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Union Pier Michigan Map

Explore Union Pier, 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 Union Pier, Michigan

How to Use This Union Pier, Michigan Map

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

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	Union Pier
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Berrien County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	41.828097
Longitude	-86.692525
Population	680
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49129
Area Code	269
County Seat	St. Joseph

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About Union Pier, Michigan

Union Pier is a locality in Berrien County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Union Pier is located at 41.8281°N, 86.6925°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49129.

Union Pier reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, wooded ridges and fertile soil that holds the deep, dark memory of glacial retreat. It lies 22.6 miles west of Niles, MI (from Niles, MI: bearing 270°T), and is situated 13.4 miles northeast of Michigan City. The terrain here rises in gentle swells toward the distant silhouette of Mount Fuller, while the low-lying basin of Elm Valley marks the horizon to the east. A mile away, the Galien River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its dark waters reflecting the dense canopy of hardwoods that characterize the regional forest. At the edge of the land, the expansive, slate-gray surface of Lake Michigan dominates the western sky, its presence felt in the cool, moisture-laden air that sweeps across the fields. At McKinley Road Beach, the ground transitions into fine, shifting earth, providing a vantage point where the light at dusk turns the heavy atmosphere into a bruised, violet haze.

Union Pier grew from the labor of those who cleared the timber and planted the orchards that still define the local economy. The legacy of fruit cultivation remains etched in the rows of cherry and apple trees that organize the countryside, a quiet rhythm of seasons that dictates the pace of daily life. While the area once served as a junction for regional transport, Union Pier has settled into a character defined by the preservation of its natural surroundings and a deliberate, unadorned way of existing. The economy pivots between the seasonal demands of agriculture and a steady, modest commerce that supports those who favor the seclusion of the woods over the clamor of larger centers. Life in Union Pier moves with the slow, steady pulse of a place that understands its own boundaries, keeping the ghosts of its early settlement days buried beneath the loam of the orchard floors.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wilkinson Village Heritage Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 229° SW
Glassman Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 154° SE
Galien River Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 184° S
Chickaming Golf Course (Park) — 1.7 mi, 050° NE
Galien River County Park Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 226° SW
Chikaming Township (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 078° E
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 087° E
Creative Adventures Camp (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 164° S
Robinson Woods Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 057° NE
Warren Woods State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 090° E
Natural Area Warren Woods Nature Study Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 084° E
Southwest Michigan Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.9 mi, 026° NE
The Region of Three Oaks Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 114° SE
Three Oaks Township Library and Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 114° SE
Three Oaks Bicycle Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 113° SE
Warren Dunes State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 041° NE
Dunes Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 231° SW
Captain Mike's Fun Park (Theme Park) — 8.7 mi, 043° NE
First Church Camp (water tank) (Historic Ruins) — 8.7 mi, 037° NE
Notre Dame Elementary School (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 232° SW
Lake Clare (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 233° SW
Blue Chip Hotel (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 234° SW
Warren Nelson Plaque (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 234° SW
Rotary Centennial Monument (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 237° SW
Rawson Memorial Stone Plaque (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 237° SW
Breakwater Light (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 239° SW
SFC Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 234° SW
Schaller Gallery (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 050° NE
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 13.9 mi, 236° SW · 11k acres
La Porte History Mural (Public Artwork) — 15.0 mi, 185° S

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