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Stanton Michigan Map

Explore Stanton, 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 Stanton, Michigan

How to Use This Stanton, Michigan Map

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

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

Latitude	43.292532
Longitude	-85.081407
Population	1,348
Density	242.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	48888
Area Code	517
County Seat	Stanton
School District	Central Montcalm Public Schools

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About Stanton, Michigan

Stanton is a locality in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,348. The population density is 242.5 people per km². Stanton is located at 43.2925°N, 85.0814°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. Stanton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 48888.

Stanton holds a quiet presence amidst the expansive, flat farmlands of the Michigan interior, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a vast, pale sky. It lies 21.1 miles north of Ionia, MI (from Ionia, MI: bearing 359°T), and is situated 11.7 miles northeast of Greenville. The landscape around Stanton is defined by a rhythmic succession of glacial plains and fertile soil that holds the morning frost long after the sun has climbed. Only a mile away, the stillness of Gray Lake offers a mirrored surface that captures the shifting amber hues of autumn, while the nearby Local Forest provides a dense, tangled sanctuary of hardwood and pine. To the west, the waters of West Branch Fish Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the earth, marking the transition from open fields to the low, shadowed thickets that define the rural character of the region.

Stanton emerged from the deliberate expansion of the nineteenth-century timber era, evolving from a site of extraction into a steady, agrarian center that persists today through a quiet focus on local commerce and land stewardship. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the soil, with the daily life of Stanton moving at the deliberate pace of those who rely on the harvest and the changing seasons. While the distant silhouette of the Brady Hills offers a faint, jagged reminder of the rugged terrain further out, the immediate vicinity remains characterized by the sturdy, unadorned architecture of a place built to endure harsh winters and long, humid summers. Here, the atmosphere is heavy with the scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks, a sensory imprint of a locality where the past is not a museum piece but a practical foundation for the work of each new day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 342° N
Stanton State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 146° SE
City of Stanton Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 207° SW
State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 322° NW
Central Michigan Sportsman Club (Private Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 087° E
Holland Lake Golf Course (Park) — 4.2 mi, 159° S
George and Jessie Krum Memorial (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 090° E
Private Golf Course (Park) — 8.2 mi, 007° N
Michigan Trails Girl Scouts (Private Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 261° W
Kiddville Dam (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 207° SW
Belding Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 208° SW
Hazel Iva Weatherby Memorial Tree (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 302° NW
White Pine Trail State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 270° W
Ionia State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.4 mi, 183° S
Ionia County Infirmary Burials Riverside Drive Site (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 186° S
Manistee National Forest (National Forest) — 23.4 mi, 301° NW · 539k acres
Equestrian Confidence Course (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 184° S
Tony's Chicken Statue (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 071° E
McGuirk Arena (Stadium) — 25.2 mi, 038° NE
White Creek Railroad (Theme Park) — 25.2 mi, 264° W
Pond Art (Public Artwork) — 25.3 mi, 038° NE
Townsend Kiva (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 037° NE
Bush Theater (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 037° NE
Greek Rock (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 037° NE
Museum of Cultural and Natural History (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 037° NE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 26.4 mi, 244° SW
World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 036° NE
Mixed Oak Forest (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 213° SW
Hyser Rivers Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 239° SW
Clinton Northern Railway Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 127° SE

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