Explore Augusta, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Augusta, 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 Augusta.
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 | Augusta |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Kalamazoo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.336429 |
| Longitude | -85.352222 |
| Population | 864 |
| Density | 324.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49012 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| County Seat | Kalamazoo |
| School District | Galesburg-Augusta Community School District |
Augusta emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of water and earth, defined by the steady, persistent movement of Augusta Creek as it carves through the local terrain. It lies 7.4 miles west-southwest of Bedford, MI (from Bedford, MI: bearing 236°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west of Battle Creek. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and deciduous leaves, a terrestrial atmosphere far removed from any maritime influence, anchored instead by the expansive, quiet presence of the W K Kellogg Experimental Forest only two miles away. To the north, the horizon is punctuated by the distant, muted silhouette of Walnut Ridge, providing a permanent backdrop to the fields that stretch toward the horizon. Within the village limits, the gentle expanse of Mckay Memorial Park offers a pause in the landscape, while the nearby waters of Pond Lily Lake reflect the shifting colors of a Midwestern sky, turning from a pale, translucent silver at dawn to a deep, bruised indigo as the evening settles.
Augusta retains the character of a place built upon the rhythms of the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the productivity of the surrounding soil and the legacy of agricultural innovation. The history of the area is written in the sturdy architecture of its older structures and the deliberate pace of its streets, which prioritize the daily habits of those who live and work here over the frantic speed of modern industry. Life in Augusta moves with a measured cadence, influenced by the changing seasons that transform the nearby woods and the clear, cold flow of the creek. It is a place where the stillness of the afternoon is often marked only by the rustle of wind through the canopy or the distant, rhythmic sound of a life lived close to the earth, grounded in the enduring quiet of the inland plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Augusta, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.336429, -85.352222. 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 Augusta includes the ZIP code (49012), telephone area code (269), county seat of Kalamazoo County (Kalamazoo), and school district assignment (Galesburg-Augusta Community 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. |