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St. James Michigan Map

Explore St. James, 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 St. James, Michigan

How to Use This St. James, Michigan Map

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

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	St. James
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Charlevoix County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	45.745356
Longitude	-85.522615
Population	145
Density	54.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49782
Area Code	906
County Seat	Charlevoix
School District	Beaver Island Community School

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About St. James, Michigan

St. James is a locality in Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 54.4 people per km². St. James is located at 45.7454°N, 85.5226°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49782.

St. James exists as a quiet anchor upon the land, defined by the expansive, shifting presence of Lake Michigan that borders its edges. It lies 68.0 miles north of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 4°T), and is situated 32.2 miles north-northwest of Charlevoix. The air here holds a crisp, northern clarity, thinning slightly as it moves across the interior plains and toward the dense, shadowed canopy of the Jordan River State Forest. Five miles away, the Jordan River carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth, feeding the moisture that sustains the deep greens of the surrounding woodlands. St. James Township Park provides a measured space for the land to breathe, offering a vantage point where the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples over the horizon. Further out, the distant silhouette of McCort Hill rises against the sky, a reminder of the geologic patience required to shape this terrain into its current, steady form.

History in St. James remains etched into the architecture of daily life, where the remnants of early settlement influence the deliberate pace of the current local economy. Agriculture and timber have long provided the structural bones of the region, their legacy visible in the weathered wood of older barns and the orderly lines of orchards that mark the transition between forest and field. Life here moves with the sun, favoring the steady work of maintaining the land over the frantic urgency of larger centers. St. James maintains a character forged by isolation and the necessity of self-reliance, where the seasonal cycles of the North Woods dictate the rhythm of industry. Even as modern demands press inward, the locality remains anchored by its geography, a place where the stillness of the interior woods and the vast, freshwater expanse of Lake Michigan create a singular, enduring identity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mormon Print Shop Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 058° NE
St. James Township Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 280° W
Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 069° E
Beaver Island Marine Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 075° E
George & Althea Petritz (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 057° NE
Gull Harbor Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 094° E
Little Sand Bay (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 161° S
Beaver Island Golf Course (Park) — 1.9 mi, 170° S
Barney's Lake (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 212° SW
Protar's Grave (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 220° SW
Engineer's Memorial (David Chase) (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 219° SW
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.1 mi, 067° NE · 1,668 acres
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.1 mi, 067° NE · 9 acres
Tunnel of Trees (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 129° SE
Straits of Mackinac Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 28.1 mi, 088° E
The Dunes (Viewpoint) — 30.1 mi, 132° SE
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 31.0 mi, 056° NE · 899k acres
Earl Young Gnome Houses (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 157° SE
Elements (Gallery) — 32.2 mi, 157° SE
Still on Patrol (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 157° SE
Chef Pierre Bakeries Largest Cherry Pie (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 159° S
Lyrics Theatre (Theatre) — 33.8 mi, 130° SE
Blackbird Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 130° SE
Shipwreck (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 086° E
Deer Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.7 mi, 076° E
Hungry Ducks Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.9 mi, 155° SE
Little Traverse Historical Society and History Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 133° SE
Somebody's Gallery (Gallery) — 37.5 mi, 133° SE
Ward & Elis Gallery (Gallery) — 37.5 mi, 133° SE
Seney National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.1 mi, 329° NW · 191k acres

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