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Shingleton Michigan Map

Explore Shingleton, 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 Shingleton, Michigan

How to Use This Shingleton, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	46.348289
Longitude	-86.470158
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49884
Area Code	906
County Seat	Munising

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About Shingleton, Michigan

Shingleton is a locality in Alger County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Shingleton is located at 46.3483°N, 86.4702°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49884.

Shingleton emerges from the dense, flat expanse of the Upper Peninsula as a quiet intersection where the heavy scent of pine needles saturates the cool, damp air. It lies 46.1 miles east-southeast of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 107°T), and is situated 29.0 miles north-northwest of Manistique. Hickey Creek slices through the mossy floor of the landscape, its dark, cedar-stained waters carving a slow path through the low-lying terrain that characterizes this inland stretch of Michigan. The horizon is defined by the encroaching shadows of the Cusino State Wildlife Research Area, which presses against the edges of the settlement, ensuring that the wild, untamed character of the woods remains a constant, watchful presence. Light filters through the canopy in thin, golden shafts during the late afternoon, illuminating the frost-nipped grasses and the quiet, deliberate stillness that settles over the ground as the sun dips below the timberline.

Shingleton carries the weight of a long-standing relationship with the surrounding timber, a legacy that once defined the rhythm of the local economy and continues to influence the sparse, functional architecture of the area. Life here moves with a measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of industrial centers, as residents find their recreation and connection to the earth in the expansive quiet of the nearby woods. Those who seek the deeper reaches of the landscape might find their way toward the Coalwood Recreational Trail or marvel at the seasonal rush of Tannery Falls, both of which offer a starker view of the geography than the calm, reflective surface of Humphrey Pond. Whether observing the early thaw that softens the logging roads or the heavy, insulating silence of a mid-winter snowfall, Shingleton maintains a character forged by isolation and the enduring, rugged resilience of the northern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cusino State Wildlife Research Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 326° NW
Shingleton State Foreset Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 174° S
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 1.1 mi, 180° S · 899k acres
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 5.8 mi, 338° N · 110k acres
Big Island Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.7 mi, 195° S · 5,728 acres
Munising Falls (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 306° NW
Seney National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.9 mi, 092° E · 191k acres
Seney National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.9 mi, 092° E · 27k acres
Alger Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.0 mi, 332° NW
Ewing Point (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 212° SW
Grand Island National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 321° NW · 14k acres
Indian, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.7 mi, 194° S · 12k acres
Miners Castle (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 339° N
Seney National Wildlife Refuge National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 12.6 mi, 109° E · 19k acres
Chapel Rock (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 006° N
Sturgeon, Michigan (Hiawatha Nf) Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.2 mi, 210° SW · 6,173 acres
Abandoned car (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 024° NE
Eben Ice Caves (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 276° W
Schoolcraft Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 158° S
SS Carl D Bradley (Monument) — 30.0 mi, 158° S
Thompson Christmas Tree Ship (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 167° S
Gitche Gumee Museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 046° NE
Lakenenland (Public Artwork) — 33.9 mi, 287° W
Manistique River State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 37.1 mi, 180° S
Oswald's Bear Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 42.3 mi, 082° E
Old School Site (Historic Ruins) — 44.4 mi, 192° S
Hay Barn Site (Historic Ruins) — 44.5 mi, 192° S
Tahquamenon Logging Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 088° E
The Gallery (Gallery) — 46.0 mi, 287° W
Masonic Red Room (Theatre) — 46.0 mi, 287° W

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