Explore Sherwood, 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 Sherwood, 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 Sherwood.
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 | Sherwood |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Branch County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.001437 |
| Longitude | -85.23859 |
| Population | 285 |
| Density | 109.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49089 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| County Seat | Coldwater |
| School District | Union City Community Schools |
Sherwood emerges from the flat, fertile earth of the interior plains, a quiet intersection of open sky and working soil. It lies 12.9 miles west-northwest of Coldwater, MI (from Coldwater, MI: bearing 289°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-northwest of Bronson. The landscape here is defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Saint Joseph River, which marks the edge of the local terrain with its dark, winding course. Beyond the immediate fields, the ground rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Walnut Ridge, a faint serrated line against the horizon that gives the horizon a sense of permanence. At the center of daily life, Village Park provides a green anchor for the residents, offering a patch of managed grass and shade that contrasts with the expansive, unyielding horizon of the surrounding farmland. When the light fades, a deep, indigo clarity settles over the fields, turning the atmosphere into a heavy, cooling blanket that seems to hold the very silence of the plains.
Sherwood maintains a character forged by generations of agrarian labor and the slow, deliberate pace of life far from the reach of the great urban centers. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest, with the memory of early settlement still evident in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the local roads. Those who wander two miles away find the quiet, reflective waters of Leatherberry Lake, a place that mirrors the shifting clouds and provides a brief respite from the labor of the day. Seven miles to the west, the subtle dip of the Cherry Flats reminds the observer of the ancient, glacial forces that shaped this region into a grid of productive soil and steady wind. Life in Sherwood persists through the changing seasons, marked by the steady growth of crops and the enduring, stoic patience of a place that asks for little and offers a profound, quiet stability in return.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sherwood, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.001437, -85.23859. 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 Sherwood includes the ZIP code (49089), telephone area code (269), county seat of Branch County (Coldwater), and school district assignment (Union City 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. |