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Bannister Michigan Map

Explore Bannister, 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 Bannister, Michigan

How to Use This Bannister, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.132529
Longitude	-84.421652
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	48807
Area Code	517
County Seat	Ithaca

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About Bannister, Michigan

Bannister is a locality in Gratiot County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Bannister is located at 43.1325°N, 84.4217°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48807.

Bannister occupies a stretch of fertile lowland where the Maple River carves a slow, deliberate path through the heavy, dark soil of mid-Michigan. It lies 15.5 miles northwest of Owosso, MI (from Owosso, MI: bearing 307°T), and is situated 11.4 miles northeast of Saint Johns. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, modest rise of Bradshaw Hill to the north and the occasional thicket of hardwoods that break the monotony of the surrounding fields. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the open expanses into a patchwork of deep amber and muted green that seems to hold the heat long after the shadows lengthen. While the moisture from the riverbed sustains the lush vegetation, the landscape maintains a stark, honest geometry defined by the long, straight lines of rural roads that bisect the flat terrain.

Bannister grew from the steady labor of those who recognized the value in this quiet corner of the state, building an economy tied fundamentally to the seasonal rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of the land. The local character is tempered by a sense of self-reliance, with the Ashley Sportsmen Club serving as a focal point for those who favor the solitude of the woods and the tradition of the hunt. Life in Bannister moves with the unhurried cadence of the changing seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the industrial centers, yet connected to the broader region by the persistent, winding course of the Maple River. Even the proximity of Lake Ovid, thirteen miles distant, serves merely as a quiet reminder of the water that shapes this interior basin, where the stillness of the afternoon is often punctuated only by the distant mechanical hum of a tractor or the sharp call of a hawk circling above the fallow ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ashley Sportsmen Club (Park) — 2.5 mi, 028° NE
Elsie Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 157° SE
Maple River State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 286° W
Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 019° N
Land (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 357° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 324° NW
Rochester Colony Historical Marker (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 196° S
Uncle John's Cider Mill (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 259° W
Emerald Golf Course (Park) — 7.3 mi, 260° W
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 321° NW
Clinton Northern Railway Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 218° SW
Paine-Gillam-Scott House (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 217° SW
Clinton County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 217° SW
4H Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 11.9 mi, 218° SW
Sleepy Hollow State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 180° S
Lebowsky Center (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 126° SE
NCG Owosso Cinemas (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 126° SE
Dr Drake Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 352° N
Tony's Chicken Statue (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 333° NW
Bath School Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 183° S
Hemlock Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 026° NE
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 049° NE · 20k acres
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 25.2 mi, 176° S
Stage One Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 26.2 mi, 191° S
Michigan Millers Fire Engine (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 190° S
MICA Gallery (Gallery) — 27.4 mi, 194° S
Old Town (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 194° S
The Gallery in Old Town (Gallery) — 27.4 mi, 194° S
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 27.8 mi, 091° E · 539k acres
Seven Lakes State Park (State Park) — 43.2 mi, 121° SE

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