Explore Lincoln, 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 Lincoln, 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 Lincoln.
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 | Lincoln |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Chippewa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 44.684367 |
| Longitude | -83.412568 |
| Population | 305 |
| Density | 142.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 49726, 48197, 48742 |
| Area Code | 313, 586 |
| County Seat | Sault Ste. Marie |
| School District | Alcona Community Schools |
Lincoln sits amidst a landscape where the earth holds the cold, quiet memory of the glaciers, defined by dense stands of pine and the persistent, low-slung reach of the North Woods. It lies 48.8 miles southeast of Sault Ste Marie, MI (from Sault Ste Marie, MI: bearing 137°T), and is situated 49.0 miles southeast of Sault Ste. Marie. Marie. The horizon is flat and deliberate, broken only by the shimmering surface of Toivola Lake, where the water catches the pale, bruised light of a late autumn afternoon and turns it into polished slate. A few miles to the east, the tides of Scammon Cove pull at the shoreline, bringing a salt-tinged dampness that mingles with the scent of damp loam and decaying needles. Stony Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its current steady and indifferent as it drains toward the larger basins, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Hungry Hill remains a permanent, hazy smudge against the sky.
Lincoln carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of the land, a place where the economy once pivoted on the hard labor of timber and the slow, grinding work of the earth. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the seasons, a quiet endurance that persists long after the bustle of the mining-camp ghosts has faded from the surrounding woods. Local interest often gravitates toward the wilder reaches of Rock At Woodmoor, a refuge that offers a stark, undisturbed view of the flora that survives in this northern climate. Further out, the expansive, open ground of Maxton Plains provides a counterpoint to the thick forests, while the proximity of Drummond Island serves as a constant, looming presence across the water. Life in Lincoln moves with a measured, deliberate pace, dictated by the turning of the weather and the quiet, persistent demands of the forest that encroaches upon every property line.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lincoln, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.684367, -83.412568. 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 Lincoln includes the ZIP code (49726, 48197, 48742), telephone area code (313, 586), county seat of Chippewa County (Sault Ste. Marie), and school district assignment (Alcona 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. |