Explore Windsor, 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 Windsor, 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 Windsor.
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 | Windsor |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Eaton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 42.643906 |
| Longitude | -84.651445 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 48821, 48892 |
| Area Code | 517 |
| County Seat | Charlotte |
Windsor occupies a quiet expanse of the Michigan interior, where the land settles into a rhythmic pattern of agricultural fields and pockets of dense, hardwood thickets. It lies 5.7 miles south of Delta Township, MI (from Delta Township, MI: bearing 175°T), and is situated 7.8 miles southwest of Lansing. The Grand River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its slow, dark current serving as a constant companion to those who walk the banks near the Village of Dimondale Recreation Area. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon remains flat and expansive, broken only by the occasional silo or the distant, hazy silhouette of Teaspoon Hill. At dusk, the light here takes on a pale, bruised quality, turning the fields into shades of muted ochre and gray as the air cools. Four miles to the west, the surface of Taylor Lake remains largely undisturbed, reflecting the shifting clouds that drift across the plains with a heavy, deliberate pace.
Windsor maintains a character defined by its proximity to the soil and the steady flow of the river, reflecting a history rooted in the quiet transformation of the regional landscape. The local economy relies on the industrious pulse of the surrounding farmland, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of daily life. Residents frequent the Village of Dimondale Recreation Area not for spectacle, but for the simple utility of open space and the shade provided by mature oaks. There is a perceptible gravity to Windsor, an absence of pretense that honors the labor of those who have worked this earth for generations. As the years pass, the routines of the neighborhood remain tied to the land, preserving a sense of place that values the persistence of the seasons over the shifting demands of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Windsor, Michigan. Coordinates: 42.643906, -84.651445. 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 Windsor includes the ZIP code (48821, 48892), telephone area code (517), county seat of Eaton County (Charlotte), 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. |