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Mass City Michigan Map

Explore Mass City, 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 Mass City, Michigan

How to Use This Mass City, Michigan Map

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

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	Mass City
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Ontonagon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	46.763828
Longitude	-89.08625
Population	148
Density	106.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49948
Area Code	906
County Seat	Ontonagon
School District	Ontonagon Area Schools

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About Mass City, Michigan

Mass City is a locality in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 106.2 people per km². Mass City is located at 46.7638°N, 89.0863°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49948.

Mass City emerges from the rugged terrain of the Upper Peninsula where the Flintsteel River carves a quiet, persistent path through the dense, verdant landscape. It lies 81.6 miles west-northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 281°T), and is situated 34.7 miles southwest of Houghton. The Township of Greenland Park provides a central point of stillness in a region defined by its elevation and the deep, silent reach of the woods. Further afield, the distant profile of the South Range anchors the horizon, while the cooling influence of the landscape is punctuated by the presence of Butterfield Lake to the east and the cascading energy of Irish Rapid Falls. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially as the late afternoon light elongates the shadows of the hardwoods, casting a cool, slate-colored hue across the ground that suggests the weight of the coming winter.

Mass City carries the enduring legacy of a landscape once defined by the deep extraction of copper, a history that lingers in the weathered geometry of the buildings and the remnants of old mining infrastructure. While the heavy industry that first drew settlers to these hills has long since receded into memory, the economy now breathes in time with the seasonal rhythms of the forest and the steady, unpretentious pace of local life. Residents often look toward the North Country National Scenic Trail for connection to the broader wilderness, finding in the sprawling expanse of the Mishwabic State Forest a sense of scale that renders modern concerns small. Life in Mass City persists with a quiet dignity, grounded in a geography that demands resilience and offers, in return, a profound, solitary peace.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Township of Greenland Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 000° N
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 145° SE · 995k acres
Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 072° E
Vestaburg Hunting Club (Park) — 4.1 mi, 000° N
Childhood Cottage Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 247° SW
Ontonagon, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.8 mi, 180° S · 46k acres
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 346° N
Military Hill Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 5.5 mi, 218° SW · 1,619 acres
Old Victoria Historic Townsite (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 238° SW
Ontonagon, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.0 mi, 236° SW · 8,876 acres
The Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 305° NW
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 051° NE
Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.3 mi, 117° SE · 17k acres
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 285° W
Bear's Den Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.1 mi, 114° SE
Sand Dunes (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 283° W
Baraga County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 089° E
Paulding Light (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 189° S
Copper Range Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 045° NE
Alberta Village Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 106° E
Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 055° NE
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 33.0 mi, 045° NE
Creekside Bike Park (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 040° NE
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 043° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 34.6 mi, 044° NE
Aurora Borealis Mural (Public Artwork) — 34.7 mi, 044° NE
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 34.9 mi, 045° NE · 1.1M acres
Quincy Smelter (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 044° NE
Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 046° NE
Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 043° NE

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