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Wilson Michigan Map

Explore Wilson, 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 Wilson, Michigan

How to Use This Wilson, Michigan Map

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

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	Wilson
State	Michigan (MI)
County	Menominee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Detroit)

Latitude	45.705244
Longitude	-87.438184
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	49896
Area Code	906
County Seat	Menominee

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About Wilson, Michigan

Wilson is a locality in Menominee County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Wilson is located at 45.7052°N, 87.4382°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49896.

Wilson occupies a quiet expanse of the Upper Peninsula, where the landscape is defined by the persistent, dark ribbon of Wilson Creek as it threads through the surrounding timber and meadow. It lies 18.2 miles west of Escanaba, MI (from Escanaba, MI: bearing 261°T), and is situated 31.3 miles east-southeast of Iron Mountain. The air here holds a crisp, northern clarity, thinning slightly as it drifts toward the dense canopy of the Escanaba River State Forest only three miles away. A mile from the center, the waters of Arnold Lake mirror the shifting moods of the sky, turning from a pale, reflective silver at dawn to a deep, bruised violet as evening settles over the pines. The ground is a patchwork of hardy grasses and glacial soil, a terrain that demands patience from those who work its surface, where the light at dusk catches the tall stalks of wild rye, turning the fields into a shimmering, bronze-colored sea of dry grain.

Wilson emerged from the slow, deliberate work of logging and small-scale agriculture that shaped this interior wilderness, leaving behind a pace of life that favors the steady labor of the seasons over the haste of modern commerce. Local activity remains tethered to the land, with the nearby Normenco Sportsmen Club providing a focus for the community’s appreciation of the woods and the quiet, disciplined pursuit of the outdoors. While the distant silhouette of Chalk Hill marks the horizon to the southwest, the daily rhythm of Wilson belongs to the internal cycles of the forest and the creek, where the hum of saws once echoed and the quiet industry of landowners now sustains the neighborhood. The character of the place is etched in the stoic endurance of its architecture and the modest, unadorned ways in which the people move through their days, ever mindful of the heavy, silent presence of the woods that watch from the edge of every pasture.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Normenco Sportsmen Club (Park) — 2.4 mi, 253° W
Menominee County (Local Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 264° W
Bank River Township (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 092° E
IXL Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 272° W
MNRTF Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 152° SE
Crystal Falls State Forest Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 298° NW
Menominee River Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 268° W
Menominee River State Recreation Area (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 264° W
Menominee River State Park & Recreation Area 2 (State Recreation Area) — 16.6 mi, 264° W
Wells State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 171° S
Iron Mountain Iron Mine (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 285° W
Steele Monument (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 285° W
Hiawatha National Forest (National Forest) — 22.6 mi, 070° E · 899k acres
Jake Menghini Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 285° W
First Pier (Viewpoint) — 24.6 mi, 279° W
Whitefish, Michigan Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 27.7 mi, 058° NE · 10k acres
West Shore Fishing Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 180° S
House of Yesteryear Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 284° W
Indian Trail (Monument) — 29.5 mi, 058° NE
Gravity Hub (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 285° W
Jacobson's Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 131° SE
Little Lake Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.5 mi, 129° SE
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 283° W
Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.3 mi, 135° SE
Boarding House Site (Historic Ruins) — 37.1 mi, 088° E
D. Dupont Barber Shop (Historic Ruins) — 37.1 mi, 088° E
Horseshoe Island Memorial (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 163° S
Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive Number 5 (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 076° E
Northern Sky Theater (Theatre) — 38.9 mi, 165° S
Nicolet National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 288° W · 663k acres

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