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Gould City Michigan Map

Explore Gould 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 Gould City, Michigan

How to Use This Gould City, Michigan Map

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

CityGould City
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyMackinac County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude46.095265
Longitude-85.696775
Population480
Density5.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49838
Area Code906
County SeatSt. Ignace

About Gould City, Michigan

Gould City is a locality in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Gould City is located at 46.0953°N, 85.6968°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49838.

Gould City emerges from the flat, dense expanse of the Upper Peninsula where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the passing hours. It lies 70.0 miles east-northeast of Escanaba, MI (from Escanaba, MI: bearing 69°T), and is situated 28.0 miles east-northeast of Manistique. The landscape surrounding Gould City is defined by low-lying timber and scrub brush, with the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Mountains barely catching the light of a setting sun seventeen miles to the west. Two miles away, the Rock River cuts a dark, quiet path through the soil, its current sluggish and thick with the mineral scent of iron and pine. Further afield, the stillness of Spot Lake provides a mirror for the heavy clouds, while the Natural Area Crow River Mouth serves as a sanctuary for the grasses and birds that thrive in the damp, undisturbed lowlands.

Gould City maintains a slow, deliberate pulse, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, its history deeply rooted in the timber harvests that once cleared these vast northern woods. The economy here moves with the seasons, favoring small-scale enterprises and the quiet maintenance of the land over the frantic growth seen elsewhere. Residents observe the change of light across the fields as the primary measure of their days, a rhythm dictated by the deep winters and the short, intense bursts of summer heat. Life in Gould City remains an exercise in endurance and modesty, marked by the simple, enduring fact of the forest and the cold, unhurried flow of the local water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Shingleton State Foreset Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 303° NW
  • Newberry State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 003° N
  • Seney National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 308° NW · 191k acres
  • Seney National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 14.5 mi, 310° NW
  • Seney National Wildlife Refuge Natural Area (National Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 313° NW · 252 acres
  • Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 17.0 mi, 314° NW
  • Tahquamenon, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.8 mi, 006° N · 29k acres
  • Tahquamenon Logging Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 025° NE
  • Seney National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.1 mi, 296° NW · 27k acres
  • Seney National Wildlife Refuge National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 22.6 mi, 297° NW · 19k acres
  • Oswald's Bear Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 23.7 mi, 012° N
  • Mormon Print Shop Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 161° S
  • Beaver Island Marine Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 159° S
  • Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 27.2 mi, 253° W · 899k acres
  • Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.4 mi, 194° S · 1,668 acres
  • Protar's Grave (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 167° S
  • Engineer's Memorial (David Chase) (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 167° S
  • SS Carl D Bradley (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 248° W
  • Schoolcraft Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 251° W
  • Mackinac Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.9 mi, 093° E · 11k acres
  • Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 39.9 mi, 337° NW · 110k acres
  • Gitche Gumee Museum (Museum) — 42.2 mi, 341° N
  • Manistique River State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 42.3 mi, 243° SW
  • Sable Falls (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 339° N
  • Ewing Point (Attraction) — 43.5 mi, 282° W
  • Mystery Spot (Attraction) — 45.3 mi, 109° E
  • Deer Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 45.6 mi, 109° E
  • Chapel Rock (Attraction) — 47.3 mi, 312° NW
  • Paul Bunyon (Public Artwork) — 47.6 mi, 105° E
  • Seven Elements Art Gallery (Gallery) — 51.3 mi, 115° SE

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About This Gould City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gould City, Michigan. Coordinates: 46.095265, -85.696775. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Gould City includes the ZIP code (49838), telephone area code (906), county seat of Mackinac County (St. Ignace), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.