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Filion Michigan Map

Explore Filion, 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 Filion, Michigan

How to Use This Filion, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.89557
Longitude	-83.003557
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	48432
Area Code	248
County Seat	Bad Axe

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About Filion, Michigan

Filion is a locality in Huron County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Filion is located at 43.8956°N, 83.0036°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48432.

Filion emerges from the flat, industrious stretches of the Thumb as a quiet intersection of sky and cultivated earth. It lies 48.8 miles east-northeast of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 64°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north of Bad Axe. The Filion Drain carves a deliberate path through the surrounding fields, its narrow channel acting as a quiet artery for the agricultural landscape that defines the horizon. Lake Huron exerts a subtle, cooling influence on the climate, drawing the evening light into long, violet bruises across the clouds that settle over the expanse. Three miles away, the modest grounds of Kinde Village Park offer a brief respite of manicured green, providing a contrast to the endless, utilitarian geometry of the nearby acreage.

Filion maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest, a legacy of the settlers who first broke this heavy soil to establish a foothold in the wilderness. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the land, with grain elevators and machinery sheds serving as the primary architecture of the local industry. Life in Filion possesses a deliberate, unadorned quality, where the passage of time is marked more by the color of the turning crops than by the frantic pace of the outside world. Here, the silence of the plains is rarely broken, save for the low hum of equipment or the wind shifting across the open expanse, maintaining a stoic permanence in the face of shifting decades.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kinde Village Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 007° N
Pinnebog Heights Hunt Club (Park) — 3.2 mi, 268° W
City of Bad Axe Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 183° S
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 154° SE
Verona State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 149° SE
Port Crescent State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 343° N
Boardwalk (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 320° NW
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 322° NW
Rush Lake State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 306° NW
Private Golf Course (Park) — 9.4 mi, 238° SW
Thumb Area Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.5 mi, 002° N
Sleeper State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 297° NW
Forever Soaring (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 164° S
Pigeon Historical Society (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 251° W
Sanilac Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 183° S
Survivor Pine (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 183° S
Vicki Keith (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 102° E
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.0 mi, 294° NW · 1,668 acres
Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 34.3 mi, 215° SW
Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 329° NW · 436k acres
Arenac County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 287° W
AuSable-Oscoda Historical Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 336° NW
The Barn Theatre (Theatre) — 39.9 mi, 145° SE
Kiwanis' Monument (Attraction) — 47.9 mi, 320° NW
Bay City Cinemas (Cinema) — 48.0 mi, 248° W
Lumberman's Monument (Monument) — 48.3 mi, 321° NW
Van Buren Street Theatre (Theatre) — 48.4 mi, 245° SW
Veterans Park War Memorial (Monument) — 49.0 mi, 246° SW
Iargo Springs Interpretive Site (Attraction) — 50.3 mi, 319° NW
Ultimate Mirror Maze (Theme Park) — 54.0 mi, 223° SW

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