Explore Otisville, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Otisville, 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 Otisville.
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 | Otisville |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Genesee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.166137 |
| Longitude | -83.524398 |
| Population | 819 |
| Density | 358.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 48463 |
| Area Code | 248 |
| County Seat | Flint |
| School District | Lakeville Community Schools |
Otisville maintains a quiet posture amidst the flat, expansive farmlands that define this portion of the interior landscape. It lies 6.0 miles northeast of Genesee, MI (from Genesee, MI: bearing 52°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east of Vienna Township. The horizon here is broken not by towering peaks, but by the subtle, rhythmic rise of terrain that guides the flow of local waters toward the nearby banks of Butternut Creek. McCormick Lake serves as a reflective anchor for the surrounding woods, its surface mirroring the shifting gray and amber hues of the sky as the afternoon light wanes. Within the grounds of the Great Lakes Beagle Club, the air carries a crisp, earthen scent, marking a landscape where the primary movement is the slow, seasonal transition of fields and the steady, unobserved growth of timber.
Otisville carries the weight of a settlement forged in the necessity of land cultivation and the patient labor of those who cleared the timber to make way for the plow. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of this agricultural heritage, where the pace of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of distant industrial centers. While the memory of early logging and milling operations has faded into the texture of the modern day, the community retains a sturdy, self-reliant character. Life here moves with a deliberate gravity, evidenced by the steady routines of neighbors and the enduring presence of the rural grid, which remains the primary artery for those who work the soil or serve the needs of the surrounding countryside.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Otisville, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.166137, -83.524398. 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 Otisville includes the ZIP code (48463), telephone area code (248), county seat of Genesee County (Flint), and school district assignment (Lakeville Community 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |