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South Boardman Michigan Map

Explore South Boardman, 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 South Boardman, Michigan

How to Use This South Boardman, Michigan Map

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

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	South Boardman
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Kalkaska County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	44.641394
Longitude	-85.279779
Population	509
Density	59.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49680
Area Code	989
County Seat	Kalkaska
School District	Forest Area Community Schools

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About South Boardman, Michigan

South Boardman is a locality in Kalkaska County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 509. The population density is 59.7 people per km². South Boardman is located at 44.6414°N, 85.2798°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49680.

South Boardman sustains itself upon a landscape defined by the persistent, cold-water pulse of the South Branch Boardman River as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 18.7 miles east-southeast of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 117°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Whitewater Township. The riverbed serves as the primary artery for the region, feeding into the quiet, reflective waters of Wellman Mill Pond where the surface tension holds the sky in a perfect, inverted mirror. Beyond the immediate banks, the land stretches into a series of modest elevations that offer a faint, hazy glimpse of the distant Vosges Ridge on the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, carrying the scent of damp pine needles and the subtle, metallic tang of shifting sediment, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, honey-colored bars that sharpen the silhouettes of the surrounding hardwoods.

South Boardman remains a place where the echoes of early timber-era enterprise inform the quiet, methodical pace of contemporary life. Residents frequent the quiet expanse of Boardman Township Park, a space that preserves the local connection to the land long after the heavy industry of the past migrated toward more centralized hubs. Though the shadow of the expansive Kalkaska State Forest looms eighteen miles to the north, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the immediate woods and the seasonal cycles that dictate the flow of the river. Life in South Boardman moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, marked by the steady maintenance of forest roads and the quiet endurance of a settlement that finds its primary meaning in the steady, unchanging transit of the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boardman Township Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 294° NW
South Branch (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 302° NW
Village Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 213° SW
Fife Lake Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 219° SW
Headquarters Lake Impoundment State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 207° SW
Kalkaska Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 039° NE
Northrup Grave (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 263° W
Hill to the Lake (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 297° NW
Cadillac State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 181° S
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 10.1 mi, 281° W · 539k acres
The Wall (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 306° NW
G.T. Butterfly House & Bug Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.6 mi, 327° NW
Woodchip Hill (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 297° NW
6k Hill (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 302° NW
Skegemog Point Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 343° N
Kingsley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 253° W
Charters Traverse City State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 299° NW
Coy Mountain Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 001° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 000° N
Manton Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 200° S
Milliken Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 299° NW
High Rollway Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 17.5 mi, 232° SW
Boardman Serenade (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 293° NW
The Alluvion (Theatre) — 18.4 mi, 296° NW
Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 339° N
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 20.0 mi, 109° E · 13k acres
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) — 32.5 mi, 309° NW · 127k acres
Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.1 mi, 309° NW · 32k acres
Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 33.5 mi, 310° NW
Huron National Forest (National Forest) — 34.0 mi, 090° E · 436k acres

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