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Ida Michigan Map

Explore Ida, 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 Ida, Michigan

How to Use This Ida, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	41.903674
Longitude	-83.562766
Population	790
Density	123.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	48140
Area Code	313
County Seat	Monroe
School District	Ida Public School District

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About Ida, Michigan

Ida is a locality in Monroe County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 790. The population density is 123.4 people per km². Ida is located at 41.9037°N, 83.5628°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48140.

Ida spreads across a flat, expansive horizon where the heavy, fertile soil dictates the rhythm of the seasons. It lies 9.0 miles west of Monroe, MI (from Monroe, MI: bearing 268°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of Temperance. The landscape here remains defined by an unyielding openness, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, casting a pale, washed-out light that turns the fields into shimmering sheets of green in the spring and deep, dusty brown after the harvest. While the Irish Hills remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the far western sky, the immediate topography is shaped by the slow, deliberate movement of water through the Barnaby Drain, which cuts a quiet path through the surrounding acreage. Near the quiet expanse of Wilderness Campground, the air carries the scent of damp loam and tall grasses, a reminder of the quiet, deliberate pace that defines the character of the land.

Ida maintains a quiet steadfastness rooted in the agricultural labor that has sustained these families for generations. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with wide grain silos serving as the primary architecture of the horizon, punctuating the skyline like sentinels of a working landscape. Life in Ida moves in synchronization with the cycles of planting and harvest, a cycle that feels older and more permanent than the modern world beyond its borders. Even when residents seek recreation at Twin Lakes, the experience remains grounded in the local preference for stillness and the simple, functional beauty of a countryside that prioritizes utility and tradition over the frantic pace of the industrial centers nearby.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Green Meadows Golf Course (Park) — 3.3 mi, 075° E
Wilderness Campground (Private Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 308° NW
West County Park Site (Local Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 318° NW
Carrington Golf Course (Park) — 5.2 mi, 081° E
Autumn Rain (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 118° SE
Petersburg State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 257° W
Footprints (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 119° SE
Watchful Father (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 117° SE
Munson Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 075° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 079° E
Bear Statue (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 306° NW
Big Goose (Public Artwork) — 7.5 mi, 207° SW
Erie State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 125° SE
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 151° SE · 13k acres
Sterling State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 083° E
Western-most point on Lake Erie (Viewpoint) — 14.6 mi, 163° S
Fuller Art House (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 209° SW
Hudson Gallery (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 209° SW
Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 210° SW
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 210° SW
Toledo Harbor Light (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 129° SE
Fossil Park (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 216° SW
Maumee Bay State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 150° SE
KeyBank Discovery Theatre (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 175° S
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.7 mi, 138° SE · 7,798 acres
Fitz Overshot Waterwheel (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 290° W
Whitepine Studios LLC (Arts Centre) — 21.3 mi, 328° NW
Gibraltar Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 056° NE
Tipsy Ypsi (Arts Centre) — 23.4 mi, 354° N
22 North (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 354° N

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