Explore Yale, 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 Yale, 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 Yale.
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 | Yale |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Gogebic County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.12825 |
| Longitude | -82.797564 |
| Population | 1,903 |
| Density | 535.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 49911, 48097 |
| Area Code | 906, 313 |
| County Seat | Bessemer |
| School District | Yale Public Schools |
Yale reveals itself through the steady, patient movement of Powder Mill Creek as it carves a path through the quiet, inland terrain. It lies 69.2 miles northeast of Sawyer, WI (from Sawyer, WI: bearing 50°T), and is situated 5.2 miles east of Ironwood. Beyond the creek’s banks, the landscape unfolds in a series of modest elevations that hint at the distant, rugged silhouette of the Gogebic Range on the horizon. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Sunday Lake reflect the shifting gray and amber hues of the sky, while the nearby Local Forest offers a dense, temperate reprieve of pine and hardwood. During the autumn months, the air takes on a crisp, sharp clarity, and the water at Granite Falls rushes with a persistent, percussive rhythm against the ancient stone, marking the passage of seasons that define the rhythm of the land.
Yale maintains a character forged by the persistence of its early settlers, who found sustenance in the soil and the timber of the surrounding woodlands. The local economy continues to draw its strength from the legacies of agriculture and small-scale industry, where the pride of labor remains a visible thread in the daily conduct of its inhabitants. Residents often find their way to the Horseshoe Ski Trail when the winter frost hardens the earth, turning the landscape into a silent, snow-dusted expanse. Life in Yale moves with a deliberate, unforced consistency, defined by the practical needs of the field and the steady pulse of a community that understands the value of keeping its own counsel amid the wide, quiet plains of the interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yale, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.12825, -82.797564. 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 Yale includes the ZIP code (49911, 48097), telephone area code (906, 313), county seat of Gogebic County (Bessemer), and school district assignment (Yale Public Schools).
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. |