Explore Pearl Beach, 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 Pearl Beach, 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 Pearl Beach.
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 | Pearl Beach |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | St. Clair County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.631576 |
| Longitude | -82.586437 |
| Population | 4,698 |
| Density | 377.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 49036, 48001 |
| Area Code | 269, 313 |
| County Seat | Port Huron |
| School District | Algonac Community School District |
Pearl Beach reveals itself through the low, flat expanse of the Saint Clair Flats, where the horizon stretches thin under a sky that seems to hold the weight of the coming winter. It lies 8.0 miles east-southeast of New Baltimore, MI (from New Baltimore, MI: bearing 118°T), and is situated 1.6 miles west-northwest of Clay. Swartout Creek marks the edge of the landscape, its dark, quiet waters winding through the sediment-rich earth as they move toward the nearby expanse of Lake Saint Clair. The air here carries the scent of damp reeds and the cooling breath of the inland plains, a stillness that settles over the land long before the sun dips below the tree line. Within the immediate perimeter, the St. Johns Marsh State Wildlife Area creates a sprawling, unhurried sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the regional winds, turning a muted, brittle gold as the season wanes.
Pearl Beach carries the quiet endurance of a settlement defined by its intimacy with the marshland and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. The local character is shaped by a history of navigating the alluvial soil and the proximity to the water, where the economy has long favored an quiet existence rooted in the management of the land and the preservation of the surrounding ecosystem. Life in Pearl Beach moves at the pace of the creek’s current, far from the industrial clamor of the regional centers, finding its texture in the migration of birds through the marsh and the shifting light that defines the afternoon. The presence of the St. Johns Marsh State Wildlife Area remains the primary anchor of the region, ensuring that the natural order of the delta—the slow accumulation of silt and the persistent growth of the wetlands—continues to dictate the rhythm of the days.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pearl Beach, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.631576, -82.586437. 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 Pearl Beach includes the ZIP code (49036, 48001), telephone area code (269, 313), county seat of St. Clair County (Port Huron), and school district assignment (Algonac 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 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. |