Michigamme, Michigan
CDP
About Michigamme
Michigamme is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Michigan.
Michigamme holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.38 square miles.
📰 Michigamme News Today
- Magnificent Michigamme Highlands - dailypress.net · Aug 16
- Michigamme invites families to attend its annual Fourth of July festivities Upper Michigan's Source · Jun 30
- Reino A. Linne Obituary (2026) - Michigamme, MI - Bjork & Zhulkie Funeral Home - Ishpeming Legacy obituary · Aug 7
- Timber company, MDNR team up to protect Michigamme Highlands' 73,000 acres myupnow.com · Apr 2
- Michigan’s highest peak will become old-growth forest in massive conservation project MLive.com · Jun 13
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Michigamme Unique
- The only place in America named Michigamme — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northwestern Michigan, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Michigamme
- Mount Shasta
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Michigamme
- Gamber-Brisky Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- McCormick Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Van Riper State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Berle LaPin / Veterans Memorial Park reviews ★
- Horse Pulling Grounds reviews ★
- Humboldt Township Park reviews ★
- Michigamme State Roadside Park reviews ★
- Sawyer Lake County Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMichigan
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.38 sq mi
Coordinates46.5307, -88.0262