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Perkins Michigan Map

Explore Perkins, 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 Perkins, Michigan

How to Use This Perkins, Michigan Map

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

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	Perkins
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Delta County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	45.977739
Longitude	-87.071807
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49872
Area Code	906
County Seat	Escanaba

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About Perkins, Michigan

Perkins is a locality in Delta County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Perkins is located at 45.9777°N, 87.0718°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49872.

Perkins emerges from the dense, flat timberlands of the Upper Peninsula where the horizon is defined by the sharp, emerald silhouette of pine stands. It lies 16.1 miles north of Escanaba, MI (from Escanaba, MI: bearing 359°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northwest of Gladstone. The Tacoosh River carves a dark, deliberate path through the landscape, its currents pulling cold water past the edge of the settlement with a steady, hushed urgency. To the north, the terrain softens into the expansive greenery of Baldwin Township, providing a quiet buffer of managed woods and field. Only five miles away, the seasonal surge of Rapid River Falls provides a persistent, rhythmic hum, while the still, reflective surface of Brampton Lake waits four miles to the east to catch the pale, amber light of a fading afternoon.

Perkins carries the quiet gravity of a place built upon the labor of the woods and the slow turnover of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the surrounding timber and the modest demands of the inland plains, far removed from the bustle of the industrial centers to the south. Life here is measured by the transition of the foliage and the persistence of the frost, a pace that has remained largely undisturbed since the early days of regional settlement. Those who reside in Perkins find a certain clarity in the isolation, where the distance to the Haymeadow Gravel Pit serves as a reminder of the vast, hollowed-out silence that characterizes the deeper interior of the peninsula.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Baldwin Township (Local Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 242° SW
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 090° E · 899k acres
Northwest Territory Club (Park) — 4.4 mi, 024° NE
Brampton Township (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 167° S
Whitefish, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.3 mi, 111° E · 10k acres
Friday Flooding State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 008° N
Indian Trail (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 113° SE
Big Pines Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.8 mi, 061° NE
Whitefish, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.0 mi, 022° N · 7,213 acres
Flowing Well (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 099° E
Sandtown Historic Site (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 116° SE
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive Number 5 (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 116° SE
Boarding House Site (Historic Ruins) — 26.3 mi, 133° SE
D. Dupont Barber Shop (Historic Ruins) — 26.4 mi, 133° SE
Dukes National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 26.8 mi, 352° N · 262 acres
Forsyth Township Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 320° NW
Rock River Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.3 mi, 008° N · 5,263 acres
Ewing Point (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 054° NE
Eben Ice Caves (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 012° N
Big Island Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.5 mi, 053° NE · 5,728 acres
Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.8 mi, 146° SE · 3,604 acres
Manistique River State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 30.9 mi, 112° E
IXL Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 234° SW
Lakenenland (Public Artwork) — 35.6 mi, 354° N
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 35.8 mi, 033° NE · 110k acres
Thompson Christmas Tree Ship (Monument) — 36.2 mi, 098° E
Schoolcraft Historical Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 091° E
Little Lake Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 39.5 mi, 170° S
Jacobson's Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 171° S
Jens Jacobson's Cabin (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 171° S

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