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Gowen Michigan Map

Explore Gowen, 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 Gowen, Michigan

How to Use This Gowen, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.251697
Longitude	-85.30197
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49326
Area Code	616
County Seat	Stanton

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About Gowen, Michigan

Gowen is a locality in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Gowen is located at 43.2517°N, 85.3020°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49326.

Gowen emerges from the mid-Michigan landscape as a quiet confluence of woodland and water, defined by the steady, unhurried transit of the Flat River. It lies 16.2 miles northeast of Cannon Township, MI (from Cannon Township, MI: bearing 38°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-northwest of Greenville. The terrain here is shaped by the subtle shifts of the earth, where the moisture of Little Norton Lake feeds the surrounding soil and sustains the dense, verdant expanse of Local Forest. Sunlight filters through the canopy in long, amber needles during the late afternoon, illuminating the way the vegetation clings to the damp, dark loam. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon is punctuated by the distant, soft rise of the Cheney Hills, which serve as a faint, muted boundary against the expansive prairie sky.

Gowen carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the timber and agricultural industries that once fueled the growth of the interior. The local economy persists in a modest fashion, drawing upon the land for sustenance while preserving a character that values industry over display. Residents move through their days with a measured pace, often following the rhythms of the seasons as they shift from the crisp, frost-bitten mornings of winter to the humid, growth-heavy heat of midsummer. Life here remains anchored to the proximity of the river and the quiet, persistent presence of the Local Forest, where the silence is broken only by the movement of wildlife or the distant, rhythmic hum of machinery echoing from a nearby farm.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 181° S
Brookside Golf Course (Park) — 1.1 mi, 359° N
Michigan Trails Girl Scouts (Private Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 089° E
Fed Mogul Gun Club (Park) — 1.4 mi, 183° S
Spencer Forest (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 200° S
Cooper Creek Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 202° S
Camp Concordia (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 216° SW
Langston State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 005° N
Flat River State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 172° S
White Pine Trail State Park (State Park) — 10.9 mi, 284° W
Kiddville Dam (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 153° SE
Belding Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 160° S
Hazel Iva Weatherby Memorial Tree (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 341° N
White Creek Railroad (Theme Park) — 14.0 mi, 270° W
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 15.4 mi, 235° SW
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 15.4 mi, 318° NW · 539k acres
Cannonsburg State Game Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 212° SW
Wynalda Flow Trails Hub (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 236° SW
Sawtooth Drop (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 235° SW
Hilltop Stop (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 236° SW
Boulder Jump (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 236° SW
Hyser Rivers Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 229° SW
The Big Apple (Public Artwork) — 21.3 mi, 224° SW
Ionia County Infirmary Burials Riverside Drive Site (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 157° SE
Matthews Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.8 mi, 219° SW
Sang Yoon (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 218° SW
Artists Creating Together (Arts Centre) — 26.2 mi, 225° SW
The McKendrick Building (Gallery) — 26.4 mi, 219° SW
Canal Park Presented by SILVA (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 225° SW
Muse GR (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 227° SW

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