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 | Alcona 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 | Harrisville |
| School District | Alcona Community Schools |
Lincoln anchors its quiet existence to the shimmering expanse of Lincoln Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the sky in a steady, silvered rhythm. It lies 26.1 miles south of Alpena, MI (from Alpena, MI: bearing 178°T), and is situated 28.3 miles north of East Tawas. The East Branch Pine River traces a path through the landscape, its current carving a deliberate, serpentine line through the earth before merging with the stillness of the lake. To the west, the subtle rise of Mount Maria breaks the horizon, a distant sentinel watching over the low-lying terrain. Within the immediate center of the place, Village Park provides an open, grassy expanse where the air carries the crisp, sharp scent of pine needles drifting in from the distant Alpena State Forest.
Lincoln maintains a steady, deliberate pace, defined by the seasonal cycles of the inland woods and the modest industry that sustains its people. The local economy persists through a quiet reliance on the surrounding timber and the rhythms of a regional trade that has long favored endurance over expansion. History lingers in the architecture of the older storefronts, where the weathered wood suggests decades of frost and sun, standing as a physical ledger of those who settled the land to harvest its resources. Life in Lincoln proceeds without urgency, marked by the simple, enduring labor of a population that understands the weight of the seasons and the value of a sheltered, inland life.
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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 Alcona County (Harrisville), 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. |