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Petersburg Michigan Map

Explore Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, Michigan

How to Use This Petersburg, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	41.901158
Longitude	-83.714938
Population	1,171
Density	936.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49270
Area Code	269
County Seat	Monroe
School District	Summerfield School District

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About Petersburg, Michigan

Petersburg is a locality in Monroe County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,171. The population density is 936.1 people per km². Petersburg is located at 41.9012°N, 83.7149°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Petersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49270.

Petersburg occupies a low-slung expanse of the Michigan interior where the River Raisin curves with a deliberate, muscular grace through the flat, fertile earth. It lies 16.3 miles west of Monroe, MI (from Monroe, MI: bearing 266°T), and is situated 4.8 miles southwest of Dundee. The landscape here unfolds as a vast, quiet plain, defined by the rich, dark soil that has long dictated the rhythm of the horizon. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Irish Hills provides the only deviation from a terrain that otherwise stretches out in wide, uninterrupted fields of grain and heavy sky. Within the center of the grid, Village Park offers a modest green reprieve, a patch of maintained lawn and shadow that anchors the daily movement of the residents. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and coming weather, a reminder that Petersburg remains tethered to the expansive, continental silence of the midwestern interior, far removed from the clamor of any distant coast.

Petersburg persists as an artifact of mid-nineteenth-century settlement, built upon the necessity of the river and the productivity of the surrounding Ottawa Lakebed. The regional economy has long mirrored the changing tides of midwestern industry, shifting from the early reliance on milling and agriculture toward a quiet, steady endurance that favors local commerce over the frenetic pace of larger hubs. To the south, the waters of Noble Pond sit in stillness, a silent counterpart to the constant, slow-moving transit of the River Raisin. Life in Petersburg moves with an understated persistence, where the architecture of the older storefronts suggests a past constructed of brick and ambition, even as the modern day settles into a routine of long commutes and evening quiet. It is a place where the light at dusk flattens the fields into a monochromatic gray, highlighting the stark, honest geometry of a life lived close to the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 182° S
Deme Golf Course (Park) — 0.7 mi, 130° SE
Petersburg State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 140° SE
Natural Area Minong-Petersburg Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 155° SE
Totem Pole Park (Park) — 2.4 mi, 131° SE
Pirolli Park Campground (Private Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 179° S
Monroe County KOA (Private Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 145° SE
Bear Statue (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 025° NE
Rod Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 048° NE
West County Park Site (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 045° NE
Big Goose (Public Artwork) — 7.9 mi, 145° SE
Elk Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 176° S
Veteran's Memorial Tower (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 175° S
Milan War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 007° N
Fuller Art House (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 177° S
Hudson Gallery (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 177° S
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 179° S
Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 179° S
Fossil Park (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 187° S
Fitz Overshot Waterwheel (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 302° NW
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.0 mi, 123° SE · 13k acres
Lenawee County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 269° W
Western-most point on Lake Erie (Viewpoint) — 18.4 mi, 139° SE
Whitepine Studios LLC (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 349° N
KeyBank Discovery Theatre (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 151° SE
Pirate Ship (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 010° N
Maumee Bay State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 132° SE
Audubon Islands Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.5 mi, 170° S
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.7 mi, 128° SE · 7,798 acres
Painting with a Twist (Arts Centre) — 23.7 mi, 353° N

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