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New Era Michigan Map

Explore New Era, 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 New Era, Michigan

How to Use This New Era, Michigan Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Era, 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 New Era.

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.

CityNew Era
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyOceana County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude43.559176
Longitude-86.345628
Population446
Density205.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code49446
Area Code616
County SeatHart
School DistrictShelby Public Schools

About New Era, Michigan

New Era is a locality in Oceana County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 446. The population density is 205.2 people per km². New Era is located at 43.5592°N, 86.3456°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. New Era is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49446.

New Era emerges from a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of earth and water, where the horizon is held by the soft, distant suggestion of Piney Ridge. It lies 23.0 miles north-northwest of Muskegon, MI (from Muskegon, MI: bearing 348°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-southeast of Shelby. Browns Pond rests a mere mile from the center of New Era, its vast, still surface acting as a mirror for the changing sky and anchoring the geography of the surrounding plains. Through the lower reaches of the terrain, Carlton Creek carves a narrow, winding path, its presence marked by the rustle of riparian brush and the cooling influence it lends to the air. The land here feels deliberate, a stretch of firm soil and woodland that holds the heat of the sun long into the evening, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that define the local character.

New Era exists as a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest, drawing its vitality from the fruit-laden orchards that spread across the countryside. Within the boundaries of the Hart-Montague Bicycle Trail Park, the landscape is preserved for those who traverse the old rail corridors, moving through a corridor of trees that once fueled the regional economy. This path serves as a quiet artery, connecting the people of New Era to the legacy of the timber era and the transition into modern agricultural life. The economy remains rooted in the heavy, dark soil, where the labor of the day leaves a distinct, metallic scent of rain and damp earth on the breeze, marking a life lived in steady, predictable harmony with the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hart-Montague Bicycle Trail Park (State Recreation Area)locality lies within
  • Thoroughbred Golf Club (Park) — 1.3 mi, 214° SW
  • Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.6 mi, 057° NE · 539k acres
  • Grand View Golf Club (Park) — 1.7 mi, 251° W
  • Gem Mining (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 269° W
  • Lewis Adventure Farm & Zoo (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 269° W
  • Czarny Field (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 183° S
  • Genevieve Casey (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 329° NW
  • Camp Miniwanca (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 266° W
  • White, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.7 mi, 167° S · 21k acres
  • Sandy McGrath Outlook (Viewpoint) — 7.9 mi, 269° W
  • Assembly (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 270° W
  • Kinji Shrine (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 270° W
  • The Monument (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 270° W
  • Oceana Historical Society (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 336° NW
  • Studio 2 Gallery (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 183° S
  • Chadwick Munger House (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 355° N
  • Opus in 3 Movements (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 182° S
  • Silver Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 314° NW
  • Old Town Hall (Historic Ruins) — 10.0 mi, 145° SE
  • Oceana County Veterans Monument (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 355° N
  • Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 136° SE
  • Huck Finn Rafts (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 138° SE
  • Wagons On (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Lau Firebowl (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 136° SE
  • Pentwater River State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 346° N
  • Duck Lake State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 188° S
  • Newaygo County Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 107° E
  • USS LST 393 Veterans Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 169° S
  • Pere Marquette, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.9 mi, 001° N · 13k acres

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About This New Era Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Era, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.559176, -86.345628. 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 New Era includes the ZIP code (49446), telephone area code (616), county seat of Oceana County (Hart), and school district assignment (Shelby 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.