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Lakeside Michigan Map

Explore Lakeside, 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 Lakeside, Michigan

How to Use This Lakeside, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityLakeside
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyMacomb County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude42.565035
Longitude-82.839084
DensityN/A /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes48045, 49116
Area Code313, 269
County SeatMount Clemens

About Lakeside, Michigan

Lakeside is a locality in Macomb County, Michigan, United States. Lakeside is located at 42.5650°N, 82.8391°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP codes: 48045, 49116.

Lakeside claims a flat, low-slung horizon where the land yields to the persistent influence of water. It lies 1.9 miles south-southwest of Harrison Township, MI (from Harrison Township, MI: bearing 199°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-northeast of Warren. The Clinton River Spillway carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its banks marking the passage of moisture toward the expansive, gray-blue reaches of Lake Saint Clair. At the water’s edge, the shoreline feels porous and vast, holding the quiet stillness of L'anse Creuse Bay like a held breath. Within the local borders, Tuckar Park offers a quiet refuge of green, where the wind carries the damp, metallic scent of the lake and the light at dusk turns the reeds into thin, golden needles against the darkening sky.

Lakeside bears the quiet markers of a landscape shaped by the shifting currents of industry and the slow encroachment of the tides. The proximity to the Saint Clair Flats influences the local rhythm, grounding the economy in a long-standing connection to the water’s edge and the surrounding marshy plains. Beyond the immediate view, the distant silhouette of Grass Island remains a solitary fixture in the expanse, a reminder of the shifting boundaries between solid earth and the fluid reach of the bay. Life in Lakeside moves with a steady, unforced cadence, defined by the seasonal cooling of the air and the persistent, rhythmic hum of a region that has learned to live in the quiet shadow of the great lakes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Land (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 308° NW
  • Gowanie Golf & Country Club (Park) — 1.4 mi, 316° NW
  • Metro Beach Metropark (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 074° E
  • Oxford Drive Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 310° NW
  • St. Clair Shores Country Club (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 236° SW
  • Maravian Hills Country Club (Park) — 3.6 mi, 299° NW
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 326° NW
  • John R. Armstrong Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 346° N
  • WWII Cannon (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 006° N
  • NIKE Hercules Missile (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 006° N
  • AS/32P-15 Fire Truck (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 005° N
  • NIKE-AJAX Missile (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 006° N
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 244° SW
  • Gold Star Family Monument (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 296° NW
  • Helicopter Memorial (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 250° W
  • Grindstone (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 266° W
  • St. Clair Flats State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 074° E
  • MJR Partridge Creek Digital Cinema 14 (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 307° NW
  • Huey Helicopter (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 270° W
  • North Coast Studios (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 240° SW
  • Brandenburg Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 029° NE
  • Cook Schoolhouse (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 202° S
  • Wetzel Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 355° N
  • River Bend Township Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 294° NW
  • Alger Theater (Cinema) — 12.2 mi, 204° SW
  • Polish Cultural Center (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 265° W
  • Burgess Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.1 mi, 297° NW
  • Pewabic Pottery exhibitions (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 207° SW
  • Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 214° SW · 13k acres

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About This Lakeside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeside, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.565035, -82.839084. 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 Lakeside includes the ZIP code (48045, 49116), telephone area code (313, 269), county seat of Macomb County (Mount Clemens), 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 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.