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Laurium Michigan Map

Explore Laurium, 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 Laurium, Michigan

How to Use This Laurium, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	47.237426
Longitude	-88.443172
Population	1,864
Density	1108.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49913
Area Code	906
County Seat	Houghton
School District	Calumet Public Schools

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About Laurium, Michigan

Laurium is a locality in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,864. The population density is 1108.9 people per km². Laurium is located at 47.2374°N, 88.4432°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Laurium is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49913.

Laurium rises from the firm, high ground of the Keweenaw Peninsula, a place where the air carries a distinct, crisp weight that suggests the proximity of Calumet Lake. It lies 68.9 miles northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 314°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Traverse. The landscape here is characterized by a sturdy, unadorned terrain, where the expansive sky often turns a bruised plum color as evening settles over the dense, surrounding woodlands. Residents of Laurium find a quiet respite in the greenery of Daniell Park, which serves as a central clearing amidst the quietude of the northern woods. Farther out, the rugged silhouette of the Cliff Range marks the distant horizon, while the nearby path of Slaughterhouse Creek cuts through the earth, marking the land with a subtle, winding depression. The nearby rush of Houghton Falls provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the wilderness, a sound that persists long after the daylight has retreated into the gray shadows of the pines.

Copper once defined the very pulse of Laurium, pulling generations of workers into the deep, dark veins of the earth and establishing a legacy that remains visible in the ornate, historic architecture that lines the streets. The local economy, having shifted away from the intensive extraction of the past, now leans into the slow, deliberate pace of a quiet interior life, far removed from the frenetic energy of larger, crowded hubs. One can still perceive the echoes of a bustling mining era in the grand facades of the older buildings, which stand as enduring witnesses to a time when the region fueled the industrial fire of a nation. Today, the rhythm of life in Laurium is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants, who move through their days with the unassuming grace of those who are accustomed to the long, contemplative winters of the north.

Nearby Outdoor Places

George Gipp Recreation Area (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 120° SE
Float Copper (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 322° NW
Alexander Agassiz Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 321° NW
Land (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 270° W
Calumet Theatre (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 326° NW
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 356° N
Ruth Ann Miller Memorial (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 334° NW
WPA Stone Boat (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 026° NE
Old Homestead (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 275° W
Cathedral Pines (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 271° W
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 143° SE
Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 026° NE
Houghton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 157° SE
Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 180° S
Keweenaw Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.9 mi, 331° NW
Black Creek (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 353° N
McLain State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 272° W
Remains of North Quincy (No. 6) Shaft (Historic Ruins) — 9.0 mi, 222° SW
Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic (Historic Ruins) — 9.2 mi, 221° SW
Quincy Mine (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 222° SW
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 9.7 mi, 215° SW · 1.1M acres
The Miner (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 215° SW
Keweenaw Waterway Lookout (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 222° SW
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 216° SW
Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 210° SW
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 221° SW
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 11.7 mi, 217° SW
Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 192° S
Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 26.1 mi, 134° SE
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 33.8 mi, 194° S · 995k acres

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