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Scotts Michigan Map

Explore Scotts, 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 Scotts, Michigan

How to Use This Scotts, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityScotts
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyKalamazoo County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude42.195878
Longitude-85.413052
Population187
Density298.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49088
Area Code269
County SeatKalamazoo
School DistrictClimax-Scotts Community School District

About Scotts, Michigan

Scotts is a locality in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 187. The population density is 298.4 people per km². Scotts is located at 42.1959°N, 85.4131°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49088.

Scotts occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon holds the distant, hazy suggestion of Walnut Ridge, seven miles to the south. It lies 8.1 miles southeast of Comstock, MI (from Comstock, MI: bearing 141°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of Portage. The terrain surrounding Scotts unfolds in a series of subtle elevations and depressions, a landscape defined by the patient work of ancient glaciers that left behind a patchwork of fertile soil and woodland. Through this quiet geography, Dorrance Creek meanders just a mile away, its low murmur often the only sound to interrupt the stillness of the fields. To the west, the surface of Sagamaw Lake catches the late afternoon light, acting as a polished mirror for the shifting clouds, while the presence of Scotts Mill County Park provides a direct, unadorned access to the earth itself.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of the region, a tradition that has anchored Scotts since the early settlers first turned the heavy, dark soil of the Michigan interior. Where the W K Kellogg Experimental Forest stands twelve miles away, the study of timber and ecological resilience continues a legacy of land stewardship that defines the local character. Life in Scotts moves at the pace of the seasons, dictated by the planting and the harvest rather than the frantic tempo of the modern industrial centers. The architecture of the area reflects this utilitarian history, favoring sturdy structures that endure through the heavy winter snows, leaving the inhabitants to find beauty in the stark, clean lines of the barns and the long, amber shadows that stretch across the plains as the sun retreats.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Scotts Mill County Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 261° W
  • Brewer Woods (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 267° W
  • Indian Run Golf Course (Park) — 3.9 mi, 259° W
  • Cold Brook County Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 032° NE
  • Vicksburg Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 7.1 mi, 235° SW
  • Emmons Augusta Floodplain (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 011° N
  • Fulton State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 139° SE
  • Old Silo (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 021° N
  • Milham Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 295° NW
  • Sports Life Art & Design (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 296° NW
  • Cardiac Bypass (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 026° NE
  • Celery Flats Interpretive Center (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 277° W
  • Camel Humps (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 025° NE
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 274° W
  • Wine and Canvas (Gallery) — 9.0 mi, 278° W
  • Barn Theater (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 013° N
  • Bernatche School of Dance (Arts Centre) — 9.2 mi, 280° W
  • Kalamazoo Film Society (Cinema) — 9.3 mi, 280° W
  • Artist Singh Gallery (Gallery) — 9.3 mi, 294° NW
  • Gourdneck State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 249° W
  • JCPenney Portraits (Arts Centre) — 9.5 mi, 281° W
  • Giraffa Camelopardalis (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 300° NW
  • North Country National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 10.6 mi, 019° N · 286 acres
  • Rose Park Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 310° NW
  • State Theatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 306° NW
  • The Upjohn Company (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 307° NW
  • Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 307° NW
  • GQT Lakeview 10 (Cinema) — 12.5 mi, 068° E
  • Kal-Haven Trail Sesq. State Park (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 305° NW
  • Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 21.1 mi, 343° N · 539k acres

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About This Scotts Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scotts, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.195878, -85.413052. 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 Scotts includes the ZIP code (49088), telephone area code (269), county seat of Kalamazoo County (Kalamazoo), and school district assignment (Climax-Scotts Community 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.