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Cornell Michigan Map

Explore Cornell, 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 Cornell, Michigan

How to Use This Cornell, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	45.901351
Longitude	-87.222359
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	49818, 48625
Area Code	906, 586
County Seat	Escanaba

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About Cornell, Michigan

Cornell is a locality in Delta County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Cornell is located at 45.9014°N, 87.2224°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP codes: 49818, 48625.

Cornell reveals itself through the low, steady posture of the Upper Peninsula, where the land stretches into a quiet expanse of dense timber and deliberate, hushed clearings. It lies 13.2 miles northwest of Escanaba, MI (from Escanaba, MI: bearing 325°T), and is situated 10.2 miles west-northwest of Gladstone. A mile to the east, the Escanaba River cuts a dark, reflective path through the terrain, its current acting as the primary pulse for a landscape that favors the long shadows of late afternoon and the sharp, clean scent of pine. Further out, the terrain rises toward the distant, rugged silhouettes of the Escanaba River State Forest, while the nearby Laplant Bros. Hunting Club offers a quiet sanctuary for those moving through the brush. Five miles away, the water at Rose Falls (East) spills over stone with a rhythmic persistence, and six miles beyond that, the Boney Falls Basin holds the stillness of the interior woods.

Cornell exists as a remnant of a rugged, industrial heritage, built upon the hard-won labor of timber harvesting and the steady commerce of the North Woods. The local economy persists with a modesty that ignores the frantic pace of the outside world, focusing instead on the seasonal cycles of the forest and the land. Life in Cornell remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons, where the transition from the biting, gray clarity of winter to the sudden, verdant intensity of spring dictates the movement of the day. Traditions here are kept by those who know the specific, narrow roads and the way the light catches the birch bark when the sun begins to retreat behind the treeline, marking a local character defined by endurance and a quiet, unyielding independence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Laplant Bros. Hunting Club (Park) — 1.1 mi, 074° E
Baldwin Township (Local Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 048° NE
University of Michigan (Private Recreation) — 8.0 mi, 272° W
Michigan State University (Private Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 174° S
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 11.8 mi, 113° SE · 899k acres
Whitefish, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.1 mi, 084° E · 10k acres
Indian Trail (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 082° E
Big Pines Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 058° NE
Crystal Falls State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.9 mi, 295° NW
IXL Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 235° SW
Whitefish, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.2 mi, 018° N · 7,213 acres
Flowing Well (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 084° E
Sandtown Historic Site (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 099° E
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive Number 5 (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 099° E
Forsyth Township Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 338° N
Boarding House Site (Historic Ruins) — 29.4 mi, 115° SE
D. Dupont Barber Shop (Historic Ruins) — 29.5 mi, 115° SE
Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.8 mi, 129° SE · 3,604 acres
Iron Mountain Iron Mine (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 255° W
Steele Monument (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 256° W
Jake Menghini Museum (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 258° W
Rock River Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.1 mi, 018° N · 5,263 acres
Eben Ice Caves (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 022° N
Little Lake Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 36.4 mi, 158° S
Manistique River State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 36.5 mi, 100° E
Jacobson's Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 158° S
Jens Jacobson's Cabin (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 158° S
Big Island Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.5 mi, 053° NE · 5,728 acres
Lakenenland (Public Artwork) — 40.8 mi, 005° N
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 44.3 mi, 037° NE · 110k acres

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