Explore Azalia, 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 Azalia, 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 Azalia.
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 | Azalia |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Monroe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.018933 |
| Longitude | -83.665771 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 48159, 48110 |
| Area Code | 313 |
| County Seat | Monroe |
Azalia emerges from the flat, fertile plains of southeastern Michigan where the landscape is defined by the steady, unassuming passage of the North Branch Macon Creek. It lies 15.5 miles west-northwest of Monroe, MI (from Monroe, MI: bearing 297°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south of Milan. The earth here is heavy and dark, a soil composition that dictates the rhythm of the seasons, turning from the deep, frozen brown of winter to the vibrant, insistent greens of spring planting. Sunlight in Azalia possesses a particular clarity, unobstructed by the high ridges of the Irish Hills that sit far to the west, casting a pale, golden glow over the fields as the day wanes. While the horizon remains broad and open, the presence of the water provides a constant, quiet geometry, guiding the eye across the expanse toward the distant, wooded clusters that break the monotony of the agrarian grid.
History in Azalia is written in the geometry of fence lines and the modest foundations of structures that have weathered the cycles of regional agriculture. The economy remains tethered to the land, reflecting a legacy of cultivation that persists despite the shifting tides of modern industry. Residents find their recreation in the quiet corners of the landscape, occasionally venturing toward the Maybee Sportsman Club for outdoor pursuits, or perhaps looking toward the reflective surface of Ella Lee Lake when the pace of the work week finally relents. Life in Azalia moves with an internal, calibrated momentum, indifferent to the clamor of larger metropolitan centers, favoring instead the steady, reliable patterns of a place that understands the value of a long, uninterrupted view.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Azalia, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.018933, -83.665771. 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 Azalia includes the ZIP code (48159, 48110), telephone area code (313), county seat of Monroe County (Monroe), and school district assignment.
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. |