About Tower
Set in the northern part of Michigan, Tower is a small unincorporated community.
Tower holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.54 square miles.
📰 Tower News Today
- Top-Down Deconstruction Enables Safe Removal of University of Cincinnati’s Crosley Tower Associated Construction Publications · Aug 15
- Is new University of Michigan grade policy going to help or hurt students? Baltimore Sun · Aug 14
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to leave Renaissance Center Detroit Free Press · Jul 28
- Water Tower Place plans major transformation as Michigan Avenue rebounds NBC 5 Chicago · Apr 27
- Schneider Electric, Budderfly to upgrade 7 municipal facilities in Cadillac, Michigan Facilities Dive · Aug 5
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Tower Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern Michigan, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Michigan — one of 745 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 14 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Tower
- Lorenzo's Pizza Parlor
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Sturgeon for Tomorrow · Attraction
- The Zodiac Room · Art gallery
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Tower
- Cain's Creek Swamp Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Michigan Islands Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Forest Township Park reviews ★
- Tower North Eastern State Trail Parking reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMichigan
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area0.54 sq mi
Coordinates45.3518, -84.2937