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Lake Orion Michigan Map

Explore Lake Orion, 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 Orion, Michigan

How to Use This Lake Orion, Michigan Map

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

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 Orion
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Oakland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	42.784475
Longitude	-83.239661
Population	2,876
Density	1402.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	48362, 48359, 48360, 48361
Area Code	313
County Seat	Pontiac
School District	Lake Orion Community Schools

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About Lake Orion, Michigan

Lake Orion is a locality in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,876. The population density is 1402.1 people per km². Lake Orion is located at 42.7845°N, 83.2397°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Lake Orion is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 48362, 48359, 48360.

Lake Orion anchors a landscape defined by the persistent, cold-clear movement of Paint Creek and the quiet, basin-filled depressions of the surrounding terrain. It lies 2.5 miles east-northeast of Orion Township, MI (from Orion Township, MI: bearing 60°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Rochester Hills. The land rises in subtle, glacial folds toward the Grampian Hills, where the horizon gathers the heavy, shifting light of the inland afternoons. In the center of the village, Children'S Park provides a green threshold where the water’s edge meets the grass, and the air stays cool even when the summer sun beats against the pavement. The woods here are dense with hardwoods that turn a sharp, brittle gold in autumn, standing in contrast to the deep, still body of Lake Orion itself, which holds the reflected sky like a dark, polished stone.

Industry once moved to the rhythmic pulse of the forge and the assembly line, leaving behind a legacy of grit that has slowly softened into the modern pace of local commerce. The economic life of Lake Orion relies on a blend of small-scale enterprise and the legacy of the regional manufacturing spirit that once powered the wider territory. Historical storefronts remain as markers of a time when the railroad brought the world to the doorstep, yet today the focus has shifted to the maintenance of a deliberate, steady existence. People move through the streets with an awareness of the changing seasons, acknowledging that the character of the place is tied to the way the winter frost tightens the ground and the spring thaw brings the Paint Creek to its highest, most restless volume.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Atwater Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 130° SE
Paint Creek Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 160° S
Lake Orion Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 303° NW
Unger Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 228° SW
Oxford Hills Golf & Country Club (Park) — 1.1 mi, 359° N
Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Park) — 1.3 mi, 270° W
Camp Oakland (Private Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 005° N
Camp Agawam (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 222° SW
Polly Ann Trail (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 277° W
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 117° SE
Royal Oak Archers (Private Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 136° SE
Horseshoe Lake State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 343° N
Schuette Oak (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 095° E
Sea Life Aquarium (Aquarium) — 6.3 mi, 207° SW
Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 217° SW
Whale Tail (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 129° SE
Echo Cognitio (Public Artwork) — 7.5 mi, 171° S
Back Nine Jump Line (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 126° SE
Step-Up/Down (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 130° SE
O'Rena (Stadium) — 7.7 mi, 170° S
Shelden Estate (Historic Ruins) — 7.9 mi, 125° SE
Avon Players (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 132° SE
Van Hoosen Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 134° SE
Major Oliver Williams Farm Site (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 216° SW
Lakeside Park Turtle Statue (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 201° S
Newberry Hill (Historic Ruins) — 9.6 mi, 139° SE
River Bend Township Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 138° SE
Artwall Install (Gallery) — 13.5 mi, 203° SW
Cranbrook House and Gardens (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 181° S
Cranbrook Art Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 182° S

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