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Custer Michigan Map

Explore Custer, 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 Custer, Michigan

How to Use This Custer, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.951951
Longitude	-86.219521
Population	272
Density	98.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	49405, 49454
Area Code	616
County Seat	Ludington
School District	Mason County Eastern District

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About Custer, Michigan

Custer is a locality in Mason County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 98.7 people per km². Custer is located at 43.9520°N, 86.2195°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Custer is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 49405, 49454.

Custer occupies a quiet expanse of land where the steady flow of Black Creek carves a persistent path through the soil. It lies 45.6 miles west-southwest of Cadillac, MI (from Cadillac, MI: bearing 243°T), and is situated 11.6 miles east of Ludington. The landscape surrounding Custer remains defined by the broad, inland presence of Allen Lake, which exerts a cooling influence on the air and anchors the horizon. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Ward Hills provide a permanent backdrop to the flat, agricultural fields that stretch toward the horizon. Here, the light at dusk settles in long, amber layers across St. Marys Field, casting a stillness over the open ground that feels entirely detached from the frantic pace of distant urban centers.

Custer grew from the sturdy ambition of those who cleared the timber and broke the earth, finding in the local soil a reliable provider for their livelihood. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, with the cultivation of crops and the management of land shaping the daily lives of residents as firmly as the geography itself. Those seeking solitude often find their way toward the Indian Trail, a path that links the present to an older, quieter history of movement across this region. While the sprawling Manistee National Forest waits sixteen miles away, the character of Custer is found in the immediate, unadorned work of the farm and the persistent, quiet passage of water through the nearby creek bed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St. Marys Field (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 308° NW
Pere Marquette, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.6 mi, 200° S · 13k acres
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 158° S · 539k acres
Notipekago (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 179° S
MacPhail Field (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 272° W
AMC CLASSIC Ludington 8 (Cinema) — 7.8 mi, 271° W
Golden Key Art Gallery (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 271° W
Follow the Leader (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 270° W
Ludington State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 285° W
Natural Area Big Sable Dunes and Swales (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 292° W
Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.3 mi, 314° NW · 3,271 acres
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 14.4 mi, 294° NW
Nordhouse Dunes Research Natural Area Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 14.6 mi, 308° NW
Little Manistee, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.3 mi, 008° N · 9,812 acres
Big Sable Point Lighthouse (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 297° NW
Cadillac State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 089° E
Oceana County Veterans Monument (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 203° SW
Chadwick Munger House (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 202° S
Hart-Montague Bicycle Trail Park (State Recreation Area) — 19.4 mi, 202° S
Our Savior's Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 346° N
Ramsdell Theatre Opera House (Theatre) — 20.9 mi, 346° N
The Vogue Theatre (Cinema) — 21.1 mi, 346° N
Oceana Historical Society (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 208° SW
Silver Lake State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 218° SW
Idlewild Historical and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 22.5 mi, 098° E
Lewis Adventure Farm & Zoo (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 197° S
Gem Mining (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 197° S
Loda Lake National Wildflower Sanctuary (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 138° SE
Kinji Shrine (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 208° SW
Assembly (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 208° SW

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