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Kendall Michigan Map

Explore Kendall, 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 Kendall, Michigan

How to Use This Kendall, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityKendall
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyVan Buren County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude42.361703
Longitude-85.81335
Population480
Density8.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes49055, 49062
Area Code269
County SeatPaw Paw

About Kendall, Michigan

Kendall is a locality in Van Buren County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Kendall is located at 42.3617°N, 85.8133°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP codes: 49055, 49062.

Kendall emerges from the quiet, flat stretches of southern Michigan where the morning light catches the dew on expansive, open fields. It lies 9.9 miles northwest of Oshtemo, MI (from Oshtemo, MI: bearing 316°T), and is situated 9.1 miles southwest of Otsego. The landscape around Kendall is defined by a rhythmic cycle of harvest and growth, marked by the proximity of Story Lake, which lies a mere mile away, its surface often mirroring the vast, pale sky. Beyond the immediate meadows, the terrain shifts into the deeper greenery of the Allegan State Forest, an expanse that tempers the summer heat with the scent of pine and damp earth. To the east, the Kal-Haven Trail Sesq. State Park slices through the countryside, offering a linear path for those seeking the solitude of the woods, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Walnut Ridge serves as a silent, stationary guardian on the far horizon.

Kendall carries the legacy of a rail-dependent past, a history etched into the way the local economy once pivoted around the movement of goods through these quiet corridors. Brandywine Creek meanders through the region two miles from the center, acting as a slow, persistent current that has watered these lands long before modern industry took hold. Today, the pace of life in Kendall remains tied to the cycles of the seasons, where the local economy finds its footing in the steady cultivation of the soil and the quiet maintenance of the land. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the changing hues of the crops and the way the shadows lengthen across the gravel paths of the park as the sun dips low.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kal-Haven Trail Sesq. State Park (State Park) — 0.0 mi, 180° S
  • Gobles Recreation Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 269° W
  • Shamrock Hills Golf Course (Park) — 3.1 mi, 323° NW
  • Village Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 268° W
  • Sand Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 103° E
  • Ridge View Golf Course (Park) — 5.0 mi, 145° SE
  • Allegan State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 035° NE
  • Paw Paw River Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 211° SW
  • Overlook Deck (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 130° SE
  • Arboretum (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 121° SE
  • Kalamazoo Nature Center (Local Recreation) — 10.7 mi, 090° E
  • The Committee (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 119° SE
  • Western W (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 118° SE
  • Nature's Playground (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 089° E
  • Dalton Theatre (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 114° SE
  • Nelda K. Balch Playhouse (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 114° SE
  • Martin Luther King Jr. (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 111° E
  • South Street (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 113° SE
  • Burdick Street (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 112° E
  • Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 112° E
  • Kalamazoo Mall (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 113° SE
  • Black Arts & Cultural Center (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 113° SE
  • Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.9 mi, 335° NW · 539k acres
  • Artist Singh Gallery (Gallery) — 14.2 mi, 123° SE
  • JCPenney Portraits (Arts Centre) — 14.8 mi, 131° SE
  • Sports Life Art & Design (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 121° SE
  • Kalamazoo Film Society (Cinema) — 15.0 mi, 131° SE
  • Bernatche School of Dance (Arts Centre) — 15.1 mi, 131° SE
  • Celery Flats Interpretive Center (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 132° SE
  • Southwest Michigan Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 23.7 mi, 290° W

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About This Kendall Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kendall, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.361703, -85.81335. 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 Kendall includes the ZIP code (49055, 49062), telephone area code (269), county seat of Van Buren County (Paw Paw), 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.