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Lake Ann Michigan Map

Explore Lake Ann, 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 Lake Ann, Michigan

How to Use This Lake Ann, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityLake Ann
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyBenzie County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude44.723889
Longitude-85.843139
Population273
Density234.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code49650
Area Code989
County SeatBeulah
School DistrictBenzie County Central School

About Lake Ann, Michigan

Lake Ann is a locality in Benzie County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 234.8 people per km². Lake Ann is located at 44.7239°N, 85.8431°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Lake Ann is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49650.

Lake Ann presents a landscape of quiet, inland permanence, defined by the glacial depressions and glacial drift that characterize this northern reach of the lower peninsula. It lies 4.8 miles west of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 277°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-northeast of Inland Township. The terrain surrounding Lake Ann rises toward the modest, rounded prominence of Warner Hill, while the nearby Platte River meanders through the landscape, its progress marked by the dense, verdant borders of the Pere Marquette State Forest. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar clarity, filtering through the maples and pines to strike the water with a sharp, silver brilliance that defines the afternoon. Within the immediate vicinity, Bumett Park provides a local focus for the land, preserving a patch of the wild, quiet character that persists between the larger agricultural clearings and the deeper, shadowed woods.

Development in Lake Ann traces back to the era of timber extraction, though the passage of years has softened those industrial edges into a more deliberate, agrarian pace. The local economy finds its footing in the seasonal rhythm of the orchards and the careful stewardship of the surrounding timberlands, moving in a tempo set by the frost and the harvest rather than the frantic pulse of distant cities. Life in Lake Ann remains tethered to these modest cycles, where the social center gravitates toward the intersection of local commerce and the enduring, unhurried presence of the water. Those who walk the trails near the Platte River find a stillness that feels untouched, a quality of silence that persists long after the work of the day has concluded.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bumett Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 337° NW
  • Mistwood Golf Course (Park) — 1.6 mi, 300° NW
  • Lake DuBonnet Flooding State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 133° SE
  • Gilbert Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 073° E
  • MNRTF Parcel 32 (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 296° NW
  • Interlochen Golf Club (Park) — 4.5 mi, 150° SE
  • Harvey Theatre (Theatre) — 7.3 mi, 150° SE
  • Interlochen State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 149° SE
  • Corson Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.3 mi, 150° SE
  • "two Bears" (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 150° SE
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 7.4 mi, 335° NW · 127k acres
  • Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.4 mi, 105° E
  • Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 8.2 mi, 107° E · 539k acres
  • Cherry Lane Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.1 mi, 080° E
  • Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 080° E
  • The Cistern (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 077° E
  • Laughing Fish Gallery and Art Café (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 077° E
  • Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 077° E
  • World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 085° E
  • Rope Swing (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 106° E
  • Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 096° E
  • St. Francis A.D. 1887 (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 078° E
  • Meyer & Keystone Soccer (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 099° E
  • Lake Michigan Stonehenge (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 073° E
  • Miller Hill School (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 341° N
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.8 mi, 355° N · 32k acres
  • Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.8 mi, 358° N
  • Benzie Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 241° SW
  • Tinker Studio (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 054° NE
  • Bayside Gallery (Gallery) — 19.8 mi, 028° NE

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About This Lake Ann Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Ann, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.723889, -85.843139. 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 Lake Ann includes the ZIP code (49650), telephone area code (989), county seat of Benzie County (Beulah), and school district assignment (Benzie County Central School).

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.