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Boon Michigan Map

Explore Boon, 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 Boon, Michigan

How to Use This Boon, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	44.289728
Longitude	-85.602004
Population	90
Density	41.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49618
Area Code	989
County Seat	Cadillac
School District	Cadillac Area Public Schools

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About Boon, Michigan

Boon is a locality in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 90. The population density is 41.4 people per km². Boon is located at 44.2897°N, 85.6020°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49618.

Boon emerges from the northern landscape as a quiet junction where the dense, tangled reaches of the Manistee National Forest dictate the pace of the day. It lies 10.3 miles west-northwest of Cadillac, MI (from Cadillac, MI: bearing 285°T), and is situated 32.7 miles south of Traverse City. The ground here holds a persistent, sandy temperament, marked by the steady, unyielding presence of timbered stands that transition into the soft, elevated rise of Briar Hill on the horizon. Within this expanse, the air carries a crisp, pine-scented sharpness, especially as the late afternoon light flattens against the earth, turning the pervasive gray of the bark into a deep, muted silver. Three miles to the west, the waters of Woodward Lake and the low, winding path of Perkins Creek provide the only significant breaks in the terrain, their edges softened by the encroaching shadows of the surrounding woods.

Boon maintains a character forged by the remnants of a legacy rooted in the timber industry, a history that lingers in the quietude of its roads and the slow, deliberate rhythm of its inhabitants. Though the bustling sawmills of the past have long since yielded to the quietude of the forest, the economy remains tethered to the land, supported by those who navigate the nearby Caberfae Way Snowmobile Trail when the winter frost hardens the soil. The life of Boon is defined by these seasonal shifts, a cycle where the isolation of the woods acts as a buffer against the urgency of the outside world. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the way the light tilts across the pines and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a place that understands its own solitude.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 250° W · 539k acres
Bunker Hill Golf Course (Park) — 2.4 mi, 080° E
Caberfae Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 259° W
Mitchell State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 102° E
Cadillac Country Club (Park) — 7.5 mi, 124° SE
Cadillac State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 028° NE
Lower Peninsula Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 7.9 mi, 236° SW
Adventure Island (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 114° SE
White Pine Trail State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 129° SE
KISS Monument (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 106° E
Wexford County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 105° E
Cadillac 5 Theater (Cinema) — 10.4 mi, 106° E
Pine, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.6 mi, 208° SW · 5,384 acres
Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 138° SE
Manton Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 049° NE
Manistee, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.8 mi, 265° W · 8,921 acres
LeRoy Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 157° SE
Kingsley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 009° N
Fife Lake Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 032° NE
Northrup Grave (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 018° N
"two Bears" (Public Artwork) — 25.0 mi, 341° N
Corson Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 341° N
Harvey Theatre (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 341° N
Marion Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 120° SE
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 357° N
Idlewild Historical and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 27.7 mi, 198° S
Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.4 mi, 350° N
Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 358° N
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 34.3 mi, 319° NW · 127k acres
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 37.8 mi, 324° NW · 32k acres

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