Explore Burt, 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 Burt, 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 Burt.
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 | Burt |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Saginaw County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.236693 |
| Longitude | -83.906357 |
| Population | 1,194 |
| Density | 76.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 48417, 48457 |
| Area Code | 248 |
| County Seat | Saginaw |
| School District | Birch Run Area School District |
Burt occupies a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a pale, expansive sky. It lies 12.8 miles south of Saginaw, MI (from Saginaw, MI: bearing 170°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Bridgeport. The landscape surrounding Burt consists primarily of expansive agricultural fields, interrupted occasionally by dense, stubborn patches of deciduous woodland that turn a deep, burnished copper in the autumn. Two miles to the west, the Flint River carves a sluggish, meandering path through the loamy soil, its banks lined with willow and dense brush that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed high. Nine miles away, the waters of Crystal Bayou provide a still, reflective surface that anchors the local topography, offering a silent contrast to the rhythmic mechanical hum of seasonal planting and harvest that dictates the cadence of the day.
Burt remains deeply tethered to its heritage as a functional crossroads, reflecting a history defined by the steady, industrious pulse of rail lines and regional transit. While the local economy retains a modest, utilitarian character, the presence of the Saginaw Sportsman's Club five miles away highlights a regional commitment to the preservation of the surrounding woods and fields for outdoor pursuits. The air in Burt often carries the scent of turned earth and drying corn stalks, a sensory reminder of the agrarian cycles that have sustained the locality for generations. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, favoring the quiet reliability of rural work and the enduring connection between the residents and the open, uncomplicated terrain they occupy.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burt, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.236693, -83.906357. 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 Burt includes the ZIP code (48417, 48457), telephone area code (248), county seat of Saginaw County (Saginaw), and school district assignment (Birch Run Area School District).
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. |