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Pickford Michigan Map

Explore Pickford, 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 Pickford, Michigan

How to Use This Pickford, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	46.157796
Longitude	-84.363647
Population	1,200
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49774
Area Code	906
County Seat	Sault Ste. Marie

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About Pickford, Michigan

Pickford is a locality in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Pickford is located at 46.1578°N, 84.3636°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49774.

Pickford emerges from the flat, expansive plains of the eastern Upper Peninsula, where the Munuscong River traces a quiet, winding path through the heavy soil. It lies 23.3 miles south of Sault Ste Marie, MI (from Sault Ste Marie, MI: bearing 182°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southeast of Kincheloe. The landscape around Pickford is defined by a vast, open horizon that catches the amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Birch Hill. To the west, the deep, dark timber of the Munuscong State Forest creates a dense boundary against the sky, while the proximity of Grass Lake offers a secluded pocket of stillness in the otherwise methodical geometry of the farmland. A mile from the center, Gough Memorial Park provides a modest clearing where the air feels sharper, carrying the scent of damp earth and the subtle, metallic tang of the changing seasons.

Agriculture remains the steady pulse of Pickford, with the rhythm of the work dictated by the stubborn fertility of the clay-rich ground and the cycle of the harvest. Historically, this settlement grew from the grit of those who cleared the timber to claim the land for grazing and grain, establishing a character defined by self-reliance and the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons. There is a quiet endurance in the local economy, which persists in the quiet commerce of the storefronts and the machinery that moves through the grid of rural roads. Life in Pickford moves with the pragmatism of a place that understands its own isolation, finding a distinct, unassuming beauty in the way the frost settles on the fence lines and the way the community turns inward when the winter sky turns a heavy, iron gray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gough Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 017° N
Munuscong Golf Course (Park) — 2.0 mi, 000° N
Munuscong State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 045° NE
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 8.4 mi, 225° SW · 899k acres
Roach Point (Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 086° E
Historic Caldwell Log Cabin (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 320° NW
Kinross Heritage Park & Military Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 320° NW
Old Wilson School (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 320° NW
Kinross Heritage Park Blacksmith Shop (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 320° NW
Maritime Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 177° S
Les Cheneaux Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 180° S
Birge (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 207° SW
Narnia Lantern (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 156° SE
Delirium Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.6 mi, 297° NW · 12k acres
Carp, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.1 mi, 240° SW · 6,014 acres
Horseshoe Bay Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.6 mi, 236° SW · 3,879 acres
Wheels of History Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 330° NW
Fort St. Joseph (Ontario) (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 108° E
Saint Joseph's Island Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 21.4 mi, 106° E
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 22.5 mi, 176° S
Great Lakes Marine Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 003° N
British Landing (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 215° SW
Frying Pan Island Lighthouse (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 003° N
Sugar Loaf View (Viewpoint) — 23.9 mi, 211° SW
Straits of Mackinac Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 24.4 mi, 209° SW
Mackinac Island Art Gallery (Gallery) — 24.5 mi, 210° SW
Paul Bunyon (Public Artwork) — 24.9 mi, 227° SW
Deer Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.9 mi, 227° SW
Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.9 mi, 103° E · 2,183 acres
Seven Elements Art Gallery (Gallery) — 31.3 mi, 214° SW

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