Hessel Michigan Map
Explore Hessel, 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 Hessel, Michigan
How to Use This Hessel, Michigan Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hessel, 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 Hessel.
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 | Hessel |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Mackinac County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 46.004183 |
| Longitude | -84.425869 |
| Population | 680 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 49745 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| County Seat | St. Ignace |
About Hessel, Michigan
Hessel is a locality in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Hessel is located at 46.0042°N, 84.4259°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49745.Hessel sits where the low, cedar-lined banks of Mackinac Creek surrender their current to the vast, cold expanse of Lake Huron. It lies 34.2 miles south of Sault Ste Marie, MI (from Sault Ste Marie, MI: bearing 187°T), and is situated 19.2 miles south-southeast of Kinross. The shoreline here is a jagged mosaic of limestone and dark water, where the horizon dissolves into the silhouettes of distant islands like Haven Island, standing solitary against the slate-gray sky. Across the water, the light at dusk takes on a bruised, metallic quality, reflecting off the surface of Hessel Bay and casting long, flickering shadows that stretch toward the dense, timbered horizon. Ten miles to the north, the faint, hazy rise of Birch Hill marks the limit of the visible world, grounding the landscape in a quiet, rugged permanence that defies the shifting moods of the lake.
Hessel remains defined by its maritime heritage, a legacy built upon the sturdy backs of boat builders and commercial fishermen who once organized their lives around the seasonal cycles of the water. While the modern economy has shifted toward the rhythms of seasonal tourism and recreational boating, the lingering presence of Mackinaw Bay provides a protected sanctuary where the quiet industry of the harbor persists. The surrounding woods, reaching toward the distant Munuscong State Forest, continue to shape the local character, favoring a slow, deliberate pace that honors the isolation of the Upper Peninsula. Life in Hessel moves with the tide and the wind, tethered to the water by the same traditions that have sustained this shoreline for generations.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Sheppard - Hardy (Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 166° S
- Aldo Leopold (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 153° SE
- Hessel Ridge Golf Course (Park) — 1.9 mi, 356° N
- Birge (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 275° W
- Les Cheneaux Club (Park) — 2.1 mi, 110° E
- Mertaugh Family (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 246° SW
- Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 3.0 mi, 273° W · 899k acres
- Les Cheneaux Historical Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 098° E
- Maritime Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 096° E
- Narnia Lantern (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 100° E
- Horseshoe Bay Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.4 mi, 270° W · 3,879 acres
- Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.6 mi, 159° S
- Carp, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.8 mi, 276° W · 6,014 acres
- Sugar Loaf View (Viewpoint) — 13.5 mi, 223° SW
- British Landing (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 230° SW
- Mission Church (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 220° SW
- Straits of Mackinac Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.9 mi, 219° SW
- Crack in the Island (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 227° SW
- Island House (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 221° SW
- Mackinac Island Art Gallery (Gallery) — 14.1 mi, 221° SW
- Paul Bunyon (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 247° SW
- Fishermen's Memorial (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 236° SW
- William H. Barnum Rudder (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 236° SW
- Museum of Ojibwa Culture (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 238° SW
- Mackinac Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.2 mi, 282° W · 11k acres
- Kinross Heritage Park & Military Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 350° N
- Kinross Heritage Park Blacksmith Shop (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 349° N
- Deer Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.3 mi, 243° SW
- Seven Elements Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.2 mi, 224° SW
- Cheboygan Point Light #592 (Historic Ruins) — 23.2 mi, 179° S
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About This Hessel Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hessel, Michigan. Coordinates: 46.004183, -84.425869. 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 Hessel includes the ZIP code (49745), 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
