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Clifford Michigan Map

Explore Clifford, 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 Clifford, Michigan

How to Use This Clifford, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.314747
Longitude	-83.179112
Population	300
Density	76.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	48727
Area Code	586
County Seat	Lapeer
School District	Marlette Community Schools

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About Clifford, Michigan

Clifford is a locality in Lapeer County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 300. The population density is 76.8 people per km². Clifford is located at 43.3147°N, 83.1791°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Clifford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 48727.

Clifford occupies a quiet expanse of the Michigan thumb, defined primarily by the persistent, low-slung channel of the South Clifford Drain that cuts through the surrounding flatlands. It lies 26.1 miles east-northeast of Genesee, MI (from Genesee, MI: bearing 58°T), and is situated 19.5 miles north-northeast of Lapeer. Fields of corn and soy stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional windbreak of hardwoods or the rusted skeletons of agricultural machinery left to the weeds. The light here has a way of lingering at dusk, turning the sky a bruised purple that highlights the rhythmic hum of insects rising from the damp earth. Three miles to the west, the Clark Lake State Game Area offers a wilder, tangled contrast to the orderly grid of the local farms, providing a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden snap of a dry branch or the distant call of a hawk.

Clifford grew from the ambition of those who looked at the fertile, heavy soil and saw a future carved from the dense timber of the early frontier. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the seasons, where the harvest dictates the pace of life and the movement of heavy trucks along the narrow roads. While industry has shifted over the generations, the character of the place retains a stubborn, self-reliant independence that values a steady hand and a long memory. A few miles away, the quiet waters of Dollar Lake reflect the changing seasons, serving as a reminder of the glacial legacy that leveled this terrain long ago. Life in Clifford moves with the measured, deliberate gravity of a pendulum, indifferent to the frantic noise of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clark Lake State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 354° N
City of Marlette Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 087° E
Private Golf Course (Park) — 5.2 mi, 077° E
Marlette City Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 079° E
Greenbriar Golf Course (Park) — 6.5 mi, 262° W
Camp Fowler (Private Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 307° NW
Tuscola State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 313° NW
State Forest (Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 191° S
Columbiaville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 227° SW
Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 318° NW
Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 24.4 mi, 189° S
Survivor Pine (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 019° N
Sanilac Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 24.9 mi, 018° N
Chippewa Indian Memorial (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 272° W
Silent Night Chapel (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 270° W
Ultimate Mirror Maze (Theme Park) — 28.2 mi, 271° W
Stepping Stone Falls (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 236° SW
Forever Soaring (Public Artwork) — 30.1 mi, 024° NE
The New McCree Theatre (Theatre) — 31.6 mi, 239° SW
Kiva (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 232° SW
Sanilac Shores Great Lakes State Underwater Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 33.7 mi, 062° NE
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.5 mi, 273° W · 20k acres
Vinyard (Attraction) — 34.8 mi, 218° SW
Farm Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 131° SE
Grand Blanc Heritage Museum (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 221° SW
Pigeon Historical Society (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 353° N
Mindy Miracle Commons (Viewpoint) — 36.7 mi, 226° SW
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 36.8 mi, 248° W · 539k acres
Shelden Estate (Historic Ruins) — 41.3 mi, 175° S
Thumb Area Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 42.4 mi, 042° NE

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