Explore Kingston, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kingston, 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 Kingston.
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 | Kingston |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Tuscola County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.414466 |
| Longitude | -83.185779 |
| Population | 399 |
| Density | 151.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 48741 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| County Seat | Caro |
| School District | Kingston Community School District |
Kingston occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon settles into the steady, productive geometry of Midwestern farmland. It lies 30.1 miles northeast of Genesee, MI (from Genesee, MI: bearing 46°T), and is situated 11.8 miles east-southeast of Caro. Alder Creek carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its banks lined with brush and sediment that mirror the changing light of an inland sky. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, devoid of the damp saltiness found near distant shores, instead smelling of turned earth and drying stalks. Four miles to the north, the waters of Shay Lake catch the sun, providing a still, reflective reprieve from the rhythmic labor of the surrounding fields. The landscape possesses a subtle, durable beauty, particularly at dusk when the long shadows of the trees stretch across the flat plains and the light turns a soft, bruised violet.
Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Kingston, defining the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of local life. The history of the region is written in the persistence of these homesteads and the modest infrastructure that supports a rural economy. Residents often look toward the Marlette Sportsman's Association, located three miles away, as a center for community engagement and the preservation of outdoor traditions. Life in Kingston continues with a deliberate lack of pretense, favoring the durability of long-standing family lines and a quiet dedication to the land. Whether it is the sound of machinery moving through the fields or the stillness of the creek under a winter frost, there is a grounded integrity to the way the days unfold in this corner of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kingston, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.414466, -83.185779. 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 Kingston includes the ZIP code (48741), telephone area code (586), county seat of Tuscola County (Caro), and school district assignment (Kingston Community School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |