DirtFlight is not a drone photography service. To get aerial photos of land in Michigan, enter the county and the APN, or draw the boundary on the map or upload a file. The pack renders in about ten minutes: an outlined top down, four cardinal 3D views, an 18 second orbit video, a hosted listing page and a parcel info sheet, with full resolution files of every view. Nobody flies out, so there is no travel charge, and it works anywhere in Michigan. Dirt is $29 a parcel and Paydirt $79, or $199 a month for PayDirt Pro (20 Paydirt packs a month). Paydirt adds a contour map, the road frontage hero, the infrared land health view, the full social kit with platform captions, a posting plan and silent reels, pop-out photos from nine directions, the interactive 3D explorer and the measured diligence layers.
- Coverage
- All of Michigan
- Turnaround
- About 10 minutes
- Travel charge
- None, ever
- Imagery age
- One to three years
Two peninsulas, and both sell on water and cover.
Michigan land is bought for what grows on it and what sits next to it. Swamp cedar and popple on a hunting forty, frontage on a lake or river, adjoining state land a buyer can hunt for free. The forty next door looks identical from the two-track, and it is not.
A forty in Roscommon County renders in the same ten minutes as a lot in Oakland County, and cover type, swamp and adjoining public land read clearly from above.
Boundaries are approximate and are not a survey.
One parcel. Everything below.
One parcel. Popple and oak on the high ground, cedar swamp on the north end, and a seasonal road along the front.
Everything in the pack
This is the whole Michigan delivery.
Every view below came back from one parcel, in about ten minutes, with no pilot and no site visit.
Where Michigan land actually trades.
These are among the counties land buyers ask about most.
Any Michigan county works: type the parcel number, draw the boundary on the map, or upload a KML, KMZ, GeoJSON or zipped shapefile. Try your APN free, and if a parcel will not come up from its number you hear that before anything is charged.
What to know before you order a Michigan parcel.
- Coverage
- Any Michigan county works: type the APN, draw the boundary on the map or upload a file. See coverage.
- Common land
- Northern hardwood and pine woods, lakes and wetlands, farmland in the south and the Thumb, and Upper Peninsula timber.
- Typical uses
- Hunting land, cabin and recreational sites, farms, and timber.
- Reads well from above
- Cover type from hardwood to conifer, swamp and lowland, lakes and creeks, two-track roads, and where state or other large wooded tracts border the parcel.
- Your parcel number
- Assessing is done locally by townships and cities, and the number to look for is the parcel number on the local tax record.
- Boundary and imagery
- The boundary is approximate and is not a survey. Imagery is the most recent aerial available for that county, usually one to three years old.
Rules for splitting a Michigan tract differ by county, so start with the county planning office. How to subdivide land walks through the steps, subdivide land photos renders a pack for every lot from a plat or a drawn split, and land home packages screens where a home can go on a lot.
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Asked by people selling Michigan ground.
Which Michigan counties can you do?
Any Michigan county works. Send the county and the APN and DirtFlight renders the pack. If a parcel will not come up from its number, you hear that before anything is charged, and you can draw the boundary on the map or upload a KML, KMZ, GeoJSON or zipped shapefile instead. The pack comes back the same.
Are Michigan hunting land and cabin sites a good fit for DirtFlight?
Northern hardwood and pine woods, lakes and wetlands, farmland in the south and the Thumb, and Upper Peninsula timber. Typical uses there: hunting land, cabin and recreational sites, farms, and timber.
Can you show cover type on a hunting forty?
Broadly, yes. Popple, oak, cedar swamp, openings and old logging cuts are distinguishable from above, and the boundary shows which of it is inside your line. Buyers use it to find the bedding and the edges before they walk it.
Will adjoining state or federal land be visible?
The context map shows what surrounds the parcel, which is how most Michigan buyers check whether they are backed up against public land. Ownership of neighboring ground should still be confirmed with the county.
Which number should I enter for a Michigan parcel?
In Michigan, assessing is done locally by townships and cities, and the number to look for is the parcel number on the local tax record. Enter the county and the APN as it appears on the tax record, or a street address, and DirtFlight draws the boundary. If a parcel will not come up from its number, you are told before anything is charged, and you can draw the boundary on the map or upload a boundary file instead.
What can you read from above in Michigan woods and wetlands?
Cover type from hardwood to conifer, swamp and lowland, lakes and creeks, two-track roads, and where state or other large wooded tracts border the parcel. The boundary is drawn on every view, and the imagery is the most recent aerial available for that county, usually one to three years old, with the date on the pack.
List your Michigan parcel today.
Send the county and the APN, or draw the boundary on the map or upload a file. Free for a limited time.