Explore La Salle, 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 La Salle, 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 La Salle.
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 | La Salle |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Monroe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 41.867824 |
| Longitude | -83.452156 |
| Population | 3,200 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 48145 |
| Area Code | 313 |
| County Seat | Monroe |
La Salle spreads across a flat, fertile expanse of southeastern Michigan where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the dark, rich soil of the plains. It lies 4.4 miles southwest of Monroe, MI (from Monroe, MI: bearing 220°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north of Washington Township Lucas County. Otter Creek winds through the landscape like a slow, deliberate pulse, carving a path through the fields and providing a quiet riparian corridor that defines the drainage of these low-lying lands. To the east, the vast, shimmering expanse of Lake Erie exerts a subtle pressure on the climate, tempering the bite of winter and drawing the eye toward a distant, hazy line where water meets air. On clear days, one might imagine the faint, jagged silhouette of Trimmers Ridge rising in the west, though here the earth prefers the honest, horizontal lines of furrowed crops and open sky.
La Salle maintains an identity forged in the steady labor of the land, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of progress. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the earth, as agricultural traditions persist amidst the encroaching modern industrial influence of the nearby regional centers. Residents often find their leisure in the quiet corners of Monroe Twp. Hall And Stoneco Fields, a space that offers a respite from the mechanical hum of local transit and commerce. The character of La Salle is found in the way the light catches the dust over a harvested field at dusk, or in the pragmatic, unadorned architecture that reflects a history of agrarian resilience. It is a place that values the weight of its own geography, content to remain a steady, functioning part of the inland plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Salle, Michigan. Coordinates: 41.867824, -83.452156. 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 La Salle includes the ZIP code (48145), telephone area code (313), county seat of Monroe County (Monroe), 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 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. |