Explore Schoolcraft, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Schoolcraft, 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 Schoolcraft.
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 | Schoolcraft |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Kalamazoo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.114211 |
| Longitude | -85.637778 |
| Population | 1,466 |
| Density | 576.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49087 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| County Seat | Kalamazoo |
| School District | Schoolcraft Community Schools |
Schoolcraft stretches across a vast expanse of fertile prairie land, defined by the quiet interplay of open fields and scattered groves that break the flat horizon. It lies 6.7 miles south-southwest of Portage, MI (from Portage, MI: bearing 206°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west of Vicksburg. The air here carries a crisp, terrestrial weight, devoid of any saline influence, moving steadily across the level ground toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Walnut Ridge. Residents find a daily anchor in the local landscape, where the seasonal light turns the dry grasses into a pale, flaxen gold before the evening shadows lengthen. At the edge of the immediate settlement, Birch Park offers a modest green reprieve, while the waters of Spring Creek meander through the nearby terrain, carving a subtle path through the earth that has remained a constant feature of the local topography for generations.
Schoolcraft preserves a distinct sense of its origins, having grown from the early agricultural ambitions that defined this region of the Midwest. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with a rhythm dictated by the cycles of planting and harvest that have long organized the lives of those who dwell here. Beyond the immediate center, the terrain shifts toward the geological curiosity of the Marl Pit, while the more distant Fred Russ State Forest provides a dense, wooded contrast to the openness of the prairie. Travelers occasionally wander toward Little Sugarloaf Lake to witness the stillness of the water, a quiet departure from the industrious character of the village. Even as the decades have passed, the architecture of the older streets continues to reflect a sturdy, utilitarian heritage, grounding the current pace of existence in a tradition of quiet persistence and deliberate, measured growth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Schoolcraft, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.114211, -85.637778. 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 Schoolcraft includes the ZIP code (49087), telephone area code (269), county seat of Kalamazoo County (Kalamazoo), and school district assignment (Schoolcraft Community Schools).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |