Explore Hubbard Lake, 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 Hubbard Lake, 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 Hubbard Lake.
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 | Hubbard Lake |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Alpena County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 44.82085 |
| Longitude | -83.554794 |
| Population | 857 |
| Density | 37.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 49747 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| County Seat | Alpena |
| School District | Alcona Community Schools |
Hubbard Lake serves as a vast, crystalline expanse of deep water, cradled by the quiet, glacial-sculpted terrain of the Michigan interior. It lies 15.0 miles south-southwest of Alpena, MI (from Alpena, MI: bearing 210°T), and is situated 30.2 miles south of Presque Isle. The landscape surrounding Hubbard Lake unfolds in a sequence of forested ridges and low-lying thickets, where the pale northern light filters through the canopy to illuminate the damp, loamy earth. To the west, the gentle rise of Hickey Hill breaks the horizon, while the nearby Colby grounds provide a sanctuary of stillness, where the rustle of dry leaves is the only clock measuring the passage of the afternoon. The Lower South Branch Thunder Bay River meanders through this topography, its current steady and dark, carving a path through the soil that has long dictated the way water drains toward the lower basins.
History here is written in the slow, deliberate work of the timber industry and the enduring legacy of the early settlers who cleared the dense woods to establish a foothold in the rugged wilderness. The economy of Hubbard Lake remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, shifting from the quiet industry of local land management to the seasonal influx of those seeking the solace of the woods and the clarity of the water. Life in this locality moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of the industrial centers to the south. In the quiet transition between the warmth of summer and the encroaching frost, the air grows crisp and sharp, carrying the scent of pine needles and damp stone, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the passing of decades.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hubbard Lake, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.82085, -83.554794. 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 Hubbard Lake includes the ZIP code (49747), telephone area code (906), county seat of Alpena County (Alpena), and school district assignment (Alcona 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. |