I-39/90/94 are there only as quiet orientation arcs.

• Columbia County (seat: Portage) carries the Portage between the Wisconsin and Fox watersheds.

• Sauk County (seat: Baraboo) marks the Baraboo Range and the Wisconsin Dells area.

• Green County (seat: Monroe) and Rock County (seat: Janesville) slope to the Sugar and Rock rivers, with Beloit labeled at the Illinois line.

• Dodge County (seat: Juneau) shows Beaver Dam Lake and marshlands; Jefferson County (seat: Jefferson) highlights Fort Atkinson and the Rock River bends toward Lake Koshkonong.

Kettle Moraine arc and Lake Michigan gateway

• Walworth County (seat: Elkhorn) and Waukesha County (seat: Waukesha) record the Kettle Moraine's knob-and-kettle topography with dotted lake labels like Geneva Lake and Pewaukee Lake.

• Washington County (seat: West Bend) and Ozaukee County (seat: Port Washington) bridge inland kettles to the lake cliffs.

• Milwaukee County (seat: Milwaukee) anchors the largest metro on the lakefront; the map keeps just enough freeway traces to orient without clutter.

• Racine (Racine) and Kenosha (Kenosha) step to the Illinois line, clearly inside the Chicago commuter shed.

Heart of Dairyland east of the Wisconsin River

• Marquette County (seat: Montello) and Green Lake County (seat: Green Lake) front spring-fed waters.

• Fond du Lac County (seat: Fond du Lac) points to the foot of Lake Winnebago.

• Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago, and Brown complete the Fox-Winnebago arc already traced in Part 1.

Complete county and seat index (northwest to southeast)

Douglas – Superior; Bayfield – Washburn; Ashland – Ashland; Iron – Hurley; Sawyer – Hayward; Washburn – Shell Lake; Burnett – Siren; Polk – Balsam Lake; Barron – Barron; Rusk – Ladysmith; Price – Phillips; Taylor – Medford; Chippewa – Chippewa Falls; Dunn – Menomonie; St. Croix – Hudson; Pierce – Ellsworth; Pepin – Durand; Buffalo – Alma; Trempealeau – Whitehall; Jackson – Black River Falls; La Crosse – La Crosse; Monroe – Sparta; Vernon – Viroqua; Crawford – Prairie du Chien; Grant – Lancaster; Richland – Richland Center; Iowa – Dodgeville; Lafayette – Darlington; Green – Monroe; Rock – Janesville; Sauk – Baraboo; Columbia – Portage; Dane – Madison; Dodge – Juneau; Jefferson – Jefferson; Walworth – Elkhorn; Waukesha – Waukesha; Washington – West Bend; Ozaukee – Port Washington; Milwaukee – Milwaukee; Racine – Racine; Kenosha – Kenosha; Clark – Neillsville; Marathon – Wausau; Wood – Wisconsin Rapids; Portage – Stevens Point; Waupaca – Waupaca; Waushara – Wautoma; Marquette – Montello; Green Lake – Green Lake; Fond du Lac – Fond du Lac; Winnebago – Oshkosh; Outagamie – Appleton; Calumet – Chilton; Brown – Green Bay; Oconto – Oconto; Marinette – Marinette; Florence – Florence; Forest – Crandon; Langlade – Antigo; Lincoln – Merrill; Oneida – Rhinelander; Vilas – Eagle River; Menominee – Keshena; Shawano – Shawano; Door – Sturgeon Bay; Kewaunee – Kewaunee; Manitowoc – Manitowoc; Sheboygan – Sheboygan.

Road-light snapshot to cross the state quickly

• I-94: from Hudson to Eau Claire, Tomah, Madison, Milwaukee, then to Illinois.

• I-90: La Crosse to Tomah to Rock County and Rockford, IL.

• I-39: Wausau to Stevens Point, Portage, Madison to Janesville.

• I-43: Green Bay through Sheboygan and Milwaukee to Beloit.

• US-2: Superior–Ashland–Hurley along Lake Superior.

• US-51: Minocqua–Rhinelander–Wausau–Portage.

• US-53: La Crosse–Eau Claire–Spooner–Superior. These light cues keep counties primary while ensuring travelers, residents, and students can follow the map effortlessly.

State in Brief

Wisconsin is one of the 50 US states. It is located in the north-central region of the United States. This state is encircled by two large lakes in the country and four other states. Four states are Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.

In this State, Milwaukee is the biggest city, while the capital city is Madison. Wisconsin has Lake Michigan on its east, Minnesota and Iowa on its west, Michigan, Lake Superior, and the Montreal River on its north, and Illinois on its south. The boundaries of Wisconsin can be observed in the above Wisconsin map.

