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Gay Michigan Map

Explore Gay, 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 Gay, Michigan

How to Use This Gay, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	47.227422
Longitude	-88.163722
Population	280
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	49945, 49950
Area Code	906
County Seat	Eagle River

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About Gay, Michigan

Gay is a locality in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Gay is located at 47.2274°N, 88.1637°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP codes: 49945, 49950.

Gay sits upon the rugged northern reaches of the Upper Peninsula, defined by the cold, deep presence of Lake Superior and the persistent flow of the Tobacco River. It lies 59.6 miles northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 323°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east-southeast of Traverse. The landscape here is characterized by dense woodland and the quiet, imposing silhouette of the Cliff Range rising in the distance, a reminder of the tectonic forces that shaped this terrain. Only three miles away, the Baraga State Forest Area offers an expanse of pine and hardwood, where the air holds a persistent, sharp clarity and the light at dusk turns the sky into a bruised, metallic violet. This environment demands a certain resilience from the earth, as the soil is thin and the winters are long, pressing the forest tightly against the winding paths that cut through the landscape.

Gay carries the weight of a copper-mining history, once serving as the site of a massive stamp mill that processed ore hauled down from the high ridges. Where industry once roared, the landscape now holds the quiet, skeletal remnants of that era, allowing the forest to slowly reclaim the stone foundations and industrial scars. The local economy has shifted from the intensity of mineral extraction to a slower, more deliberate pace, leaving the community to find its rhythm in the stillness of the North Woods. Life here is dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the woods, where the memory of heavy machinery has faded into the sound of wind moving through the pines and the steady, unceasing movement of the Tobacco River toward the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 249° W
Township of Sherman Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 244° SW
Betsy Shoreline (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 050° NE
County of Houghton Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 241° SW
Mary Lizzadro Parcel (Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 011° N
Keweenaw Snow Gauge (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 324° NW
Houghton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 257° W
Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 288° W
WPA Stone Boat (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 284° W
Conglomerate Stamp Mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 12.4 mi, 031° NE
Central School Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 352° N
Hubbell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 254° W
Float Copper (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 274° W
Alexander Agassiz Memorial (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 274° W
Calumet Theatre (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 276° W
Eagle River Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 334° NW
Jacobs Falls (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 346° N
Keweenaw Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.5 mi, 346° N
Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 18.3 mi, 162° S
Huron National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.5 mi, 157° SE · 447 acres
Huron National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.5 mi, 157° SE · 149 acres
Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 246° SW
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 20.0 mi, 249° W · 1.1M acres
The Miner (Public Artwork) — 20.1 mi, 249° W
Quincy Mine (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 252° W
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 249° W
Brockway Nose (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 037° NE
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 251° W
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 172° S · 995k acres
Mccormick Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.3 mi, 172° S · 17k acres

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