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Posen Michigan Map

Explore Posen, 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 Posen, Michigan

How to Use This Posen, Michigan Map

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

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	Posen
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Presque Isle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	45.261957
Longitude	-83.698878
Population	270
Density	104.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49776
Area Code	906
County Seat	Rogers City
School District	Posen Consolidated School District

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About Posen, Michigan

Posen is a locality in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 270. The population density is 104.4 people per km². Posen is located at 45.2620°N, 83.6989°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Posen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49776.

Posen anchors the quiet expanse of the northern Michigan interior, where the land stretches out in a patchwork of flat, productive fields and dense, stubborn woodlands. It lies 19.0 miles northwest of Alpena, MI (from Alpena, MI: bearing 317°T), and is situated 11.2 miles west-southwest of Presque Isle. The air here holds a crisp, bracing edge, moving across the MNRTF Parcel that sits directly upon the local terrain and provides a quiet corridor for the native flora. Only a mile away, the Little Trout River carves its narrow, winding path through the soil, offering a steady, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, while the surface of Lake Augusta remains a calm, reflective presence just three miles to the east. When the low sun hits the edges of the timber, the light takes on a pale, clarified quality that seems to pull the very color from the tall grass, leaving the fields in shades of muted gold and deep, cooling bronze.

Posen bears the indelible mark of the Polish settlers who arrived in the nineteenth century, building a life from the thick timber and enduring the winters with a stoic, industrious grace. The economy remains rooted in the earth, defined by a long-standing agricultural tradition that honors the patience of the farmer and the cycles of the harvest. A distinct cultural cadence persists here, evident in the community’s adherence to customs brought across the Atlantic and maintained through generations of hard, honest work. Life in Posen moves with a deliberate, unadorned tempo, where the pride of the residents is seen in the well-kept barns and the quiet efficiency with which the day is organized, creating a place that values the steady endurance of the past over the fleeting distractions of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

MNRTF Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 206° SW
Veteran's Memorials (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 011° N
Presque Isle Electric Cooperative Monument (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 012° N
Atlanta State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 050° NE
Fletcher Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 195° S
Davis Bog Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 137° SE
Bruski Sinkhole (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 190° S
Mini-Boulder (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 190° S
Stevens Twin Sinkholes (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 191° S
Thompson's Harbor State Park (State Park) — 5.8 mi, 030° NE
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.1 mi, 018° N
Hardies Sesquicentennial Farm (2020) (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 300° NW
Smiley Rock (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 303° NW
Quarry View (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 331° NW
Welcome to Rogers City (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 332° NW
Presque Isle County Historical Museum - Hoffman Annex (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 332° NW
Rockport Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 100° E
Thunder Bay State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.6 mi, 104° E
Art in the Loft (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 137° SE
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 264° W · 13k acres
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.6 mi, 125° SE · 1,668 acres
Onaway Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 285° W
The Zodiac Room (Gallery) — 30.3 mi, 292° W
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 34.4 mi, 304° NW · 899k acres
Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 37.0 mi, 178° S · 436k acres
Steiner Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 206° SW
Cheboygan Point Light #592 (Historic Ruins) — 44.8 mi, 309° NW
Topinabee Museum (Museum) — 46.0 mi, 290° W
Cheboygan Opera House (Theatre) — 46.1 mi, 305° NW
Otsego County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 50.4 mi, 252° W

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