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Jerome Michigan Map

Explore Jerome, 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 Jerome, Michigan

How to Use This Jerome, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityJerome
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyHillsdale County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude42.026989
Longitude-84.469394
Population480
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49249
Area Code269
County SeatHillsdale

About Jerome, Michigan

Jerome is a locality in Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Jerome is located at 42.0270°N, 84.4694°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49249.

Jerome occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the modest prominence of Bunday Hill. It lies 12.0 miles south of Summit Township, MI (from Summit Township, MI: bearing 188°T), and is situated 15.5 miles south-southwest of Jackson. The air here holds a crisp, earthen stillness, particularly as the light thins at dusk and shadows stretch across the fields that define the horizon. A mile away, the South Branch Kalamazoo River carves a narrow, winding path through the silt and heavy soil, its movement a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the sounds of passing traffic. Only four miles distant, the surface of Spencer Lake acts as a mirror for the changing clouds, providing a steady, reflective anchor to the broader, sprawling expanse of rural greenery that characterizes this portion of the state.

Jerome maintains an economy rooted in the patient work of the land, where the rhythms of regional agriculture dictate the turning of the seasons. History is preserved not in grand monuments but in the persistent survival of local homesteads and the long-established patterns of transit that link the surrounding plots of acreage. Residents often find their leisure at the Lake Leann Golf Course, where the manicured greens provide a stark, curated contrast to the wilder, overgrown brush that lines the rural roadsides. Life in Jerome moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, favoring the predictable cycles of planting and harvest over the frantic urgency of larger centers, allowing the inherent character of the region to remain largely undisturbed by the passage of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lake Leann Golf Course (Park) — 2.3 mi, 051° NE
  • Somerset State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 071° E
  • Grand River Fen (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 360° N
  • Round Lake Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 359° N
  • Deer Run Golf Course (Park) — 4.7 mi, 360° N
  • Adams Township State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 197° S
  • 4-H Camp McGregor (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 015° N
  • Woodstock Manual Labor Institute (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 104° E
  • Boutique Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 115° SE
  • Dahlem Nature Center (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 014° N
  • Fen Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 014° N
  • Grosvenor House Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 252° W
  • Markel Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 232° SW
  • Phillips Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 233° SW
  • Tripp's Mill (Historic Ruins) — 11.5 mi, 191° S
  • Reality T.V. (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 012° N
  • Ella Sharp Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 012° N
  • Hurst Planetarium (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 012° N
  • Hudson Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 154° SE
  • Lake Hudson Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.0 mi, 146° SE
  • Hayes State Park (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 083° E
  • McNaughton Family Plot (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 016° N
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mi (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 139° SE · 192 acres
  • Waterloo Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 028° NE
  • Lenawee County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 112° E
  • Historical monuments, war veterans (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 112° E
  • Nettle Lake Mound Group (Historic Ruins) — 27.1 mi, 210° SW
  • Fitz Overshot Waterwheel (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 093° E
  • The Upside Down (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 041° NE
  • Sky Miles (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 041° NE

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About This Jerome Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jerome, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.026989, -84.469394. 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 Jerome includes the ZIP code (49249), telephone area code (269), county seat of Hillsdale County (Hillsdale), 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 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.