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Trout Creek Michigan Map

Explore Trout Creek, 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 Trout Creek, Michigan

How to Use This Trout Creek, Michigan Map

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

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.

CityTrout Creek
StateMichigan (MI)
CountyOntonagon County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Detroit)
Latitude46.482166
Longitude-89.011807
Population480
Density5.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code49967
Area Code906
County SeatOntonagon

About Trout Creek, Michigan

Trout Creek is a locality in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Trout Creek is located at 46.4822°N, 89.0118°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49967.

Trout Creek emerges from the dense, verdant expanse of the Local Forest as a quiet confluence of earth and water. It lies 77.0 miles west of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 267°T), and is situated 32.2 miles north-northwest of Iron River. The eponymous Trout Creek carves a path through the landscape, its current cold and clear, reflecting the shifting charcoal and slate tones of an overcast sky. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into subtle, uneven elevations that look toward the distant silhouette of Haystack Mountain, ten miles to the north. Sunlight here possesses a brittle, filtered quality, piercing the heavy canopy of the surrounding woodland to illuminate the moss-slicked stones and the dark, damp soil that anchors the region. Five miles distant, the waters of Johnson Lake remain a still, reflective mirror, holding the silence of a landscape that feels deeply settled in its own isolation.

Trout Creek bears the quiet, weathered marks of a history built upon the timber trade, where the rhythm of life was once dictated by the seasonal pulse of the woods. The local economy has long shifted from the fever of the logging camps toward a more measured existence, defined by the slow, deliberate work of those who dwell in the shadow of the Ottawa National Forest. There is a distinct lack of artifice in the way the days unfold, with the atmosphere carrying the scent of pine needles and the damp, metallic tang of the creek beds. Life here persists with a steady, unadorned integrity, where the primary landmarks are not monuments of stone, but the enduring presence of the timber stands and the persistent, flowing veins of the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Local Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 051° NE
  • Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 0.9 mi, 198° S · 995k acres
  • Paynesville Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 3.0 mi, 273° W · 1,754 acres
  • Ontonagon, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.2 mi, 025° NE · 46k acres
  • Agate Falls Scenic Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 270° W
  • Bond Falls Scenic Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 228° SW
  • Crystal Falls State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 152° SE
  • Paulding Light (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 221° SW
  • Ontonagon, Michigan Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.8 mi, 285° W · 8,876 acres
  • Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.7 mi, 054° NE · 17k acres
  • Old Victoria Historic Townsite (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 326° NW
  • Bear's Den Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.1 mi, 055° NE
  • Sylvania Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.1 mi, 217° SW · 18k acres
  • Childhood Cottage Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 336° NW
  • Baraga State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 007° N
  • Northern Waters Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 205° SW
  • Wisconsin River Headwaters (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 202° S
  • Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 201° S
  • Lac Vieux Desert (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 195° S
  • Alberta Village Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 066° NE
  • Phelps Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 187° S
  • The Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 332° NW
  • Sand Dunes (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 314° NW
  • Wisconsin Slough State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 39.1 mi, 151° SE
  • Kartway (Theme Park) — 39.1 mi, 197° S
  • Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 189° S
  • Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow (Public Artwork) — 44.2 mi, 270° W
  • Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park (Attraction) — 44.4 mi, 031° NE
  • Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 47.2 mi, 025° NE
  • Isle Royale National Park (National Park) — 49.1 mi, 025° NE · 1.1M acres

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About This Trout Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trout Creek, Michigan. Coordinates: 46.482166, -89.011807. 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 Trout Creek includes the ZIP code (49967), telephone area code (906), county seat of Ontonagon County (Ontonagon), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.