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Chassell Michigan Map

Explore Chassell, 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 Chassell, Michigan

How to Use This Chassell, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	47.028262
Longitude	-88.525124
Population	876
Density	93.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49916
Area Code	906
County Seat	Houghton
School District	Chassell Township School District

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About Chassell, Michigan

Chassell is a locality in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 876. The population density is 93.6 people per km². Chassell is located at 47.0283°N, 88.5251°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49916.

Chassell marks the point where the Pike River surrenders its currents to the quiet, expansive reach of Portage Lake. It lies 63.1 miles west-northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 302°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-southeast of Houghton. The landscape carries the hushed weight of the North Woods, where the air holds a sharp, resinous clarity that signals the approach of the great inland sea of Lake Superior to the north. To the west, the distant, muted silhouette of the South Range anchors the horizon, providing a tectonic spine to the surrounding wilderness. At the water’s edge, Chassell Township Park offers a threshold between the rooted earth and the fluid expanse of the lake, where the light at dusk turns the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter, reflecting the cooling sky.

Chassell grew from the industry of the timber era, when the rhythmic bite of the saw and the movement of logs across the water defined the local pulse. This heritage remains etched in the shoreline, where the remnants of a vanished industrial scale have softened into a quiet, residential pace. While the economy has shifted from the labor of the mills to a more singular, seasonal rhythm, the legacy of that era informs the character of the place, favoring a stoic endurance over frantic growth. Life here moves in concert with the shifting seasons, from the deep, insulating silence of winter snows to the fleeting intensity of summer, when the proximity to the water draws the eye toward the horizon and the steady, unhurried persistence of the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chassell Township Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 118° SE
Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 345° N
Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 047° NE
Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 081° E
Roaring Camp (Private Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 309° NW
Township of Portage Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 306° NW
Bootjack Hunting Club (Park) — 2.8 mi, 078° E
Pilgrim Community Forest (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 331° NW
Portage Lake Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 359° N
Michigan Tech Trails And Nara Nature Park (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 348° N
Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 347° N
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 6.1 mi, 328° NW
Copper Range Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 298° NW
Skills Zone (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 003° N
Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 350° N
Bayside Bike Park (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 003° N
The Miner (Public Artwork) — 6.7 mi, 345° N
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 6.7 mi, 345° N · 1.1M acres
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 343° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 340° N
Quincy Smelter (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 345° N
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 337° NW
Keweenaw Waterway Lookout (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 339° N
Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic (Historic Ruins) — 7.8 mi, 344° N
Quincy Mine (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 343° N
Creekside Bike Park (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 330° NW
Hubbell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 024° NE
Houghton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 026° NE
Keweenaw Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.1 mi, 350° N
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 18.9 mi, 193° S · 995k acres

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