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Foster City Michigan Map

Explore Foster City, 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 Foster City, Michigan

How to Use This Foster City, Michigan Map

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

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	Foster City
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Dickinson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	45.963288
Longitude	-87.74402
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49834
Area Code	906
County Seat	Iron Mountain

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About Foster City, Michigan

Foster City is a locality in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Foster City is located at 45.9633°N, 87.7440°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49834.

Foster City emerges from the dense, tangled undergrowth of the Upper Peninsula, defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the East Branch Sturgeon River. It lies 36.0 miles west-northwest of Escanaba, MI (from Escanaba, MI: bearing 295°T), and is situated 18.4 miles east-northeast of Iron Mountain. The landscape around Foster City is shaped by the slow accumulation of sediment and the persistent weight of the deep, inland woods, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp pine needles and cold iron. Spruce Lake sits quietly two miles away, its surface a dark, mirror-like expanse that holds the reflection of the shifting, gray-heavy clouds, while the distant silhouette of Iron Hill marks the horizon like a jagged, rusted tooth. The light here during the transition into dusk possesses a peculiar, bruised quality, casting long, lean shadows across the damp ground and turning the rushing water of the river into a ribbon of molten pewter.

History in Foster City remains tethered to the rhythm of the woods and the remnants of a life built on the extraction of timber and the hard labor of the interior. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of this legacy, with the nearby Brown Creek Hunting Lodge serving as a primary anchor for those who move through these lands with purpose. Residents find their footing in a pace dictated by the seasonal shifts of the forest, far from the frantic hum of urban centers, where the roar of Lower Mill Pond Falls five miles away provides a constant, rhythmic pulse in the silence. Life in Foster City is measured not by the clock, but by the subtle thinning of the light and the way the frost clings to the timber, marking the passage of years in a landscape that remains indifferent to the passing traveler.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brown Creek Hunting Lodge (Private Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 031° NE
Crystal Falls State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 180° S
Hancock Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 180° S
Lost Dutchmen Hunting Partners (Private Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 138° SE
Iron Mountain Iron Mine (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 205° SW
Steele Monument (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 206° SW
Jake Menghini Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 217° SW
Menominee River State Recreation Area (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 200° S
House of Yesteryear Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 230° SW
Menominee River Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 192° S
First Pier (Viewpoint) — 17.1 mi, 214° SW
Menominee River State Park & Recreation Area 2 (State Recreation Area) — 17.2 mi, 197° S
Gravity Hub (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 236° SW
Cornish Pump Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 239° SW
Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 243° SW
IXL Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 159° S
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 240° SW
Pine-Popple Wild Rivers (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 249° W
Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 27.1 mi, 260° W · 663k acres
Paint, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 29.9 mi, 290° W · 22k acres
Whisker Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.7 mi, 271° W · 7,434 acres
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 36.5 mi, 043° NE · 899k acres
Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster (Monument) — 37.3 mi, 357° N
St. Mary Catholic Church Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 38.6 mi, 299° NW
Lower Carp Falls (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 021° N
Wisconsin Slough State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 42.0 mi, 272° W
Father Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 43.2 mi, 023° NE
The Gallery (Gallery) — 43.4 mi, 023° NE
Masonic Red Room (Theatre) — 43.4 mi, 023° NE
Boarding House Site (Historic Ruins) — 54.4 mi, 108° E

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