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Lake Linden Michigan Map

Explore Lake Linden, 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 Linden, Michigan

How to Use This Lake Linden, Michigan Map

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

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	Lake Linden
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Houghton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	47.194092
Longitude	-88.407339
Population	1,014
Density	497.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49945
Area Code	906
County Seat	Houghton
School District	Lake Linden-Hubbell School District

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About Lake Linden, Michigan

Lake Linden is a locality in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,014. The population density is 497.5 people per km². Lake Linden is located at 47.1941°N, 88.4073°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Lake Linden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49945.

Lake Linden occupies the quiet, industrial edge of Torch Lake, where the water mirrors the heavy, overcast skies of the Keweenaw Peninsula. It lies 65.6 miles northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 314°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west-southwest of Traverse. Beyond the immediate water, the landscape rises into dense, northern forests that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cliff Range. Residents often gather at Lake Linden Park to watch the stillness of the afternoon, a time when the light softens and turns the surface of Torch Lake into a sheet of hammered copper. Nearby, the Trap Rock River winds through the woodland, its steady current carving a path through the earth toward the lake, while the cool, damp mist from Houghton Falls lingers in the air just a mile away, grounding the woods in a permanent, refreshing chill.

Copper once defined the very existence of Lake Linden, fueling the growth of mining infrastructure that dictated the rhythm of every household and the architecture of the streets. While the heavy machinery of the past has long since fallen silent, the imprint of that era remains in the sturdy, deliberate construction of the buildings and the stubborn character of the people who stayed after the mines closed. The economy has shifted away from the extraction of ore, yet the town maintains a steady, internal pace, focused more on the preservation of its heritage and the quiet maintenance of its homes than on the frantic expansion seen elsewhere. Today, life in Lake Linden moves with the deliberate weight of history, where the legacy of the industry is felt in the solid foundations of the local architecture and the enduring pride of a population that knows exactly how to weather the long, snowy winters.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Linden Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 184° S
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 049° NE
Houghton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 208° SW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 007° N
Hubbell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 216° SW
George Gipp Recreation Area (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 335° NW
Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 180° S
Lake Superior Beagle Club (Park) — 3.0 mi, 128° SE
Float Copper (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 330° NW
Alexander Agassiz Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 330° NW
Calumet Theatre (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 330° NW
WPA Stone Boat (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 353° N
Cathedral Pines (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 305° NW
Old Homestead (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 307° NW
Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 358° N
Keweenaw Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.3 mi, 331° NW
Remains of North Quincy (No. 6) Shaft (Historic Ruins) — 8.5 mi, 245° SW
Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic (Historic Ruins) — 8.6 mi, 243° SW
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 8.8 mi, 236° SW · 1.1M acres
McLain State Park (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 289° W
Quincy Mine (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 243° SW
The Miner (Public Artwork) — 8.8 mi, 235° SW
Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 230° SW
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 236° SW
Keweenaw Waterway Lookout (Viewpoint) — 9.3 mi, 242° SW
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 241° SW
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 10.8 mi, 234° SW
Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 199° S
Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 22.8 mi, 131° SE
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 31.4 mi, 198° S · 995k acres

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