Enter your search query in the box below.

Akron Michigan Map

Explore Akron, 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 Akron, Michigan

How to Use This Akron, Michigan Map

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

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	Akron
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Tuscola County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	43.568076
Longitude	-83.514126
Population	349
Density	143.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	48701
Area Code	586
County Seat	Caro
School District	Akron-Fairgrove Schools

🌦 Goto Akron Weather Page: Akron, Michigan — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Akron, Michigan

Akron is a locality in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 349. The population density is 143.0 people per km². Akron is located at 43.5681°N, 83.5141°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Akron is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 48701.

Akron occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Thumb region where the sky seems to claim more than its fair share of the horizon. It lies 18.8 miles east of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 95°T), and is situated 7.9 miles northwest of Caro. The landscape unfolds as a series of vast, fertile plains, punctuated by the quiet persistence of agricultural fields that turn from deep, earthen brown to a brilliant, sun-bleached gold with the seasons. A few miles to the east, the presence of Lake Huron exerts a subtle, cooling influence on the air, though the immediate terrain remains defined by the straight lines of rural roads and the steady, low-slung profile of the land. At the center of this quiet expanse lies Village Park, a modest green space that serves as a communal anchor, offering a patch of managed shade where the light at dusk filters through the leaves in long, amber needles. Nearby, the Wiscoggin Drain cuts a patient, unassuming path through the soil, its slow movement a reminder of the quiet, deliberate pace at which the water shapes the topography of this inland territory.

Akron emerged from the nineteenth-century ambition to harness the productivity of the Michigan soil, evolving into a small center defined by the rhythms of harvest and the persistence of its residents. The local economy remains deeply tethered to the land, with the work of farmers and the seasonal cycles of planting and yield dictating the tempo of daily life. There is a distinctive, unvarnished honesty to the way the days pass here, marked by the mechanical hum of equipment or the silence of a town turning inward as the evening cools. While the world beyond might clamor with noise, the character of Akron is found in the steady maintenance of its homes and the quiet continuity of its people, who recognize that their history is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the fields and the reliable, unchanging nature of their daily toil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 252° W
Almer Township State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 124° SE
Gateway Sportsman's Club (Park) — 5.9 mi, 001° N
Gilford Township Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 230° SW
Fish Point State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 343° N
Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 8.1 mi, 133° SE
Private Golf Course (Park) — 8.8 mi, 130° SE
Van Buren Street Theatre (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 276° W
World Friendship Shell (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 277° W
Veterans Park War Memorial (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 276° W
Vietnam Veterans Monument (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 276° W
Bay City Cinemas (Cinema) — 19.3 mi, 283° W
Chippewa Indian Memorial (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 213° SW
Ultimate Mirror Maze (Theme Park) — 20.4 mi, 214° SW
Silent Night Chapel (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 212° SW
Pigeon Historical Society (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 034° NE
I Love Svsu (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 260° W
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 229° SW · 20k acres
Sanilac Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 076° E
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 211° SW · 539k acres

Latest News: Akron

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News