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South Range Michigan Map

Explore South Range, 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 Range, Michigan

How to Use This South Range, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	47.069928
Longitude	-88.643181
Population	750
Density	795.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	49963
Area Code	906
County Seat	Houghton
School District	Adams Township School District

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About South Range, Michigan

South Range is a locality in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 750. The population density is 795.5 people per km². South Range is located at 47.0699°N, 88.6432°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. South Range is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 49963.

South Range sits as a quiet sentinel upon the rugged spine of the Upper Peninsula, defined by the geological weight of the South Range that looms three miles to the horizon. It lies 69.3 miles west-northwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 302°T), and is situated 5.0 miles southwest of Houghton. The landscape carries the deep, resonant stillness of the North Woods, where the air is often sharp with the scent of pine and the cool, damp breath of Obenhoff Lake, which waits just three miles from the center of the village. Within the immediate footprint of the Village of South Range Park, the earth holds a certain sturdiness, a mixture of heavy soil and stone that reminds the traveler of the immense, ancient pressures that formed this terrain. Even the light here feels different, filtered through a high, expansive sky that reflects the immense, cold clarity of the nearby coastal waters of the Great Lakes, casting a silvered, transient glow over the ground as the sun begins to retreat behind the distant ridges.

South Range holds the echo of a copper-mining past, a legacy that seeped into the very architecture and the layout of the streets, where the ghosts of industry once dictated the rhythm of every household. While the mines have long since fallen silent, the economy has shifted toward a more deliberate pace, supported by the quiet persistence of those who call these woods home. Life here is punctuated by the seasonal migration of the wind and the occasional rush of Big Valley Creek, which winds its way through the nearby drainage two miles out, carving a path through the dense vegetation. Residents often find their recreation amidst the quietude of the local park, or by looking toward the distant silhouette of Harrington Island, which marks the edge of the wider, watery world beyond the inland forests. The character of South Range remains tied to this resilience, a place where the history of the earth and the grit of human labor have settled into a steady, unpretentious existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Copper Range Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 084° E
Village of South Range Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 201° S
Girl Scouts Council (Private Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 039° NE
Land (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 000° N
Forest Reserve (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 011° N
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 3.2 mi, 046° NE
Pilgrim Community Forest (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 086° E
Michigan Tech Trails And Nara Nature Park (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 056° NE
Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 182° S
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 034° NE
Creekside Bike Park (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 015° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 043° NE
Aurora Borealis Mural (Public Artwork) — 5.0 mi, 043° NE
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 045° NE
Keweenaw Waterway Lookout (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 034° NE
Seaman Mineral Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 056° NE
Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 5.2 mi, 045° NE · 1.1M acres
Quincy Smelter (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 044° NE
Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 053° NE
Quincy Mine (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 035° NE
Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 037° NE
Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 116° SE
Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 113° SE
Skills Zone (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 060° NE
Bayside Bike Park (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 059° NE
Keweenaw Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.1 mi, 336° NW
Hubbell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 054° NE
Houghton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 053° NE
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 21.1 mi, 181° S · 995k acres

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