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West Ishpeming Michigan Map

Explore West Ishpeming, 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 West Ishpeming, Michigan

How to Use This West Ishpeming, Michigan Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Ishpeming, 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 West Ishpeming.

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	West Ishpeming
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Marquette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	46.488444
Longitude	-87.717078
Population	2,552
Density	333.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49849
Area Code	906
County Seat	Marquette
School District	N.I.C.E. Community Schools

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About West Ishpeming, Michigan

West Ishpeming is a locality in Marquette County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,552. The population density is 333.0 people per km². West Ishpeming is located at 46.4884°N, 87.7171°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49849.

West Ishpeming anchors itself firmly upon the rugged, iron-rich earth of the Upper Peninsula, where the landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of Carp Creek. It lies 15.1 miles west-southwest of Marquette, MI (from Marquette, MI: bearing 254°T), and is situated 1.6 miles west-southwest of Ishpeming. The terrain here rises in modest, craggy swells toward the summit of Pilot Knob, which keeps a silent watch over the low-lying thickets and clearings that characterize Ishpeming Township. Two miles to the north, the waters of Deer Lake hold the reflection of a vast, unclouded sky, their surface often stilled by the biting chill that arrives long before the first frost. The air possesses a distinctive, metallic crispness, as if the very atmosphere remembers the weight of the deep-earth minerals that once dictated the rhythm of every heartbeat in the valley.

West Ishpeming remains a place where the legacy of the extraction industry lingers in the character of the soil and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its homes. History here is measured not in decades but in the slow, inevitable transition from the era of the deep mines to the quiet, methodical pace of contemporary life. While the expansive Michigamme State Forest waits eleven miles away as a dark, dense frontier of pine and hardwood, the immediate surroundings favor a more domestic, workaday utility. The residents go about their days with a stoic grace, moving through a landscape that demands resilience, where the fading light of late afternoon turns the gray gravel of the roads into a soft, glowing silver that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has dipped below the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ishpeming Township Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 103° E
Ishpeming Township (Local Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 133° SE
Lake Bancroft Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 080° E
Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 085° E
Wawonowin Club (Park) — 2.1 mi, 258° W
Ishpeming Playground Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 076° E
Mather Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 072° E
Two Lookouts (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 070° E
Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 289° W
Negaunee Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 080° E
Jackson Mine Monument (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 073° E
Van Riper State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 279° W
Lower Carp Falls (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 085° E
Forestville Fireplace (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 048° NE
Morgan Falls (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 085° E
Harlow Farms First Homestead (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 074° E
Marquette Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.1 mi, 046° NE
Shiras Planetarium (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 072° E
Father Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.8 mi, 077° E
The Gallery (Gallery) — 15.8 mi, 076° E
Masonic Red Room (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 076° E
Lower Harbor Ore Dock (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 077° E
Crystal Falls State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.7 mi, 180° S
Ottawa National Forest (National Forest) — 16.7 mi, 322° NW · 995k acres
Mccormick Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.7 mi, 322° NW · 17k acres
Michigamme Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 280° W
Forsyth Township Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 137° SE
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 25.2 mi, 110° E · 899k acres
Wisconsin Slough State Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 55.4 mi, 231° SW
Rogers Cinema (Cinema) — 59.3 mi, 316° NW

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