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Bear Lake Michigan Map

Explore Bear Lake, 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 Bear Lake, Michigan

How to Use This Bear Lake, Michigan Map

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

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	Bear Lake
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Manistee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	44.420835
Longitude	-86.148143
Population	342
Density	417.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	49614, 49646
Area Code	989
County Seat	Manistee
School District	Bear Lake School District

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About Bear Lake, Michigan

Bear Lake is a locality in Manistee County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 342. The population density is 417.9 people per km². Bear Lake is located at 44.4208°N, 86.1481°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Bear Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 49614, 49646.

Bear Lake emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of glacial memory and fertile soil, defined by its position three miles from the expansive waters of Gordon Lake. It lies 28.4 miles southwest of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 224°T), and is situated 15.0 miles northeast of Manistee. The terrain here holds a subtle, rhythmic quality, characterized by woodlots and open fields that transition toward the distant horizon where the outlines of Buck Hills rise against the sky. Sunlight filters through the canopy of the North Woods, casting long, splintered shadows across the earth as the day wanes. The air carries a crisp, terrestrial clarity, untainted by the movement of any distant currents, grounding the environment in the stillness of the interior. Within the immediate vicinity, Hopkins Park serves as a silent anchor for the local flora, preserving a pocket of the wild that feels both ancient and persistent.

Little Bear Creek carves a narrow, meandering path through the terrain just two miles away, acting as a small but vital artery for the regional landscape. Bear Lake persists as a locus of quiet industry, where the legacy of agricultural stewardship remains evident in the orderly rows of nearby orchards that define the seasonal cycle. The pace of life here adheres to the slow turning of the calendar, mirroring the transition from the deep, still cold of the winter months to the sudden, vibrant bloom of the fruit trees. Residents move through the day with a deliberate composure, their lives shaped by the demands of the land and the modest, steady rhythm of the local economy. It is a place where the history of the region is not merely recalled, but lived in the maintenance of the fields and the seasonal care given to the timbered outskirts.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hopkins Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 001° N
County Highlands Golf Course (Park) — 0.5 mi, 181° S
Village Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 216° SW
MNRTF Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 067° NE
Manistee, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.3 mi, 176° S · 8,921 acres
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 8.5 mi, 182° S · 539k acres
Bear Creek, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.8 mi, 168° S · 1,894 acres
Manistee River State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 191° S
Stockade Labyrinth (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 044° NE
Orchard Beach State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 220° SW
Benzie Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 009° N
The Vogue Theatre (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 216° SW
Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 000° N
Ramsdell Theatre Opera House (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 216° SW
Our Savior's Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 215° SW
City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 347° N
Marquette's Death (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 342° N
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 16.8 mi, 009° N · 127k acres
Slagle Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 117° SE
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.3 mi, 001° N · 32k acres
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 20.7 mi, 356° N
Corson Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.7 mi, 052° NE
Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.2 mi, 049° NE
Big Sable Point Lighthouse (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 216° SW
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 055° NE
Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 053° NE
World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 050° NE
The Cistern (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 047° NE
Laughing Fish Gallery and Art Café (Gallery) — 34.0 mi, 047° NE
Miller Hill School (Historic Ruins) — 34.1 mi, 019° N

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