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Omer Michigan Map

Explore Omer, 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 Omer, Michigan

How to Use This Omer, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityOmer
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyArenac County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude44.04752
Longitude-83.854433
Population274
Density93.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code48749
Area Code586
County SeatStandish
School DistrictStandish-Sterling Community School District

About Omer, Michigan

Omer is a locality in Arenac County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 274. The population density is 93.5 people per km². Omer is located at 44.0475°N, 83.8544°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Omer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 48749.

Omer anchors itself firmly upon the verdant, low-lying expanse of the Michigan interior, defined by the steady, persistent pulse of the Rifle River as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 31.3 miles north of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 3°T), and is situated 13.0 miles southeast of Skidway Lake. Beyond the immediate banks of the water, the terrain stretches into the Omer Plains, a wide and open stretch of earth that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon, casting the shadows of hardwoods across the fields. The air here holds a crisp clarity, smelling of damp soil and the distant, cooling influence of Lake Huron, which lies only a few miles to the east. It is a quiet geography, where the land flattens into a persistent, honest horizon, and the movement of the river provides the only constant cadence to the stillness of the rural day.

History in Omer remains etched into the modest architecture of its streets, reflecting a legacy built upon the foundational industries of timber and agrarian labor that first drew settlers to these fertile reaches. The economy persists in a quiet rhythm, tethered to the seasonal cycles of the surrounding fields and the educational continuity provided by the nearby Au Gres-Sims School District. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own scale, where the memory of the early sawmills lingers in the sturdy, weathered timber of older foundations. Residents navigate their daily affairs with a pragmatic simplicity, finding a distinct, unassuming dignity in the maintenance of their homes and the cultivation of the land, far removed from the clamor of larger, more frantic centers of commerce.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Au Gres-Sims School District (Private Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 089° E
  • Wigwam Bay State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 161° S
  • Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 191° S
  • Wigwam Duck Club (Park) — 3.4 mi, 152° SE
  • Makem Golf Enterprises (Park) — 4.5 mi, 201° S
  • Outdoor Adventures Wilderness (Private Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 273° W
  • Township of Au Gres Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 087° E
  • Township of Clayton Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 294° NW
  • MNRTF Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 286° W
  • Arenac County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 091° E
  • Fakawee Nature Conservancy Forest (Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 324° NW
  • Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 18.9 mi, 023° NE · 436k acres
  • Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.3 mi, 099° E · 1,668 acres
  • Lumber Jack statue (Public Artwork) — 23.1 mi, 307° NW
  • Frank Sabastian Smith House (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 310° NW
  • Observation Tower (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 343° N
  • ADA Hunting Blind (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 341° N
  • Kiwanis' Monument (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 023° NE
  • Iargo Springs Interpretive Site (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 018° N
  • Canoer's Memorial (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 021° N
  • Bay City Cinemas (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 184° S
  • Lumberman's Monument (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 023° NE
  • World Friendship Shell (Theatre) — 31.1 mi, 183° S
  • Van Buren Street Theatre (Theatre) — 31.2 mi, 183° S
  • Gladwin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 264° W
  • Foote Pond Overlook (Viewpoint) — 32.6 mi, 031° NE
  • Pigeon Historical Society (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 117° SE
  • AuSable-Oscoda Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 045° NE
  • Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 44.9 mi, 149° SE
  • Clare County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 256° W

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About This Omer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Omer, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.04752, -83.854433. 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 Omer includes the ZIP code (48749), telephone area code (586), county seat of Arenac County (Standish), and school district assignment (Standish-Sterling Community School District).

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.