Explore Bellaire, 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 Bellaire, 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 Bellaire.
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 | Bellaire |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Antrim County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 44.96995 |
| Longitude | -85.205033 |
| Population | 1,053 |
| Density | 217.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49615 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| County Seat | Bellaire |
| School District | Bellaire Public Schools |
Bellaire occupies a low-slung basin where the landscape hums with the steady, insistent movement of the Intermediate River, which bisects the terrain with a cold, clear clarity. It lies 25.0 miles northeast of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 53°T), and is situated 16.0 miles east-northeast of Peninsula Township. The air here holds the damp, pine-scented weight of a region long shaped by glacial retreat, marked by the presence of Dingle Hill rising in the distance to break the horizon’s flat, forested line. Just a mile away, the surface of Lake Bellaire catches the afternoon light, shifting through shades of slate and deep indigo as the shadows lengthen across the surrounding timber. Within the village limits, Richardi Park provides a quiet, green anchor where the land meets the water, offering a place to watch the slow, seasonal turn of the northern woods.
Bellaire carries the quiet gravity of a place that grew from the timber trade, its streets lined with brick facades that speak to a history of industry and regional commerce. The local economy persists as a blend of seasonal tourism and the steady, quiet work of those who manage the orchards and woodlands, keeping the pace of life tethered to the harvest and the thaw. There is a particular stillness in the winters, where the snow muffles the sound of the river and the town retreats into a focused, interior warmth. Visitors often find that Bellaire rewards a lingering gaze, revealing a character defined not by grand gestures, but by the persistent, honest architecture of a life lived close to the water and the timber.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bellaire, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.96995, -85.205033. 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 Bellaire includes the ZIP code (49615), telephone area code (989), county seat of Antrim County (Bellaire), and school district assignment (Bellaire Public Schools).
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. |