Explore Williamsburg, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Williamsburg, 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 Williamsburg.
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 | Williamsburg |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Grand Traverse County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 44.773614 |
| Longitude | -85.403956 |
| Population | 2,400 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 49690 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| County Seat | Traverse City |
Williamsburg exists where the quiet flow of Williamsburg Creek carves a path through the earth, marking the land with a persistent, liquid vitality. It lies 10.7 miles east of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 86°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southeast of Peninsula Township. The landscape surrounding Williamsburg is dominated by dense, deep-rooted woodlands and wide, sun-drenched fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Vosges Ridge. At the center of this terrain, the still, reflective surface of Bissell Pond acts as a mirror for the changing seasons, gathering the amber light of autumn afternoons and the stark, silver clarity of winter mornings. Though the horizon remains fixed in its inland character, the air carries a crisp, saline memory of Cuttysark Harbor, reminding those who dwell here of the vast, unseen tides that pull at the edges of the world.
History in Williamsburg is measured in the steady growth of orchards and the seasonal rhythm of the harvest, which remains the lifeblood of the local economy. The land is defined by its agricultural heritage, where rows of fruit trees follow the contours of the soil, ensuring that the labor of the past continues to yield fruit in the present. Residents often find their way to High Pointe Golf Club, a space where the manicured green of the fairways contrasts sharply with the wild, untamed edges of the woods. Life in Williamsburg moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own value, favoring the honest work of the seasons over the frantic pulse of the city, and maintaining a quiet, enduring connection to the woods and water that define its geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williamsburg, Michigan. Coordinates: 44.773614, -85.403956. 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 Williamsburg includes the ZIP code (49690), telephone area code (989), county seat of Grand Traverse County (Traverse City), 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |