Oak Hill Michigan Map

About Oak Hill, Michigan

Oak Hill is a locality in Manistee County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 545. The population density is 418.3 people per km². Oak Hill is located at 44.2244°N, 86.3040°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49660.

Oak Hill claims a distinct geography where the land yields to the heavy, silver-gray presence of Manistee Lake. It lies 43.7 miles southwest of Long Lake Township, MI (from Long Lake Township, MI: bearing 219°T), and is situated 1.7 miles southeast of Manistee. The Little Manistee River threads through the landscape, its cold, clear current carving a path toward the larger basin and grounding the local terrain in a constant, liquid motion. Beyond the water’s edge, the ground rises into dense stands of timber and the protected acreage of Rietz Park, where the air smells perpetually of damp needles and shifting silt. On quiet afternoons, the light hits the surface of the lake with a flat, metallic intensity, turning the water into a mirror that reflects the sprawling, unhurried sky of the Michigan interior.

Oak Hill maintains a quiet persistence, its identity forged by the industrial legacy of the timber era and the subsequent transition toward a slower, more deliberate economy. The influence of the water remains central to the character of the place, as the proximity to the coast—only five miles distant—brings a maritime sharpness to the autumn winds that rattle the windowpanes of older, salt-worn structures. While the bustle of larger ports remains a world away, the residents here possess a pragmatism born from generations of working the woods and the river. Life in Oak Hill moves with the rhythmic pull of the seasons, defined by the seasonal migration of fish in the river and the steady, enduring stillness of the woods that surround the shoreline.

About This Oak Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Hill, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.224448, -86.303974. 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 Oak Hill includes the ZIP code (49660), telephone area code (989), county seat of Manistee County (Manistee), and school district assignment (Manistee Area Schools).

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.