Explore Montrose, 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 Montrose, 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 Montrose.
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 | Montrose |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Genesee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.176694 |
| Longitude | -83.892744 |
| Population | 1,743 |
| Density | 688.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 48457 |
| Area Code | 248 |
| County Seat | Flint |
| School District | Montrose Community Schools |
Montrose emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Michigan interior, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a heavy, expansive sky. It lies 14.6 miles west-northwest of Genesee, MI (from Genesee, MI: bearing 288°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-northwest of Flushing. The land here is defined by the steady, patient work of the elements, composed of level fields that shift in color from the deep, rich black of turned earth in spring to the pale, sun-bleached gold of late-season grain. Only a mile away, the Flint River carves a quiet, meandering path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the gray, shifting clouds that often gather in the afternoon. The atmosphere carries a crisp, clean clarity, and when the light begins to wane, it casts long, amber shadows across the open plains, lending a solemn, temporal beauty to the simple geometry of the fields and fences.
Montrose maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of agriculture and the industrious spirit that once defined the broader region’s manufacturing legacy. The local economy persists with a quiet resilience, moving forward through the seasons with the same predictability as the cycle of planting and harvest. For those seeking recreation, the Private Golf Course offers a manicured escape just two miles from the center, providing a contrast to the wilder, wooded edges of the landscape. While the distant, rolling terrain toward Hog Island remains a faint suggestion on the far horizon, the inhabitants of Montrose find their daily rhythm in the familiar, grounded reality of their immediate surroundings, far from the influence of any distant shore.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Montrose, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.176694, -83.892744. 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 Montrose includes the ZIP code (48457), telephone area code (248), county seat of Genesee County (Flint), and school district assignment (Montrose 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. |