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Ahmeek Michigan Map

Explore Ahmeek, Michigan, 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 Ahmeek, Michigan

How to Use This Ahmeek, Michigan Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ahmeek, Michigan. 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 Michigan 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 Ahmeek.

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.

CityAhmeek
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyKeweenaw County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude47.298812
Longitude-88.396501
Population127
Density721.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code49901
Area Code906
County SeatEagle River
School DistrictCalumet Public Schools

About Ahmeek, Michigan

Ahmeek is a locality in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 721.1 people per km². Ahmeek is located at 47.2988°N, 88.3965°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Ahmeek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49901.

Ahmeek occupies a quiet stretch of the Keweenaw Peninsula, where the air holds the sharp, clean scent of pine and the persistent, cooling influence of Lake Superior. It lies 70.4 miles northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 318°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west-northwest of Traverse. The terrain is defined by rugged, forested ridges that rise and fall with an ancient, tectonic stillness, punctuated by the clear, narrow passage of Fulton Creek as it winds through the undergrowth just a mile away. To the south, the distant silhouette of Mount Horace Greeley breaks the horizon, a solitary guardian over the dense, verdant woodlands that define the regional character. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic violet, casting long shadows across the uneven ground and lending the landscape a heavy, contemplative gravity that feels removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Mining-camp ghosts linger in the architecture of Ahmeek, whispering of a time when the earth was hollowed out for the copper veins that once drove the local economy. The structures that remain stand as weathered witnesses to the industrial ambition that brought settlers to this harsh, beautiful frontier, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that persists in the slow, deliberate rhythm of current life. Residents often find respite in the simple, unadorned space of City of Copper Park, a quiet refuge that maintains a connection to the natural world just beyond the residential lots. The heritage of the region remains etched in the stoic faces of the buildings and the deep, silent woods, where the history of extraction has long since faded into a quiet, enduring harmony with the northern climate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • City of Copper Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 170° S
  • Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 211° SW
  • WPA Stone Boat (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 209° SW
  • Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 198° S
  • Dore Woods (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 332° NW
  • Black Creek (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 295° NW
  • Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 354° N
  • Gratiot River County Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 331° NW
  • Ruth Ann Miller Memorial (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 229° SW
  • Keweenaw Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.3 mi, 332° NW
  • Calumet Theatre (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 217° SW
  • Alexander Agassiz Memorial (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 212° SW
  • Float Copper (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 212° SW
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 046° NE
  • Old Homestead (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 230° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 183° S
  • Houghton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 186° S
  • Eagle River Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 031° NE
  • McLain State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 246° SW
  • Central School Site (Historic Ruins) — 11.9 mi, 050° NE
  • Powder House Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 050° NE
  • Quincy Mine (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 217° SW
  • Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 14.4 mi, 213° SW · 1.1M acres
  • Keweenaw Waterway Lookout (Viewpoint) — 14.5 mi, 217° SW
  • The Miner (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 212° SW
  • Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 213° SW
  • Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 217° SW
  • Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 209° SW
  • Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 27.8 mi, 143° SE
  • Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 38.5 mi, 196° S · 995k acres

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About This Ahmeek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ahmeek, Michigan. Coordinates: 47.298812, -88.396501. 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 Ahmeek includes the ZIP code (49901), telephone area code (906), county seat of Keweenaw County (Eagle River), and school district assignment (Calumet Public Schools).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.