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Cedar Michigan Map

Explore Cedar, 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 Cedar, Michigan

How to Use This Cedar, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	44.847777
Longitude	-85.79564
Population	102
Density	218.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49621
Area Code	989
County Seat	Suttons Bay Township
School District	Glen Lake Community Schools

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About Cedar, Michigan

Cedar is a locality in Leelanau County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 218.8 people per km². Cedar is located at 44.8478°N, 85.7956°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49621.

Cedar emerges from the quiet intersection of rolling agricultural fields and the persistent, low-slung horizon of the Leelanau Peninsula. It lies 9.5 miles north-northwest of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 345°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-northwest of Elmwood Township. The landscape around Cedar is defined by the steady, unassuming flow of Victoria Creek, which cuts through the earth with a patience that mirrors the slow rotation of the seasons. To the east, the surface of Lake Leelanau catches the late afternoon light, turning a deep, bruised violet as the sun retreats behind the distant, shadowed rise of Fouch Hill. The air here holds a distinct crispness, a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the barns and the long, orderly rows of orchards that define the local topography.

Cedar carries the quiet weight of its Polish heritage, a legacy that persists in the deliberate, slow-turning pace of its daily commerce and the enduring character of its storefronts. The economy remains tethered to the land, where the harvest of cherries and apples dictates the rhythm of the year, a cycle that feels as ancient as the soil itself. Children play at the Solon Township Playground Park, their voices carrying over the open ground, grounding the present moment in the simple, repetitive movements of a small, inland life. Far from the chaotic reach of urban industry, the people of Cedar maintain a focus on the immediate—the maintenance of their fences, the health of their crops, and the preservation of a way of life that values the stillness of the interior over the noise of the world beyond.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Solon Township Playground Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 073° E
Solon Township River Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 037° NE
Cedar River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 086° E
Cedar River Preserve CR Creek Addition (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 121° SE
Ansorge Solon Swamp (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 112° E
Sugarloaf Resort Golf Course (Park) — 4.1 mi, 354° N
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 5.6 mi, 355° N · 127k acres
Mebert Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 047° NE
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.9 mi, 347° N · 32k acres
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 6.8 mi, 349° N
Miller Hill School (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 294° NW
MNRTF Parcel 32 (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 221° SW
Cherry Lane Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 137° SE
The Cistern (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 132° SE
Laughing Fish Gallery and Art Café (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 130° SE
Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 129° SE
Lake Michigan Stonehenge (Historic Ruins) — 10.0 mi, 121° SE
Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 133° SE
Time to Let Go (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 124° SE
Lars Hockstad Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 126° SE
Larry Cole Hardy (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 123° SE
The Alluvion (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 125° SE
Bayside Gallery (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 039° NE
The Bay (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 038° NE
World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 133° SE
Brenda Clark Gallery (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 038° NE
Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.6 mi, 155° SE
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 12.3 mi, 154° SE · 539k acres
Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 139° SE
45th Parallel (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 037° NE

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