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Rhodes Michigan Map

Explore Rhodes, 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 Rhodes, Michigan

How to Use This Rhodes, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.901689
Longitude	-84.176107
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	48652
Area Code	586
County Seat	Gladwin

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About Rhodes, Michigan

Rhodes is a locality in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Rhodes is located at 43.9017°N, 84.1761°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48652.

Rhodes emerges from the flat, industrious plains of Michigan as a quiet assembly of wood-frame houses and gravel shoulders where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed. It lies 20.1 miles north of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 10°T), and is situated 16.4 miles east-southeast of Gladwin. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial stillness, untroubled by the salt-heavy winds of distant coasts, and the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber slats that emphasize the patient geometry of the land. Two miles to the east, the quiet pulse of Saganing Creek winds through the brush, its dark water moving with a slow, deliberate gravity that informs the rhythmic pace of the local afternoon. Travelers who wander toward the Briggs & Cox Memorial find a modest, verdant perimeter that serves as a testament to the quiet preservation of the local landscape, offering a reprieve from the expansive, cultivated fields that define the surrounding geography.

History clings to the rafters of Rhodes, echoing the era when timber and rail dictated the movement of life across these inland stretches. The local economy has shifted from the frantic energy of the early logging days toward a more steady reliance on the agricultural yields of the soil and the industrious pragmatism of a populace accustomed to the changing of the seasons. While the dense canopy of the Tittabawassee River State Forest stands sixteen miles away as a dark, impenetrable wall of green, the residents of Rhodes maintain a closer connection to the smaller, intimate channels of the earth, often tracking the seasonal migrations of wildlife through the brush. Life here is defined by the absence of urgency, a place where the passage of time is marked not by the roar of transit, but by the subtle, persistent growth of the crops and the steady, reliable turn of the wind over the open plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Briggs & Cox Memorial (Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 240° SW
Bently Township Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 214° SW
Molasses River Flooding No.3 State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 355° N
Mt. Forest Township Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 126° SE
Timbertrails Conservation Club (Park) — 4.7 mi, 003° N
Bentley Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 355° N
Wildlife Reserve (Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 235° SW
Beaverton Rural Schools (Private Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 294° NW
Bay Conservation andGun Club (Park) — 8.7 mi, 174° S
Pontoon Alley (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 241° SW
Larkin Baseball Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 189° S
Wooden Jump (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 194° S
Gladwin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 294° NW
Bay City Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 139° SE
Solar Powered Earth (Public Artwork) — 19.4 mi, 194° S
Snake Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.5 mi, 192° S
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 192° S
Bay City Cinemas (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 143° SE
Vietnam Veterans Monument (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 146° SE
World Friendship Shell (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 146° SE
Van Buren Street Theatre (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 145° SE
Arenac County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 067° NE
Clare County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 268° W
Clare Depot (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 259° W
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.9 mi, 170° S · 20k acres
Hemlock Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 185° S
Ramp Jumps (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 359° N
Observation Tower (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 013° N
McGuirk Arena (Stadium) — 37.2 mi, 234° SW
Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 39.0 mi, 004° N · 436k acres

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