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Kaleva Michigan Map

Explore Kaleva, 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 Kaleva, Michigan

How to Use This Kaleva, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	44.373337
Longitude	-86.01036
Population	507
Density	177.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49645
Area Code	989
County Seat	Manistee
School District	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District

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About Kaleva, Michigan

Kaleva is a locality in Manistee County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 507. The population density is 177.2 people per km². Kaleva is located at 44.3733°N, 86.0104°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Kaleva is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49645.

Kaleva claims a quiet corner of the Michigan landscape where the earth rises in slow, measured swells of farmland and dense, encroaching woodland. It lies 27.0 miles south-southwest of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 209°T), and is situated 17.9 miles east-northeast of Manistee. Beaver Creek carves a path through the low-lying timber, its dark, persistent current defining the local drainage and providing a constant, low-frequency hum of moving water that persists even through the stillness of the deep winter. The light here often settles in a pale, thin gold against the stubble of harvested fields, casting long shadows that stretch toward the horizon. Five miles to the west, the expansive reach of Center Lake anchors the regional geography, its heavy, inland presence tempering the air and drawing the eyes of those who walk the quiet perimeter of Kaleva Roadside Park.

Finnish settlers once laid the foundation of Kaleva, bringing with them a legacy of endurance that remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the deliberate, pragmatic pace of the local economy. Agriculture and timber have long served as the primary conduits for survival, with the rhythm of the seasons dictate the labor of those who work the soil or navigate the interior forests. The heritage of the locality is etched into the very layout of its streets, where memories of the early northern migrations linger like the scent of pine needles after a rain. Life in Kaleva moves with a steady, unsentimental gravity, marked by the changing colors of the hardwoods and the sharp, clean bite of the wind that sweeps across the plains toward the distant, unseen slopes of Briar Hill.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kaleva Roadside Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 264° W
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 180° S · 539k acres
Manikiwa Recreation Area (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 181° S
Bear Creek, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.5 mi, 200° S · 1,894 acres
MNRTF Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 010° N
Manistee, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.8 mi, 166° S · 8,921 acres
Slagle Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.4 mi, 119° SE
Cadillac State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 084° E
Stockade Labyrinth (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 001° N
Udell Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 10.5 mi, 189° S
Benzie Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 344° N
The Vogue Theatre (Cinema) — 17.7 mi, 241° SW
Our Savior's Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 240° SW
Ramsdell Theatre Opera House (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 240° SW
Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 340° N
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 20.0 mi, 352° N · 127k acres
City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 331° NW
Marquette's Death (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 327° NW
Corson Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 034° NE
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 mi, 345° N · 32k acres
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 25.1 mi, 349° N
Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.6 mi, 227° SW · 3,271 acres
Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.1 mi, 035° NE
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 041° NE
Adventure Island (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 108° E
Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 040° NE
Manton Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 084° E
KISS Monument (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 106° E
Wexford County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 105° E
Cadillac 5 Theater (Cinema) — 31.4 mi, 106° E

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