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Vineyard Lake Michigan Map

Explore Vineyard Lake, 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 Vineyard Lake, Michigan

How to Use This Vineyard Lake, Michigan Map

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

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	Vineyard Lake
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	42.0868
Longitude	-84.2102
Population	992
Density	149.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49230
Area Code	269
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Columbia School District

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About Vineyard Lake, Michigan

Vineyard Lake is a locality in Jackson County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 992. The population density is 149.4 people per km². Vineyard Lake is located at 42.0868°N, 84.2102°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49230.

Vineyard Lake occupies a glacial basin where the light of late afternoon settles heavily against the water, turning the surface into a sheet of polished pewter. It lies 14.0 miles east-southeast of Summit Township, MI (from Summit Township, MI: bearing 124°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west-northwest of Irish Hills. Dense woodlands of oak and hickory frame the shoreline, their roots reaching into the damp, dark soil that characterizes this inland terrain. Five miles to the west, the silhouettes of the Irish Hills rise like a serrated spine against the horizon, providing a rugged counterpoint to the quiet, low-lying topography that surrounds the water. Within the immediate vicinity, Vineyard Lake Park offers a public threshold to the water, where the air smells of wet earth and decaying leaves rather than the sharp, sterile scent of distant salt. The River Raisin winds its path only a mile away, a modest ribbon of current that drains the surrounding fields and feeds the slow, deliberate pulse of the local landscape.

History here is measured not in grand monuments, but in the slow transformation of the land from dense wilderness to a collection of quiet, private dwellings and seasonal retreats. The economy of Vineyard Lake remains tethered to the rhythm of the changing seasons, shifting from the industry of summer recreation to the isolation of deep winter, when the water freezes into a rigid, silent pane. This locality functions as a refuge from the industrial clamor found elsewhere, a place where the pace of existence is dictated by the sun’s arc over the trees and the seasonal shifting of the wind. Generations have centered their lives around the water’s edge, maintaining a culture that values the stillness of the interior over the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Through the passing decades, the area has retained a sense of seclusion, defined by the steady, unobserved growth of its forests and the persistent, quiet presence of the nearby River Raisin.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Vineyard Lake Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 013° N
Camp De Sales (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 247° SW
Camp O' the Hills (Private Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 103° E
Onsted State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 200° S
Heart of the Lakes Golf Course (Park) — 2.3 mi, 322° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 305° NW
Columbia (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 257° W
Hayes State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 111° E
Greenbriar Golf Course (Park) — 3.5 mi, 092° E
W. J. Hayes State Park (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 101° E
Sharonville State Game Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 009° N
Terry Fire Bowl (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 345° N
Woodstock Manual Labor Institute (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 230° SW
Boutique Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 213° SW
Fen Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 297° NW
Hurst Planetarium (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 310° NW
Ella Sharp Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 310° NW
Reality T.V. (Public Artwork) — 13.8 mi, 310° NW
Waterloo Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 000° N
White Deer of Tecumseh (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 109° E
Dawson Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 150° SE
Fitz Overshot Waterwheel (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 112° E
McNaughton Family Plot (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 327° NW
Lenawee County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 146° SE
Hudson Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 205° SW
Sky Miles (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 017° N
The Upside Down (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 017° N
Natural Selection (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 017° N
Tripp's Mill (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 225° SW
Whitepine Studios LLC (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 076° E

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