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Ellsworth Michigan Map

Explore Ellsworth, 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 Ellsworth, Michigan

How to Use This Ellsworth, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	45.165562
Longitude	-85.246177
Population	367
Density	189.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49729
Area Code	906
County Seat	Bellaire
School District	Ellsworth Community Schools

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About Ellsworth, Michigan

Ellsworth is a locality in Antrim County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 367. The population density is 189.4 people per km². Ellsworth is located at 45.1656°N, 85.2462°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Ellsworth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49729.

Ellsworth claims the low, marshy basin where the Intermediate River cuts a slow, dark vein through the landscape, feeding the quiet expanse of Ellsworth Lake. It lies 33.3 miles north-northeast of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 33°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west of East Jordan. The air here holds the damp, cool scent of cedar and peat, a persistent humidity that clings to the skin even when the sky clears into a pale, northern blue. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the land stretches into a quiet persistence of woods and fields, leaving the rugged peaks of the Chandler Hills as nothing more than a faint, jagged suggestion on the distant horizon. Visitors often gather at Wooden Shoe Park, where the water laps against the bank with a rhythm that seems to ignore the frantic pace of the wider world, grounding the viewer in the simple, heavy stillness of the earth.

Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Ellsworth, defined by the seasonal labor of orchards that turn the surrounding slopes into rows of skeletal gray in winter and heavy, fruit-laden green by late summer. The history of the place is tied to the movement of water and timber, a legacy that lingers in the way the local economy still favors the harvest and the small-scale craft of the land over the clamor of industry. Though the coast of Dutchmans Bay lies five miles away, the community remains oriented toward the inland waterways, looking toward the dark, mirror-like surface of the lake rather than the distant, restless tides. Life in Ellsworth moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a culture that has learned to endure the long, gray winters by finding value in the steady, quiet work of the soil and the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wooden Shoe Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 114° SE
St. Clair Lake - Six Mile Lake (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 091° E
Nathan Beem Memorial (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 132° SE
Elm Pointe Historical Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 093° E
Antrim Dells Golf Club (Park) — 5.0 mi, 273° W
Barnes Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 238° SW
Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 274° W
Interpretive Display (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 275° W
Dune Overlook (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 278° W
Browns Creek Pathway (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 094° E
Fisherman's Island State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 310° NW
MNRTF Parcel 90 (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 116° SE
Hungry Ducks Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.6 mi, 012° N
Camp Hayo-Went-Ha (Local Recreation) — 8.0 mi, 201° S
Darnton Family (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 085° E
Chef Pierre Bakeries Largest Cherry Pie (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 350° N
Young State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 062° NE
Still on Patrol (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 357° N
Elements (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 357° N
45th Parallel Signpost (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 204° SW
Block M Rock (Public Artwork) — 13.4 mi, 050° NE
Old mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 054° NE
Norcross Family Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.4 mi, 067° NE
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 066° NE
Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 203° SW
Coy Mountain Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.0 mi, 184° S
Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 044° NE
Somebody's Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 044° NE
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 30.7 mi, 241° SW · 127k acres
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.2 mi, 241° SW · 32k acres

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