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Bentley Michigan Map

Explore Bentley, 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 Bentley, Michigan

How to Use This Bentley, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.948077
Longitude	-84.13444
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	48613
Area Code	586
County Seat	Bay City

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About Bentley, Michigan

Bentley is a locality in Bay County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Bentley is located at 43.9481°N, 84.1344°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48613.

Bentley occupies a flat, expansive stretch of Michigan terrain where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the low-hanging clouds of a late autumn afternoon. It lies 23.7 miles north-northeast of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 14°T), and is situated 17.6 miles east of Gladwin. Saganing Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape just a mile away, its dark waters reflecting the skeletal silhouettes of dormant trees that define the local periphery. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land yields to dense patches of woodland that echo the character of the Tittabawassee River State Forest, located twenty miles to the west, while the distant, hazy rise of Kuhn Hill offers the only significant interruption to an otherwise level vista. During the golden hour, the light settles over the fields in a heavy, amber wash, turning the dry grasses into a shimmering field of copper that makes the simple, open geometry of the earth feel momentarily profound.

Bentley maintains a pace of life dictated by the seasonal requirements of the soil and the quiet endurance of those who work it. Gibson Township Park serves as the primary communal anchor, providing a space where the stillness of the rural environment is punctuated only by the occasional passage of a vehicle or the low whistle of wind across the plains. History here is found in the slow accumulation of agricultural labor, a tradition that persists even as the economy shifts and modernizes around the edges of the township. Locals often venture toward the Center Fireline Trail for a walk through the brush, or travel the ten miles to Smallwood Lake when the summer heat demands the cooling presence of water. Life in Bentley moves with the measured, deliberate consistency of a clock that has long since stopped worrying about the frantic ticking of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Molasses River Flooding No.3 State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 286° W
Timbertrails Conservation Club (Park) — 2.2 mi, 314° NW
Bentley Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 328° NW
Pine Ridge Lodge (Private Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 007° N
Township of Adams Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 045° NE
Mt. Forest Township Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 170° S
Briggs & Cox Memorial (Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 223° SW
Hugo Land Club (Park) — 6.9 mi, 360° N
Pontoon Alley (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 234° SW
Gladwin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 281° W
Larkin Baseball Memorial (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 194° S
Bay City Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 150° SE
Wooden Jump (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 197° S
Lumber Jack statue (Public Artwork) — 21.3 mi, 348° N
Arenac County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 073° E
Snake Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.1 mi, 195° S
Frank Sabastian Smith House (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 348° N
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 195° S
Bay City Cinemas (Cinema) — 25.2 mi, 151° SE
World Friendship Shell (Theatre) — 27.0 mi, 153° SE
Van Buren Street Theatre (Theatre) — 27.4 mi, 152° SE
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 29.1 mi, 341° N · 13k acres
Clare County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 262° W
Ramp Jumps (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 355° N
Observation Tower (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 011° N
Clare Depot (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 254° W
Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 34.6 mi, 013° N · 436k acres
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.7 mi, 174° S · 20k acres
Hemlock Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 187° S
McGuirk Arena (Stadium) — 40.7 mi, 232° SW

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