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Comins Michigan Map

Explore Comins, 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 Comins, Michigan

How to Use This Comins, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityComins
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyOscoda County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude44.805844
Longitude-84.05139
Population480
Density5.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code48619
Area Code586
County SeatMio

About Comins, Michigan

Comins is a locality in Oscoda County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Comins is located at 44.8058°N, 84.0514°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48619.

Comins emerges from the northern Michigan landscape as a quiet intersection of pine-studded plains and expansive, open sky. It lies 35.0 miles west-southwest of Alpena, MI (from Alpena, MI: bearing 240°T), and is situated 34.1 miles east-southeast of Gaylord. Marsh Creek carves a low, persistent path through the surrounding terrain, its waters reflecting the muted colors of the shifting seasons as it moves past the local landscape. The air here holds a crisp, persistent clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the Oscoda State Forest, where the scent of needles and damp earth lingers long after the sun dips toward the horizon. To the west, the subtle rise of Mount Tom punctuates the skyline, a distant anchor for the gaze, while the quiet waters of Dollar Lake offer a stillness that defines the slow, deliberate pace of life in Comins.

Commerce and memory in Comins remain deeply tied to the land, echoing a history of timber and the steady, unyielding work of the interior. The local economy persists through a combination of agriculture and the maintenance of the woods, supported by the communal presence of Clinton Township Park. Even when the light turns a bruised, autumnal purple, the rhythms of the day remain tethered to the cycles of the earth rather than the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. Residents often look toward the distant Comins Flats, where the land opens into a broad, sweeping expanse, a reminder of the scale of the wilderness that persists just beyond the edge of the porch light.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Clinton Township Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 146° SE
  • Cedar Valley Golf Course (Park) — 1.2 mi, 141° SE
  • Stone Native American Head (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 181° S
  • Bass Lake Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 063° NE
  • Atlanta State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 352° N
  • Steiner Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 180° S
  • Camp Michi-Lu-Ka (Private Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 133° SE
  • Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 4.1 mi, 150° SE · 436k acres
  • Camp Barakel (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 131° SE
  • Sage Lakes State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 322° NW
  • Gazebo (Viewpoint) — 7.2 mi, 133° SE
  • Camp Lunden (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Au Sable, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.0 mi, 183° S · 6,932 acres
  • Our Lady of the Woods Shrine (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 201° S
  • Pink Elephant Statue (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 199° S
  • Huron Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 11.7 mi, 221° SW · 3,628 acres
  • Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 241° SW · 13k acres
  • Congregational United Church of Christ (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 294° NW
  • Big Rock (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 327° NW
  • ADA Hunting Blind (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 178° S
  • Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 28.2 mi, 219° SW
  • Major Hartwick Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 261° W
  • Babe the Blue Ox (Public Artwork) — 30.5 mi, 077° E
  • Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 32.0 mi, 065° NE
  • Crawford County Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 253° W
  • Roscommon Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 231° SW
  • Otsego County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 297° NW
  • Art in the Loft (Gallery) — 35.1 mi, 059° NE
  • The Zodiac Room (Gallery) — 44.2 mi, 346° N
  • Norcross Family Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 53.4 mi, 306° NW

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About This Comins Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Comins, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.805844, -84.05139. 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 Comins includes the ZIP code (48619), telephone area code (586), county seat of Oscoda County (Mio), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.