About 46% of the area of this state is covered in forests. According to the 2000 census, there were 5,363,675 people in this state. In Wisconsin, about 50.6% of the residents are females, and the rest are males. People of different ethnic backgrounds live in the state. The English, Germans, Norwegians, Irish, and Poles are the main ethnic groups in this state.

The five largest cities in Wisconsin with a majority of its dwellers are Milwaukee, Green Bay, Kenosha, Madison, and Racine. Racine is the state capital of Wisconsin. Milwaukee contains about 3/4th of Wisconsin's African Americans.

Eastern Wisconsin.

The east end of Wisconsin is a blend of natural and commercial areas. Green Bay and Sheboygan are notable cities in this region with a unique mix of historical, cultural, and natural attractions. The important counties in this sector are Brown County and Sheboygan County, each having its own treasures.

Green Bay is the center of Brown County and, through this location, portrays a scenic landscape. It draws visitors together. Sheboygan, located in Sheboygan County, is a blend of contemporary urban development and historical richness that explains Wisconsin's geological and human history.

In the eastern region, you will find the cities of Manitowoc and Kohler, each with its own story to tell in Wisconsin. You'll find airy, rolling countryside, pristine rivers, and a smattering of Lake Michigan's salt in the counties contained in Eastern Wisconsin.

Western Wisconsin.

Moving westward brings us to the mighty Mississippi River and the eastern forests, which look even more magnificent than the paintings. Eau Claire County, Dunn County, and La Crosse County represent the beauty of Western Wisconsin counties. La Crosse and Eau Claire are growing rapidly, yet they still retain a lot of greenery and natural surroundings.

La Crosse is a city in the county seat of La Crosse County. In addition, the modern skyline is along the Mississippi River. Eau Claire is an industrial and cultural city in the county of Eau Claire.

Explore the western suburbs and small towns like Menomonie and Chippewa Falls. Each tells its own story through historic buildings, community spirit, and local legends. The western region of Wisconsin boasts an attractive view of the Mississippi Valley, offering a transition into endless riverside escapades.

Northern Wisconsin.

As you go further north, you will see serene lands and bustling cities. Vilas County, Oneida County, and Ashland County are great northern counties that are unique and beautiful in their own right.

Rhinelander, a city in Oneida County, is a historic and urban city with a charm that mingles with its green spaces. Moreover, the charming town of Ashland in Ashland County, Wisconsin, depicts the mining and lumbering history of the state with its vintage view.

Apart from these cities, the northern tier also has towns like Eagle River, Minocqua, and Hayward, which add to the social and cultural landscape. Wisconsin's northern border is with the state of Michigan. This part of the state shows a shift to an urban environment full of history.

Southern Wisconsin.

As you move south in Wisconsin, you enter a world full of stories. It offers rolling hills, green valleys, and a winding river. Dane County, Rock County, and Walworth County tell the southern tale, with each offering a tranquil vista amid a historic backdrop. Madison, WI, is located in Dane County. The streets of Madison speak of the complicated history of the state. Set in Rock County, Janesville is part industrial town and part leisure destination.

In the south, we have towns such as Beloit, Elkhorn, and Delavan, all of which have their own treasures of historic sites, community spirit, and natural wonders. The southern edge of Wisconsin, which hits the state of Illinois, marks the end of one geographical story and the beginning of another with equally beautiful landscapes.

Central Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's Heartland tells a tale of small cities, charming towns, and a rustic natural appeal. Counties like Wood County, Portage County, and Marathon County recount a rich history along with an easy-going pace of life.

Urban centers like Wisconsin Rapids and Stevens Point are active communities with important educational buildings and industrial activities. Wisconsin Rapids, the city of Wood County, expresses itself as a city that joins urban and rural life and modern and historic times.

Towns like Marshfield and Wausau, with their own charm, round out this centrally located area with a real community feel. The countryside story of Central Wisconsin is one of peaceful valleys, rolling hills, and rivers that wind through it – such as the Wisconsin River and Eau Claire River – finding peaceful flow into the Wisconsin River.

Conclusion.

The Detailed Map of Wisconsin is more than an image of Wisconsin. It is a trip through the beauties of this varied American state. From every city to every town and county, the map tells a unique story, making Wisconsin an exciting and multi-dimensional state.

The map encourages insight into historic landscapes, natural beauty, and cultural attractions across Wisconsin. Every line, color, and label on this map serves to provide visitors to the Badger State with an informative and engaging experience. It is hoped that this is a first step towards many more real adventures.