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Elmwood Township Michigan Map

Explore Elmwood Township, 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 Elmwood Township, Michigan

How to Use This Elmwood Township, Michigan Map

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

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	Elmwood Township
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Leelanau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	44.793485
Longitude	-85.63671
Population	4,200
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49684
Area Code	989
County Seat	Suttons Bay Township

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About Elmwood Township, Michigan

Elmwood Township is a locality in Leelanau County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,200. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Elmwood Township is located at 44.7935°N, 85.6367°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49684.

Elmwood Township unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of Cedar Creek as it carves a path through the earth toward the expansive waters of Lake Michigan. It lies 2.2 miles north-northwest of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 339°T), and is situated 7.6 miles northeast of Long Lake Township. {NAVIGATION_SENTENCE} The terrain rises in firm, earthen swells toward the prominence of Hickory Hill, where the quality of light at dusk softens the sharp edges of the northern pines and hardwoods. The air here holds a crisp, clean weight, unburdened by the humidity of lower latitudes, carrying the scent of damp soil and the seasonal transition of leaves that turn from deep emerald to a brittle, scorched gold. In the quiet transition between the higher ground and the low-lying basins, one can discern the steady, patient work of the water, a force that has shaped the drainage of these fields long before the first surveyors arrived to stake their lines.

Elmwood Township maintains a character rooted in the deliberate cultivation of the land, where the rows of fruit trees stand as a silent record of the regional economy. Generations have worked these soils to support the cherry and apple harvests that define the local calendar, a labor that demands a quiet endurance from those who attend to the orchards. Near the quiet edge of Greilickville Harbor Park, the presence of Lake Michigan serves as a constant, cooling influence that tempers the climate and dictates the pace of the agricultural cycle. History here is not marked by grand monuments but by the steady persistence of family farms and the gradual evolution of homesteads into a modern landscape that balances quiet industry with the preservation of its natural boundaries.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cherry Bend Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 282° W
DeYoung Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 329° NW
Fulton Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 197° S
Lake Michigan Stonehenge (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 152° SE
Time to Let Go (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 161° S
Larry Cole Hardy (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 155° SE
Lars Hockstad Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 168° S
Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 182° S
Laughing Fish Gallery and Art Café (Gallery) — 2.6 mi, 187° S
The Alluvion (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 156° SE
St. Francis A.D. 1887 (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 163° S
The Cistern (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 191° S
Civic Center (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 134° SE
Traverse City Golf and Country Club (Park) — 3.2 mi, 168° S
Cherry Lane Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 200° S
World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 172° S
Charters Traverse City State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 128° SE
Ansorge Solon Swamp (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 292° W
Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 173° S
Meyer & Keystone Soccer (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 171° S
Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.4 mi, 204° SW
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 7.6 mi, 198° S · 539k acres
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 178° S
Tinker Studio (Gallery) — 8.8 mi, 042° NE
G.T. Butterfly House & Bug Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.8 mi, 098° E
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 12.6 mi, 322° NW · 127k acres
Bayside Gallery (Gallery) — 12.6 mi, 357° N
The Bay (Cinema) — 12.7 mi, 357° N
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.2 mi, 322° NW · 32k acres
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.7 mi, 323° NW

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