Explore Martin, 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 Martin, 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 Martin.
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 | Martin |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Allegan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.536978 |
| Longitude | -85.641685 |
| Population | 377 |
| Density | 190.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49070 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| County Seat | Allegan |
| School District | Martin Public Schools |
Martin emerges from the expanse of the Michigan interior as a quiet intersection of open fields and sky. It lies 17.2 miles north of Kalamazoo, MI (from Kalamazoo, MI: bearing 351°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Wayland. The horizon stretches wide, defined by the flat, fertile earth that characterizes the Gun Plains, where the sun casts long, amber shadows across the furrows at the close of day. Miller Creek carves a thin, deliberate path through the landscape two miles away, its waters moving with a steady, unhurried purpose toward the unseen distance. Nearby, Hicks Lake holds the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that seems to anchor the surrounding fields. Within the center of the grid, Village Park offers a modest clearing of green, a place where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the cooling air of a shifting season.
Martin preserves the character of a place built upon the labor of the land and the steady passage of the seasons. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of agriculture, a tradition that has dictated the pace of life since the earliest settlers broke the ground to establish their claims. Farmers here measure time in cycles of planting and harvest, their work often taking them toward the distant horizon where the silhouette of The Hogback rises against the gray light of a winter morning. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the vast expanse of the Allegan State Forest stands as a reminder of the wilder, wooded terrain that defined the region before the fences were drawn. Daily life here moves with the deliberate weight of history, a quiet endurance that persists in the creak of a barn door and the steady hum of machinery echoing across the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Martin, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.536978, -85.641685. 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 Martin includes the ZIP code (49070), telephone area code (269), county seat of Allegan County (Allegan), and school district assignment (Martin Public 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. |