Wisconsin Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Wisconsin for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 4 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 5 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Choose your version
Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Wisconsin map
Every picture sits at its real location in Wisconsin, with a one-line fact beside it. Madison, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Apostle Islands: Waves carved beautiful red sandstone sea caves.
- Wisconsin River: It is the longest river in Wisconsin.
- Timms Hill: At 1,951 feet, this is the state’s highest point.
- Cave of the Mounds: This limestone cave has colorful rock formations.
- Peshtigo Fire Cemetery: Deadliest forest fire in US history.
- Little House Wayside: Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was born here in 1867.
- Circus World Museum: The Ringling Brothers started their circus here.
- Door County Lighthouses: Historic towers guide ships through Death’s Door.
What Wisconsin makes and grows
- Cranberry Marshes: Wisconsin grows over half of the nation’s crop.
- Dairy Farming: Wisconsin produces the most cheese in the US.
- Gogebic Iron Range: Miners dug deep underground for rich iron ore.
- Chippewa Valley Logging: Eau Claire was once a major lumber milling town.
State symbols
- Sugar Maple: Its sweet sap is boiled to make maple syrup.
- American Robin: This orange-breasted bird lays bright blue eggs.
- Wood Violet: This purple flower blooms in damp woodlands.
- American Badger: Its front claws can be two inches long.
Wisconsin key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Badger State
- Capital
- Madison
- Largest city
- Milwaukee
- Became a state
- May 29, 1848 (30th)
- State bird
- American robin
- State flower
- Wood violet
- State tree
- Sugar maple
- Motto
- Forward
Cities shown
- Madison (capital)
- Milwaukee
- Green Bay
- Eau Claire
- La Crosse
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.