Explore Cass City, 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 Cass City, 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 Cass City.
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 | Cass City |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Tuscola County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.600852 |
| Longitude | -83.174669 |
| Population | 2,494 |
| Density | 545.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 48726 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| County Seat | Caro |
| School District | Cass City Public Schools |
Cass City rises from the flat, fertile expanse of the Thumb, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims an immense, unbroken portion of the view. It lies 35.7 miles east of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 89°T), and is situated 13.5 miles northeast of Caro. The land here is defined by a rigorous, geometric order of crop rows and wind-swept fields that hold the amber light of dusk with a quiet, persistent intensity. Only a mile away, the Center Drain quietly bisects the dark loam, providing a modest artery for the runoff that sustains the surrounding agriculture, while the deeper stillness of Shaws Lake waits just four miles beyond the edge of town. At the center of the village, City of Cass Park offers a green refuge where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and the rhythmic rustle of leaves, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.
Cass City maintains a character forged in the steady labor of the soil and the methodical pace of a rural hub. While the distant, uneven terrain of South Branch Ingles Draw marks the periphery of the region's topography, the local economy remains tethered to the seasonal pulse of harvest and the commerce of the plains. Generations have navigated the transition from the early timber-clearing days to the present-day reliance on industrial manufacturing and regional trade, creating a community defined by its resilience and a lack of pretense. The architecture of the storefronts and the modest dwellings speak to a legacy of utility, where the primary concern has always been the endurance of the seasons and the maintenance of a reliable, predictable life. Here, the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow rotation of the crops and the steady, unadorned work of those who call Cass City home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cass City, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.600852, -83.174669. 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 Cass City includes the ZIP code (48726), telephone area code (586), county seat of Tuscola County (Caro), and school district assignment (Cass City 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. |