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Michigan maps: printable and free

5 free maps of Michigan: high-resolution PNG (300 dpi) and PDF for US Letter or A4.

PDF = US Letter; A4 for other countries. Tap a map to view it full size. Free for personal, school and commercial use.

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

1. Michigan blank outline map

The state border only, with a scale bar. Good for labeling, coloring and tracing.

Blank outline map of Michigan with no labels: about 391 miles wide and 452 miles tall, on a letter-size page.View full size
Blank outline map of Michigan with no labels: about 391 miles wide and 452 miles tall, on a letter-size page.
PNG (2,508 × 3,171, 87 KB)PDF, US Letter (37 KB)PDF, A4 (37 KB)

2. Michigan county map

All 83 counties, outlined without names.

Map of Michigan showing the borders of its 83 counties, without names.View full size
Map of Michigan showing the borders of its 83 counties, without names.
PNG (2,508 × 3,171, 117 KB)PDF, US Letter (66 KB)PDF, A4 (65 KB)

3. Michigan labeled county map

The same 83 counties, each named. Names that don't fit inside a small area sit just outside, joined by a short line.

Map of Michigan's 83 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Marquette County, the largest by land area.View full size
Map of Michigan's 83 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Marquette County, the largest by land area.
PNG (2,508 × 3,171, 174 KB)PDF, US Letter (73 KB)PDF, A4 (72 KB)

4. Michigan map with major cities

23 cities, chosen by 2024 Census population and spaced so no labels overlap. The capital is marked with a star.

Map of Michigan with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Lansing (capital), Detroit, Grand Rapids and Warren.View full size
Map of Michigan with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Lansing (capital), Detroit, Grand Rapids and Warren.
PNG (2,508 × 3,171, 164 KB)PDF, US Letter (94 KB)PDF, A4 (93 KB)

5. Michigan elevation map

USGS 3DEP elevation as color plus hillshade. Legend in feet with meters underneath; a triangle marks the high point, a star the capital.

Shaded-relief elevation map of Michigan, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Mount Arvon (1,979 ft, highest) and Lansing, with a legend in feet and meters.View full size
Shaded-relief elevation map of Michigan, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Mount Arvon (1,979 ft, highest) and Lansing, with a legend in feet and meters.
PNG (2,508 × 3,171, 1.1 MB)PDF, US Letter (420 KB)PDF, A4 (407 KB)

Michigan: shape, counties and terrain

Michigan spans about 391 miles from east to west and 452 miles from north to south, with 56,611 square miles of land. Its outline is irregular: the state fills only 33% of the box drawn around it on the map. The Census boundary file draws it as 111 separate land areas, 4 of them larger than 100 square miles.

Michigan has 83 counties. The largest by land area is Marquette County (1,809 sq mi) and the smallest is Benzie County (320 sq mi). The capital, Lansing, sits at 853 ft downtown (USGS).

Elevation runs from 571 ft (174 m) on the Lake Erie to 1,979 ft (603 m) at Mount Arvon in Baraga County, a range of 1,408 ft. The sampled average is about 900 ft.

On the relief map's elevation grid, under 1% of the state lies below 500 ft, 85% between 500 and 1,000 ft and 14% between 1,000 and 1,500 ft and 1% above 1,500 ft. Split from south to north into thirds, the southern third averages 799 ft, the central third 892 ft and the northern third 727 ft, so the land is highest in the central third and lowest in the northern third.

More figures, with sources: Michigan elevation: highest, lowest and average points.

How teachers and students can use these maps

  • Blank map: label Lansing, the capital, and the largest cities, then check them against the cities map. Older students can draw in rivers or mountain ranges from an atlas.
  • County map: find your own county among the 83. The labeled version works as an answer key; the blank one as a quiz.
  • Cities map: Lansing to Marquette is about 298 miles in a straight line. Measure it with the scale bar and see how close you get.
  • Elevation map: find Mount Arvon (1,979 ft) and the Lake Erie (571 ft), and work out the difference: 1,408 ft. Then use the legend to estimate the elevation of your town and check it with our elevation tool.
  • Printing: each map has a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF. The PDFs are vector files, so lines and labels stay sharp at any size. The outline maps use very little ink in black and white.

License: free to use

These maps are free for personal, school and commercial use. Print them, copy them, change them, and use them in worksheets, slides, books, apps or websites. No permission or fee is needed. A credit is appreciated: Map: MyCurrentElevation.org.

The data behind them (US Census Bureau boundaries and population, USGS elevation) is in the public domain. Inter, the typeface on the maps, is licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Sources

How each number is produced: methodology and data sources.

Other states and the US map: all printable maps · Michigan elevation

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

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