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Aura Michigan Map

Explore Aura, 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 Aura, Michigan

How to Use This Aura, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	46.862707
Longitude	-88.318737
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49946
Area Code	906
County Seat	L'Anse

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About Aura, Michigan

Aura is a locality in Baraga County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Aura is located at 46.8627°N, 88.3187°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49946.

Aura remains a quiet intersection of dense forest and open sky, held firmly within the rugged expanse of the Upper Peninsula. It lies 49.0 miles west-northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 297°T), and is situated 9.7 miles northeast of LAnse. The landscape around Aura consists of deep woods and shadowed ravines that catch the low, slanted light of the afternoon, turning the pine needles into a carpet of copper. To the north, the massive, dark expanse of Lake Superior exerts a cooling influence on the air, keeping the transition of seasons sharp and deliberate. The terrain is broken by the gentle, persistent flow of the Slate River, which carves a path through the earth just three miles away, eventually feeding the cold, white rush of Slate River Falls. In the distance, the jagged silhouettes of the Huron Mountains form a permanent, hazy boundary against the horizon, grounding the view in a sense of ancient, unmoving scale.

Aura carries the quiet weight of a place built by hands that understood the endurance required by the North Woods. The local economy has long been tied to the rhythm of the soil and the timber, reflecting a history of settlers who turned the wilderness into small, self-sustaining clearings. Life in Aura moves at the pace of the seasons, where the work of the day is measured by the length of the shadows and the preparation for the coming frost. Residents often spend their leisure time wandering the trails near Second Sand Beach Park, finding a stark, solitary beauty in the quiet edges of the landscape. There is little artifice here; the character of Aura is defined by the sturdy, practical nature of those who choose to remain, watching the seasons cycle through the trees and across the riverbanks with a steady, watchful patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Second Sand Beach Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 258° W
Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 258° W
Slate River Forest Reserve (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 166° S
Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 287° W
Baraga County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 232° SW
Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.4 mi, 075° E
Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 320° NW
Sturgeon, Michigan (Ottawa) Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.4 mi, 169° S · 9,455 acres
Sturgeon, Michigan (Ottawa Nf) Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.6 mi, 244° SW · 7,194 acres
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 15.8 mi, 128° SE · 995k acres
Mccormick Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.8 mi, 128° SE · 17k acres
Alberta Village Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 207° SW
Craig Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 161° S
Skills Zone (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 332° NW
Bayside Bike Park (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 332° NW
Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 327° NW
Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 329° NW
Copper Range Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 313° NW
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 21.0 mi, 322° NW
The Miner (Public Artwork) — 21.2 mi, 327° NW
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 21.3 mi, 328° NW · 1.1M acres
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 327° NW
Quincy Smelter (Historic Ruins) — 21.5 mi, 328° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 326° NW
Hubbell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 346° N
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 22.2 mi, 325° NW
Keweenaw Waterway Lookout (Viewpoint) — 22.3 mi, 326° NW
Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 328° NW
Quincy Mine Tours (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 328° NW
Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.2 mi, 223° SW · 17k acres

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