Wedgewood Michigan Map

About Wedgewood, Michigan

Wedgewood is a locality in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 227. The population density is 140.7 people per km². Wedgewood is located at 44.1937°N, 85.4902°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49601.

Wedgewood emerges from the quiet, low-slung expanse of the Michigan interior where the air carries the sharp, resinous tang of distant pine. It lies 6.0 miles southwest of Cadillac, MI (from Cadillac, MI: bearing 228°T), and is situated 34.2 miles north of Big Rapids. Spalding Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the local topography, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, bruised clouds that often gather before a summer storm. Only three miles away, the surface of Lake Mitchell holds the stillness of a mirror, anchored by the dense, shadowed silhouettes of the Pine River Experimental Forest that wait thirteen miles to the north. On the farthest edge of the horizon, the faint, jagged suggestion of the Ward Hills catches the amber glow of the setting sun, grounding the landscape in a vast, geologic patience that defies the frantic pace of the modern world.

Wedgewood functions as a modest waypoint for those who appreciate the silence of the inland plains, its character defined by a long-standing reliance on the timber and agricultural cycles that shaped the region’s early development. Lakewood Greens Golf Course occupies the immediate terrain, offering a manicured contrast to the rugged, untamed thickets that reclaim abandoned clearings elsewhere in the county. Life moves with the deliberate tempo of a seasonal clock, where the local economy pivots on the maintenance of these green spaces and the quiet commerce of the surrounding woodlots. Even when the morning frost turns the fields to iron, Wedgewood retains an enduring, sturdy dignity, grounded by the steady flow of the creek and the rhythmic, unadorned work of the people who call this stretch of earth their own.

About This Wedgewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wedgewood, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.1937, -85.4902. 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 Wedgewood includes the ZIP code (49601), telephone area code (989), county seat of Wexford County (Cadillac), and school district assignment (Cadillac Area Public Schools).

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.