Explore Hillman, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hillman, 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 Hillman.
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 | Hillman |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Montmorency County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 45.06683 |
| Longitude | -83.893657 |
| Population | 605 |
| Density | 141.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49746 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| County Seat | Atlanta |
| School District | Hillman Community Schools |
Hillman occupies a quiet expanse of the northern interior, where the land settles into a steady, wooded plateau punctuated by the persistent current of the Thunder Bay River. It lies 22.9 miles west of Alpena, MI (from Alpena, MI: bearing 270°T), and is situated 26.7 miles southwest of Presque Isle. The water draws a silver line through the landscape, carving a path past the dense, muted greens of the surrounding timber and the low, unassuming horizon that leans toward the distant profile of Manning Hill. Within the boundaries of Emerick Park, the air holds a persistent, cooling moisture that clings to the bark of white pines and the low-lying ferns, creating a stillness that feels as heavy and permanent as the glacial sediment beneath the soil. When the sun dips low, the light stretches across the fields in long, amber slats, illuminating the fine dust that rises from the gravel roads and settles on the broad, quiet leaves of the understory.
Hillman maintains a character shaped by the steady rhythm of the timber industry and the slow, seasonal turn of the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the downtown, the land opens toward the quiet waters of Fletcher Pond, a place where the mirror-like surface often holds the reflection of the clouds in perfect, inverted detail. The history of the area is written in the clearings of the woods and the modest, sturdy architecture that keeps pace with the changing seasons, favoring utility and endurance over ornamentation. Life in Hillman moves with an unpretentious grace, defined by the work of those who manage the surrounding tracts and the quiet commerce that anchors the center of the village. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle, cyclical shifts in the forest canopy and the steady, reliable flow of the river toward the east.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hillman, Michigan. Coordinates: 45.06683, -83.893657. 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 Hillman includes the ZIP code (49746), telephone area code (906), county seat of Montmorency County (Atlanta), and school district assignment (Hillman Community Schools).
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. |