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Ramsay Michigan Map

Explore Ramsay, 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 Ramsay, Michigan

How to Use This Ramsay, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityRamsay
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyGogebic County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Menominee)
Latitude46.470225
Longitude-89.99656
Population278
Density179.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49959
Area Code906
County SeatBessemer
School DistrictBessemer Area School District

About Ramsay, Michigan

Ramsay is a locality in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 278. The population density is 179.2 people per km². Ramsay is located at 46.4702°N, 89.9966°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Menominee) timezone. ZIP code: 49959.

Ramsay holds the quiet, rugged character of the North Woods, defined by the persistent flow of the Black River as it carves through the earth. It lies 71.8 miles northeast of Sawyer, WI (from Sawyer, WI: bearing 51°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Ironwood. The landscape here is defined by deep, shadowed woodlands where the Local Forest presses against the edges of human habitation, offering a dense, verdant backdrop to the daily cycle of light and shadow. Only a mile away, the water of Neepikon Falls drops in a focused, rhythmic tumble, a constant pulse against the stillness of the surrounding timber. On the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Gogebic Range provides a permanent, jagged boundary to the sky, framing a world where the air smells of damp earth and pine needles, and the evening light catches the iron-rich soil in shades of deep, burnt copper.

Ramsay emerged from the grit of the mining era, a place where the economy was once forged in the heavy labor of extracting minerals from the dark veins beneath the surface. Today, the pace of life reflects the steady, unpretentious endurance of those who remain, with the proximity of Sunday Lake providing a quiet space for reflection during the brief, brilliant summers. Residents often find their way to the Nastar Ski Trail when the frost hardens the ground, marking the transition of the seasons that dictates the rhythm of the year. The legacy of the shafts and the hard-working immigrant roots that first broke this ground still linger in the architecture of the streets, where the work of the past remains visible in the sturdy, weathered timber of the older dwellings.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 209° SW
  • Blackjack Ski Resort (Private Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 000° N
  • Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 078° E
  • Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 2.7 mi, 356° N · 995k acres
  • City of Wakefield Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 132° SE
  • Land (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 260° W
  • Big Powderhorn Mountain (Private Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 299° NW
  • Black, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.8 mi, 325° NW · 4,346 acres
  • Historic Ironwood Theatre (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 262° W
  • Downtown Art Place (Gallery) — 8.3 mi, 262° W
  • Vietnam Veterans War Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 259° W
  • Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 259° W
  • Underwood Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 200° S
  • Presque Isle, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.5 mi, 144° SE · 20k acres
  • Iron County Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 188° S
  • The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 257° W
  • Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 010° N
  • Corrigan's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 256° W
  • Upson Falls (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 251° W
  • Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 24.5 mi, 131° SE · 663k acres
  • Bass Lake Preserve State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.6 mi, 182° S
  • Moka’aangiizisiban Tribal Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 286° W
  • Sand Dunes (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 040° NE
  • Mellen Area Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 253° W
  • Waswagoning (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 166° S
  • Artesian Well (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 264° W
  • Paulding Light (Attraction) — 39.8 mi, 102° E
  • Old Victoria Historic Townsite (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 066° NE
  • Craig Blacklock Photography Gallery (Gallery) — 41.6 mi, 301° NW
  • Doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb Museum (Museum) — 42.2 mi, 160° S

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About This Ramsay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ramsay, Michigan. Coordinates: 46.470225, -89.99656. 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 Ramsay includes the ZIP code (49959), telephone area code (906), county seat of Gogebic County (Bessemer), and school district assignment (Bessemer Area 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.