Lake Ann Michigan Map

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.

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).

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.