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Shaftsburg Michigan Map

Explore Shaftsburg, 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 Shaftsburg, Michigan

How to Use This Shaftsburg, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	42.804755
Longitude	-84.293026
Population	450
Density	173.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	48872, 48882
Area Code	517
County Seat	Corunna
School District	Perry Public School District

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About Shaftsburg, Michigan

Shaftsburg is a locality in Shiawassee County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 450. The population density is 173.7 people per km². Shaftsburg is located at 42.8048°N, 84.2930°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP codes: 48872, 48882.

Shaftsburg emerges from the flat, industrious plains of Michigan as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady presence of Vermilion Creek. It lies 6.8 miles northeast of Haslett, MI (from Haslett, MI: bearing 54°T), and is situated 8.9 miles northeast of Okemos. The water of Vermilion Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its banks lined with brush and thickets that catch the pale, slanted light of late afternoon. To the east, the stillness of Colby Lake provides a calm, reflective surface that mirrors the changing sky, while the immediate surroundings of Township Park offer a modest clearing where the grasses grow tall and indifferent to the passing seasons. Far on the horizon, the rise of Hog Island serves as a distant, solitary marker against the vast expanse of the mid-continental sky.

Shaftsburg carries the quiet weight of its agricultural origins, where the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest have long dictated the pace of the days. The local economy remains tethered to the character of the soil and the legacy of the rail lines that first brought purpose to these fields, anchoring the people to a tradition of self-reliance. Life in Shaftsburg is marked by the deliberate movement of machinery across open acreage and the occasional sound of a train passing through the silence of the countryside. There is a particular clarity to the air here, a crispness that arrives with the frost and lingers until the thaw, reminding those who live and work in the shadow of the creek that the land remains the primary architect of their daily existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Township Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 020° N
Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 350° N
Rose Lake State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 286° W
Glenbrier Golf Course (Park) — 2.6 mi, 112° E
Looking Glass Sports Club (Park) — 4.4 mi, 335° NW
Lake Lansing Park North (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 238° SW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 5.3 mi, 242° SW
Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation (Local Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 267° W
Priggooris Park (Local Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 266° W
Bath School Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 277° W
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 276° W
Meridian Historical Village (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 230° SW
Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 230° SW
Sleepy Hollow State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 323° NW
Abbot Road Park (Local Recreation) — 10.0 mi, 256° W
Anima Librata (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 242° SW
Pasant Theatre (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 238° SW
Cobb Great Hall (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 238° SW
The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 243° SW
Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 243° SW
The Rock (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 241° SW
Michigan Millers Fire Engine (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 250° W
MICA Gallery (Gallery) — 13.6 mi, 253° W
Old Town (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 253° W
The Gallery in Old Town (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 253° W
Nelson Gallery (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 249° W
White Capitol House (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 250° W
Michigan History Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 250° W
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 29.3 mi, 048° NE · 539k acres
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.8 mi, 019° N · 20k acres

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