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Ithaca Michigan Map

Explore Ithaca, 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 Ithaca, Michigan

How to Use This Ithaca, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityIthaca
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyGratiot County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude43.291698
Longitude-84.6075
Population2,853
Density192.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code48847
Area Code517
County SeatIthaca
School DistrictIthaca Public Schools

About Ithaca, Michigan

Ithaca is a locality in Gratiot County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,853. The population density is 192.4 people per km². Ithaca is located at 43.2917°N, 84.6075°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Ithaca is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 48847.

Ithaca unfolds across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 22.6 miles south-southeast of Mount Pleasant, MI (from Mount Pleasant, MI: bearing 159°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of Alma. The landscape surrounding Ithaca consists of vast, fertile plains that stretch toward the edges of the horizon, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a distant barn or the thin, winding ribbon of Pine Creek as it cuts through the soil two miles away. Within the quiet perimeter of Woodland Park, the air holds a distinct, crisp clarity, especially during the long autumn afternoons when the golden light seems to settle heavily upon the stalks of drying corn. The terrain remains largely level, a product of ancient glacial retreat that left behind deep, nutrient-rich loam, providing a stark, honest beauty to the open fields that define the visual experience of the region.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, shaping the seasonal rhythms that dictate the pace of daily life for those who work the surrounding acreage. Historic brick facades line the main thoroughfare, serving as a reminder of the nineteenth-century settlers who recognized the potential of this inland expanse and built their lives around the cycles of harvest and growth. While Madison Lake waits eleven miles away for those seeking a respite of still water, the people of Ithaca remain tethered to the industrious reality of their own soil, where the modern mechanical hum of combines marks the transition from summer to winter. It is a place of deliberate persistence, where the lack of dramatic elevation or proximity to grander landmarks allows the simple, geometric precision of the farmland to define the character of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Woodland Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 270° W
  • Gratiot County Farm (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 180° S
  • Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 285° W
  • Gratiot Country Club (Park) — 1.1 mi, 013° N
  • Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 090° E
  • North Star Country Club (Park) — 4.8 mi, 160° S
  • Tony's Chicken Statue (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 357° N
  • Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 114° SE
  • Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 137° SE
  • Dr Drake Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 039° NE
  • Uncle John's Cider Mill (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 169° S
  • Rochester Colony Historical Marker (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 155° SE
  • Clinton Northern Railway Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 173° S
  • Clinton County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 173° S
  • Paine-Gillam-Scott House (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 173° S
  • Hemlock Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 065° NE
  • McGuirk Arena (Stadium) — 21.7 mi, 337° NW
  • Townsend Kiva (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 338° N
  • Bush Theater (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 338° N
  • Greek Rock (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 338° N
  • Museum of Cultural and Natural History (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 339° N
  • Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.2 mi, 081° E · 20k acres

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About This Ithaca Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ithaca, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.291698, -84.6075. 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 Ithaca includes the ZIP code (48847), telephone area code (517), county seat of Gratiot County (Ithaca), and school district assignment (Ithaca Public 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.