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Northport Michigan Map

Explore Northport, 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 Northport, Michigan

How to Use This Northport, Michigan Map

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

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	Northport
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Leelanau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	45.131388
Longitude	-85.616751
Population	496
Density	116.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49670
Area Code	989
County Seat	Suttons Bay Township
School District	Northport Public School District

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About Northport, Michigan

Northport is a locality in Leelanau County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 496. The population density is 116.2 people per km². Northport is located at 45.1314°N, 85.6168°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Northport is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49670.

Northport anchors the northern tip of the peninsula, where the quiet flow of Northport Creek spills its clear, cold waters into the vast expanse of Northport Bay. It lies 25.5 miles north of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 0°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-northwest of Peninsula Township. The landscape rises in modest, forested slopes toward Bramen Hill, while the shoreline of Lake Michigan frames the horizon in a lingering, metallic blue. At Haserot Park, the land softens into a transition between the deep green of inland woods and the shifting sands of the coast, where the light at dusk takes on a pale, translucent quality that turns the water into a sheet of hammered silver. Three miles offshore, the dark silhouette of Bellow Island sits in solitary repose, a constant point of reference for the gulls that circle the harbor.

Settlers arrived here to harvest the bounty of the surrounding timber and the deep, fertile soil that would eventually favor the rows of cherry and apple orchards defining the local economy. Northport maintains an atmosphere of industrious patience, where the rhythmic arrival of seasonal harvests dictates the pace of life as much as the shifting currents of the harbor. The legacy of the maritime trade remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture that lines the streets, speaking of a time when the lake served as the primary thoroughfare for commerce. Today, the economy balances this agricultural inheritance with a quiet maritime focus, keeping the connection between the land and the water constant and essential.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Haserot Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 113° SE
Bramen Hill Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 273° W
Kehl Lake Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 008° N
Jeff Lamont Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 353° N
Northport Point Golf Course (Park) — 2.9 mi, 056° NE
Leelanau State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 033° NE
Matheson Greens Golf Course (Park) — 3.0 mi, 191° S
45th Parallel (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 185° S
Leland Historical District (Fishtown) (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 223° SW
Brenda Clark Gallery (Gallery) — 10.7 mi, 189° S
The Bay (Cinema) — 10.8 mi, 189° S
Bayside Gallery (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 189° S
Peninsula Township War Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 146° SE
Dune Overlook (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 074° E
Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 076° E
Interpretive Display (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 076° E
Fisherman's Island State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 062° NE
Stone Circle (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 119° SE
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 15.2 mi, 215° SW · 127k acres
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.3 mi, 217° SW
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.8 mi, 215° SW · 32k acres
Tinker Studio (Gallery) — 17.5 mi, 164° S
Paul Maleski's place (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 273° W
Elk Rapids Iron Company Furnace Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 18.9 mi, 147° SE
Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 149° SE
Still on Patrol (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 054° NE
Hungry Ducks Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.9 mi, 063° NE
Elm Pointe Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 085° E
Coy Mountain Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.3 mi, 136° SE
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 30.7 mi, 186° S · 539k acres

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