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Nessen City Michigan Map

Explore Nessen 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 Nessen City, Michigan

How to Use This Nessen City, Michigan Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nessen 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 Nessen 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	Nessen City
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Benzie County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	44.520002
Longitude	-85.878135
Population	81
Density	25.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49683
Area Code	989
County Seat	Beulah
School District	Benzie County Central School

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About Nessen City, Michigan

Nessen City is a locality in Benzie County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 81. The population density is 25.8 people per km². Nessen City is located at 44.5200°N, 85.8781°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49683.

Nessen City emerges from the quiet, interior expanse of the Michigan landscape as a collection of wood-framed structures and gravel lanes defined by the slow transition of seasons. It lies 15.0 miles south-southwest of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 206°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Inland Township. Dutchman Creek carves a thin, reflective silver ribbon through the surrounding brush just a mile from the center, its steady movement providing a constant, low-frequency pulse to the woods. To the east, the North Hills rise in a soft, muted silhouette against the sky, while the nearby expanse of MNRTF Parcel 50 offers a sanctuary of uncultivated earth where the wild grasses turn a brittle, pale amber as the autumn light thins. The air here carries the scent of damp pine needles and cooling soil, a stillness that feels heavy with the patient growth of timber and the long, shadows cast by the afternoon sun.

Nessen City preserves a legacy anchored in the timber industry and the steady, rhythmic labor of those who cleared the dense stands of white pine that once dominated this interior. The local economy relies on the quiet persistence of small-scale agriculture and the stewardship of the land, drawing people who appreciate the solitude found a short distance from the recreational paths of the Hoot Owl Ski Trail. Travelers occasionally venture toward the calm waters of Twin Lake, four miles away, or seek the deeper, forested seclusion of the Pere Marquette State Forest, which waits twelve miles out like a dark green wall on the horizon. Life in Nessen City moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a history of resilience where the primary connection remains the land itself, unadorned and deeply rooted in the seasonal cycle of the North.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 268° W
Cadillac State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 110° E
Mish-a-Mish Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 217° SW
MNRTF Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 042° NE
Crystal Mountain Golf Course and Ski Area (Park) — 5.0 mi, 265° W
Stockade Labyrinth (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 273° W
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 8.7 mi, 169° S · 539k acres
Interlochen State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 040° NE
Corson Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.4 mi, 035° NE
Harvey Theatre (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 035° NE
Benzie Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 301° NW
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 13.3 mi, 317° NW · 127k acres
Slagle Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 174° S
Rainbow Valley Family Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.0 mi, 036° NE
Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 301° NW
Bear Creek, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.4 mi, 209° SW · 1,894 acres
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 048° NE
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.0 mi, 330° NW · 32k acres
Manistee, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.2 mi, 194° S · 8,921 acres
Kingsley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 075° E
Suspendend Overlook (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 044° NE
City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 295° NW
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 18.5 mi, 325° NW
World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 040° NE
The Cistern (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 035° NE
Laughing Fish Gallery and Art Café (Gallery) — 20.0 mi, 035° NE
Lake Michigan Stonehenge (Historic Ruins) — 21.6 mi, 036° NE
Manton Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 107° E
Miller Hill School (Historic Ruins) — 25.5 mi, 355° N
Fife Lake Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 081° E

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