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Shelbyville Michigan Map

Explore Shelbyville, 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 Shelbyville, Michigan

How to Use This Shelbyville, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityShelbyville
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyAllegan County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude42.5942
Longitude-85.637241
Population480
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49344
Area Code616
County SeatAllegan

About Shelbyville, Michigan

Shelbyville is a locality in Allegan County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Shelbyville is located at 42.5942°N, 85.6372°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49344.

Shelbyville emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent architecture of the Midwestern plain. It lies 17.1 miles south of Cutlerville, MI (from Cutlerville, MI: bearing 175°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south of Wayland. The land here holds a particular stillness, characterized by the wide, open stretches of the Gun Plains that pull the eye toward a distant, hazy silhouette of Walnut Ridge. To the west, the landscape deepens into the dense, shadowed green of the Allegan State Forest, while closer to the center of life, the calm surface of Selkirk Lake reflects the shifting, pale light of late afternoon. Miller Creek carves a thin, deliberate path through the earth nearby, feeding the moisture into the soil that supports the surrounding fields and provides a sense of permanent, grounded order to the terrain.

Shelbyville maintains a deliberate pace, anchored by a history rooted in the rhythmic cycles of agriculture and the steady labor of those who work the land. The economy persists through a quiet tradition of farming and local industry, where the seasons dictate the flow of the day far more than the frantic ticking of a clock. Residents often find their way to the Orchard Hills Golf Club, a space that serves as a communal pause in the day, offering a manicured contrast to the wilder, unkempt beauty of the nearby woods. There is a distinct, understated resilience in the way life continues here, a sense of belonging to a place that asks for little but rewards the observant eye with the sight of golden light settling over the fields at dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Orchard Hills Golf Club (Park) — 0.7 mi, 044° NE
  • Hidden Valley Country Club (Park) — 1.1 mi, 340° N
  • Village Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 183° S
  • Gun Lake Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 089° E
  • Pritschet/Davis Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 305° NW
  • Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 004° N
  • Lansing Environmental Education Center (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 034° NE
  • Yankee Springs Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 085° E
  • Barry State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 113° SE
  • Historic Bowens Mills (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 055° NE
  • Graves Hill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 076° E
  • Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 8.8 mi, 142° SE · 539k acres
  • Allegan State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 188° S
  • Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 308° NW
  • Gavin Hill Marker (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 047° NE
  • Bernard Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 121° SE
  • Saint Sebastian (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 336° NW
  • Kal-Haven Trail Sesq. State Park (State Park) — 15.7 mi, 192° S
  • Nature's Playground (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 170° S
  • Union Monument (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 077° E
  • Craigs Cruisers (Theme Park) — 18.5 mi, 353° N
  • Nelda K. Balch Playhouse (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 175° S
  • Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 172° S
  • South Street (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 173° S
  • Kalamazoo Mall (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 173° S
  • Black Arts & Cultural Center (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 172° S
  • Indian Landing Mission Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 085° E
  • Jenison Stump Fence (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 341° N
  • Trail Hub (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 343° N
  • Southwest Michigan Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 29.8 mi, 283° W

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About This Shelbyville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shelbyville, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.5942, -85.637241. 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 Shelbyville includes the ZIP code (49344), telephone area code (616), county seat of Allegan County (Allegan), and school district assignment.

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.