Explore Lakeview, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lakeview, 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 Lakeview.
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 | Lakeview |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Montcalm County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.443065 |
| Longitude | -85.266937 |
| Population | 1,024 |
| Density | 264.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 49015, 49129, 49913, 48850 |
| Area Code | 906, 517 |
| County Seat | Stanton |
| School District | Lakeview Community Schools |
Lakeview holds the still, reflective surface of Tamarack Lake at its center, a place where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the Michigan sky. It lies 27.5 miles west-southwest of Mount Pleasant, MI (from Mount Pleasant, MI: bearing 248°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south of Canadian Lakes. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the terrain rises into the modest, steady elevation of the Brady Hills, which cast long, violet shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. Tamarack Creek meanders through the surrounding terrain, a quiet thread of movement that pulls the eye toward the deeper woods and open expanses. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine, holding a crispness that suggests the vast, changing seasons of the interior plains, far from the influence of any distant salt water.
Lakeview grew from the necessity of the land, evolving as a hub for those who worked the soil and harvested the timber that once dominated this interior landscape. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, where agriculture and small-scale enterprise define the daily labor of its people. Residents often gather near the Lakeview Sportsmen Club, a space that preserves the local tradition of stewardship over the woods and waterways. Life moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest rather than the frantic pace of the industrial centers that lie further to the south.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeview, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.443065, -85.266937. 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 Lakeview includes the ZIP code (49015, 49129, 49913), telephone area code (906, 517), county seat of Montcalm County (Stanton), and school district assignment (Lakeview Community Schools).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |