Bendon, Michigan Weather
Bendon, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bendon, Benzie County.
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About Bendon, Michigan
Bendon rests in a quiet pocket of Benzie County, a place where the land gently rolls and dips, hinting at the glacial forces that shaped it long ago. It lies 67.8 miles east-south-east of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 119°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-west of Long Lake Township. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine, a breath drawn deep from the surrounding forests. Fields, etched with the straight lines of careful cultivation, give way to the wilder, darker embrace of woodlands where sunlight filters in shifting patterns onto moss-covered logs and the forest floor. In the distance, the land rises and falls with a soft, persistent grace, creating a landscape that feels both vast and intimately known, a place where the sky seems to hold its breath at twilight, painting the clouds in hues of rose and lavender. This corner of Benzie County, where Bendon makes its quiet stand, carries the echoes of a history tied to the land and its bounty. Once, the hum of logging trucks might have been a more familiar sound, the forests yielding their timber to build homes and fuel industry further afield. Today, the economy leans more towards the patient rhythms of agriculture, with orchards bearing fruit under the vast Michigan sky and fields producing crops that feed the local markets. It’s a place where the pace of life feels measured, unhurried by the clamor of larger cities, allowing for a deep connection to the seasons and the steady work of tending the earth. The nearby waterways, though not immediately visible from Bendon’s heart, whisper of a connection to the larger watershed, a reminder of the water’s enduring power that sculpted this terrain.
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| Location | Bendon, Benzie County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.633057°N, 85.837859°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49643 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bendon, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bendon, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bendon includes coordinates 44.633057°N, 85.837859°W, situated in Benzie County. ZIP code 49643. Telephone area code: 989. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
