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Crystal Downs Country Club Michigan Map

Explore Crystal Downs Country Club, 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 Crystal Downs Country Club, Michigan

How to Use This Crystal Downs Country Club, Michigan Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Crystal Downs Country Club, 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 Crystal Downs Country Club.

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.

CityCrystal Downs Country Club
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyBenzie County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude44.7014
Longitude-86.2311
Population55
Density16.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49635
Area Code989
County SeatBeulah
School DistrictFrankfort-Elberta Area Schools

About Crystal Downs Country Club, Michigan

Crystal Downs Country Club is a locality in Benzie County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 55. The population density is 16.9 people per km². Crystal Downs Country Club is located at 44.7014°N, 86.2311°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49635.

Crystal Downs Country Club occupies a singular expanse of glacial topography where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of fescue and sand. It lies 23.8 miles west of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 268°T), and is situated 18.2 miles west-northwest of Inland Township. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, wind-swept austerity, shaped by the heavy, shifting pressure of the surrounding terrain that creates a natural amphitheater of high ridges and deep, shadowed hollows. Light at dusk possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the grasses into a pale, flaxen hue before the long shadows of the evening pull the color from the ground. While the vast presence of Lake Michigan exerts a constant, tempering influence on the climate, the internal character of the land remains defined by its quiet, isolated elevation, standing as a firm point of order against the chaotic movement of the weather.

History at Crystal Downs Country Club is measured in the deliberate maintenance of these corridors, where the economy of the land has shifted from the wild, rugged scrub of the past to a carefully curated dedication to the game. The legacy of the site is bound to a quiet, exacting standard of stewardship that respects the natural contours of the soil, ensuring that the human architecture never obscures the inherent geometry of the hills. Although the region is defined by its agrarian roots and the distant, quiet labor of orchards, this particular locality functions as a private sanctuary of precision. Visitors might find the distant silhouette of Tank Hill marking the horizon, or trace the slow, winding path of Round Lake Creek as it moves through the lower reaches of the landscape, but the primary experience remains one of profound, focused stillness that persists even as the seasons alter the texture of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Crystal Downs Country Club (Park) — locality lies within
  • Zetterberg Preserve @ Point Betsie (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 235° SW
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 1.3 mi, 076° E · 127k acres
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.4 mi, 076° E · 32k acres
  • Betsie Dunes (Killian) (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 210° SW
  • Congregational Assembly Camp (Private Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 199° S
  • Bellows Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 181° S
  • Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.8 mi, 064° NE
  • Frankfort Country Club (Park) — 2.8 mi, 200° S
  • City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 170° S
  • MNRTF Parcel 1 (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 177° S
  • Marquette's Death (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 187° S
  • Betsie River State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 175° S
  • Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 138° SE
  • Benzie Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 133° SE
  • Empire Bluff Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 049° NE
  • Stockade Labyrinth (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 138° SE
  • Miller Hill School (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 049° NE
  • Harvey Theatre (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 102° E
  • Corson Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 102° E
  • Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 26.2 mi, 091° E
  • Stormer Place (Historic Ruins) — 27.7 mi, 024° NE
  • Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 28.1 mi, 173° S · 539k acres
  • The Cistern (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 082° E
  • Laughing Fish Gallery and Art Café (Gallery) — 29.1 mi, 082° E
  • Rope Swing (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 093° E
  • World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan (Attraction) — 29.8 mi, 085° E
  • Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 089° E
  • The Vogue Theatre (Cinema) — 31.7 mi, 188° S
  • Our Savior's Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 188° S

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About This Crystal Downs Country Club Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crystal Downs Country Club, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.7014, -86.2311. 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 Crystal Downs Country Club includes the ZIP code (49635), telephone area code (989), county seat of Benzie County (Beulah), and school district assignment (Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools).

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.