Explore Three Oaks, 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 Three Oaks, 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 Three Oaks.
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 | Three Oaks |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Berrien County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 41.798654 |
| Longitude | -86.610578 |
| Population | 1,370 |
| Density | 484.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49128 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| County Seat | St. Joseph |
| School District | River Valley School District |
Three Oaks sits firmly upon the inland plains of southwestern Michigan, where the earth stretches out in a quiet expanse of fertile soil and thickets. It lies 18.5 miles west of Niles, MI (from Niles, MI: bearing 263°T), and is situated 16.0 miles east-northeast of Michigan City. The light here settles low and golden over the fields, catching the edges of the distant Mount Fuller as the day wanes into a soft, bruised violet. Two miles to the east, the waters of Spring Creek pull slowly through the brush, while the nearby Klutes Lakes hold the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that seems to slow the very pulse of the afternoon. A mile from the center of activity, Three Oaks Township Park offers a quiet margin of green where the local vegetation stands resilient against the changing seasons, grounding the landscape in a simple, unadorned beauty.
Three Oaks emerged from the industrious spirit of the nineteenth century, built upon the expansion of the railways that once defined the movement of goods across the Midwest. The economy has shifted from those early days of iron and timber to a modern character defined by local craftsmanship and the slow, deliberate work of the land. Five miles away, the gentle depression of Elm Valley serves as a reminder of the glacial forces that shaped this region, providing a backdrop for the agricultural traditions that still persist in the surrounding orchards and farms. Today, the pace of life in Three Oaks follows the hum of local enterprise and the changing colors of the canopy, maintaining a steady, grounded existence that favors the quiet endurance of a landscape defined by its own internal rhythms.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Three Oaks, Michigan. Coordinates: 41.798654, -86.610578. 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 Three Oaks includes the ZIP code (49128), telephone area code (269), county seat of Berrien County (St. Joseph), and school district assignment (River Valley School District).
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. |