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Otter Lake Michigan Map

Explore Otter Lake, 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 Otter Lake, Michigan

How to Use This Otter Lake, Michigan Map

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

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	Otter Lake
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Lapeer County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	43.213359
Longitude	-83.454396
Population	426
Density	217.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	48464
Area Code	248
County Seat	Lapeer
School District	Lakeville Community Schools

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About Otter Lake, Michigan

Otter Lake is a locality in Lapeer County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 426. The population density is 217.9 people per km². Otter Lake is located at 43.2134°N, 83.4544°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Otter Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 48464.

Otter Lake anchors a landscape where the flat, fertile plains of the region yield to the quiet, persistent currents of Butternut Creek. It lies 10.8 miles northeast of Genesee, MI (from Genesee, MI: bearing 50°T), and is situated 18.2 miles northeast of Flint. The moisture-heavy air of the interior keeps the soil dark and rich, supporting a dense canopy of hardwoods that turns a bruised, rusted orange when the autumn light grows thin. Otter Lake sits at the center of this expanse, its surface serving as a mirror for the shifting gray clouds that drift across the Midwestern sky. At the water's edge, Park offers a buffer of untamed vegetation, where the reeds lean toward the water and the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp splash of a muskrat or the rhythmic rustle of wind through dry stalks.

Otter Lake bears the marks of a nineteenth-century transition, when the timber industry and emerging rail lines drew workers to these woodlands to harvest the white pine. The local economy, once dictated by the seasonal pulse of the sawmill, has shifted toward the steady, grounding rhythms of small-scale agriculture and the legacy of the regional manufacturing spirit. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, informed by the long, cold winters and the intense, humid productivity of the growing season. The history of the place remains etched in the simple, sturdy architecture of the older houses and the long sightlines across the fields, where the horizon remains unbroken by the distant, faint silhouette of Pinnacle Point.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 282° W
Otter Lake (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 269° W
Murphy Lake State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 341° N
Township of Watertown Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 040° NE
East Michign Conf. F.M. Church (Private Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 258° W
Tau Beta Camp (Private Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 129° SE
Great Lakes Beagle Club (Park) — 3.7 mi, 229° SW
Lapeer State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 124° SE
Columbiaville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 151° SE
Myron & Isabel Zucker Memorial (Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 104° E
Private Golf Course (Park) — 6.9 mi, 344° N
Stepping Stone Falls (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 227° SW
Extreme Indoor Kart Racing (Theme Park) — 13.8 mi, 259° W
Silent Night Chapel (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 296° NW
Chippewa Indian Memorial (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 300° NW
The New McCree Theatre (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 235° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 300° NW
Kiva (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 221° SW
Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 19.2 mi, 009° N
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 21.4 mi, 252° W · 539k acres
Grand Blanc Heritage Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 204° SW
Vinyard (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 200° S
Mindy Miracle Commons (Viewpoint) — 22.3 mi, 214° SW
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.4 mi, 293° NW · 20k acres
Wildlife Blind (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 288° W
Dolphan Statue (Public Artwork) — 31.1 mi, 305° NW
Old Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 35.9 mi, 211° SW
Bay City Cinemas (Cinema) — 36.1 mi, 323° NW
Sea Life Aquarium (Aquarium) — 36.1 mi, 167° S
Sanilac Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 37.5 mi, 035° NE

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