Explore Sunfield, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sunfield, 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 Sunfield.
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 | Sunfield |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Eaton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.762257 |
| Longitude | -84.992496 |
| Population | 518 |
| Density | 263.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 48890 |
| Area Code | 517 |
| County Seat | Charlotte |
| School District | Lakewood Public Schools |
Sunfield occupies a quiet corner of the Michigan landscape, where the horizon stretches across vast, fertile plains that seem to inhale the deep, golden light of late afternoon. It lies 16.0 miles south-southeast of Ionia, MI (from Ionia, MI: bearing 166°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southwest of Portland. The earth here is dark and heavy, a patchwork of agricultural plots that hold the warmth of the sun long after the shadows lengthen, while the nearby Floyd Van Buren Park offers a quiet expanse of green where the local pace of life slows to match the rustle of wind through the grass. Two miles away, the waters of Gregg Lake and the steady, narrow path of Sebewa Creek trace the contours of the terrain, providing a subtle, rhythmic pulse to the surrounding fields. The air carries a crisp, clean clarity, untainted by the clamor of industrial centers, and in the stillness of dusk, the sky takes on a bruised, violet hue that emphasizes the immense, open scale of the Midwestern sky.
Sunfield grew from the steady labor of those who cleared the timber to make way for the plow, establishing an economy deeply rooted in the productivity of the soil. The legacy of these early settlers remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the village and the persistent, diligent nature of the local trade. While the world beyond has shifted toward rapid transformation, Sunfield maintains a deliberate, measured cadence, where the daily routines of the local inhabitants are dictated more by the cycles of the harvest and the changing seasons than by the urgent demands of modern commerce. There is a quiet integrity to be found in this persistence, a recognition that the strength of the locality lies not in rapid growth, but in the enduring connection between the people and the land they cultivate.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sunfield, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.762257, -84.992496. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Sunfield includes the ZIP code (48890), telephone area code (517), county seat of Eaton County (Charlotte), and school district assignment (Lakewood Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |