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Six Lakes Michigan Map

Explore Six Lakes, 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 Six Lakes, Michigan

How to Use This Six Lakes, Michigan Map

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

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	Six Lakes
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Montcalm County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	43.425031
Longitude	-85.150025
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	48886
Area Code	517
County Seat	Stanton

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About Six Lakes, Michigan

Six Lakes is a locality in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Six Lakes is located at 43.4250°N, 85.1500°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48886.

Six Lakes emerges from the flat, industrious plains of Michigan as a quiet intersection of earth and water. It lies 22.6 miles west-southwest of Mount Pleasant, MI (from Mount Pleasant, MI: bearing 238°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-northeast of Greenville. Townline Creek meanders through the landscape, carving a path that dictates the moisture of the soil and the thickness of the surrounding timber. The terrain is marked by a subtle, glacial persistence, where the horizon is defined by the distant silhouette of the Brady Hills, rising like a dark, dormant wave against the pale afternoon sky. Only a mile away, the surface of Little Bass Lake catches the fading light, reflecting a stillness that settles over the fields long before the sun disappears. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and pine, a cool, grounding clarity that defines the transition between the seasons.

Six Lakes maintains a rhythm that mirrors the agricultural heritage of the region, where the labor of the day is measured in the steady turning of the soil and the maintenance of local homesteads. While the economy has shifted from the timber-felling eras of the past toward a more modest, service-oriented stability, the land remains the primary architect of the local character. Nearby, the West MI Conf. of United Methodist Church offers a quiet expanse of acreage, preserving a sense of openness that keeps the encroaching modern pace at a distance. Life in Six Lakes is defined by these deliberate spaces, where the sound of Townline Creek remains the most consistent voice, marking the passage of time in a place that prefers the company of its own woods and fields to the noise of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West MI Conf. of United Methodist Church (Private Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 322° NW
Edmore State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 076° E
Schmied County Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 320° NW
Ford Lincoln County Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 305° NW
Private Golf Course (Park) — 4.6 mi, 100° E
Lakeview Sportsmen Club (Park) — 6.3 mi, 295° NW
Langston State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 226° SW
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 160° S
Hazel Iva Weatherby Memorial Tree (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 272° W
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 279° W · 539k acres
White Pine Trail State Park (State Park) — 20.3 mi, 244° SW
McGuirk Arena (Stadium) — 21.7 mi, 060° NE
Kiddville Dam (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 187° S
Pond Art (Public Artwork) — 21.9 mi, 060° NE
Greek Rock (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 059° NE
Townsend Kiva (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 059° NE
Bush Theater (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 059° NE
Newaygo State Park (leased from Consumer's Energy) (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 283° W
Museum of Cultural and Natural History (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 059° NE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 055° NE
World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 057° NE
Belding Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 190° S
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 318° NW
White Creek Railroad (Theme Park) — 24.7 mi, 241° SW
Tony's Chicken Statue (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 092° E
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 29.0 mi, 224° SW
Wynalda Flow Trails Hub (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 225° SW
Sawtooth Drop (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 225° SW
Farwell Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 026° NE
White, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 34.7 mi, 284° W · 21k acres

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