Big Rapids

Big Rapids is a city and the seat of government of , United States. The population was 7,727 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 8,565 in 2024, The city is surrounded by but they are completely separate jurisdictions.
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  • Type: Town with 10,600 residents
  • Description: city in the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Also known as: “Big Rabbits Neck”, “Big Rapids, MI”, and “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Postal code: 49307

Places of Interest

Highlights include AMC Classic Big Rapids 4 and Mitchell Creek Park.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Park
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Park
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Big Rapids

Latitude
43.6981° or 43° 41′ 53″ north
Longitude
-85.4837° or 85° 29′ 1″ west
Population
10,600
Elevation
932 feet (284 metres)
IATA airport code
WBR
United Nations Location Code
US WBR
Open location code
86MPMGX8+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153769109
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4986020
Wiki­data ID
Q2472136
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Satellite Map

Discover Big Rapids from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Big Rapids” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيغ رابيدز (ميشيغان)”
  • Arabic: “بيغ رابيدز”
  • Asturian: “Big Rapids”
  • Basque: “Big Rapids”
  • Belarusian: “Біг-Рапідс”
  • Cebuano: “Big Rapids”
  • Chechen: “Биг-Рапидс”
  • Chinese: “Big Rapids”
  • Chinese: “大急流鎮”
  • Danish: “Big Rapids”
  • Dutch: “Big Rapids”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيج رابيدز”
  • French: “Big Rapids”
  • German: “Big Rapids”
  • Gilaki: “بیگ رپیدز (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “بیگ رپیدز”
  • Hungarian: “Big Rapids”
  • Indonesian: “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Indonesian: “Big Rapids”
  • Irish: “Big Rapids”
  • Italian: “Big Rapids”
  • Japanese: “ビッグラピッズ”
  • Kazakh: “Биг Рапидс”
  • Kirghiz: “Биг Рапидс”
  • Korean: “빅 래피즈”
  • Korean: “빅래피즈”
  • Ladin: “Big Rapids”
  • Malagasy: “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “Big Rapids”
  • Mazanderani: “بیگ‌رپیدز (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “بیگ‌رپیدز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Big Rapids”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Big Rapids”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Big Rapids”
  • Norwegian: “Big Rapids”
  • Persian: “بیگ‌رپیدز، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “بیگ‌رپیدز”
  • Polish: “Big Rapids”
  • Portuguese: “Big Rapids”
  • Romanian: “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Romanian: “Big Rapids”
  • Russian: “Биг Рапидс”
  • Serbian: “Биг Рапидс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Big Rapids”
  • Slovenian: “Big Rapids”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیقرپیدز، میشیقان”
  • Spanish: “Big Rapids (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Big Rapids”
  • Swedish: “Big Rapids”
  • Tatar: “Биг-Рапидс”
  • Turkish: “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Big Rapids”
  • Ukrainian: “Біг-Рапідс”
  • Urdu: “بگ ریپڈز، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “بگ ریپڈز”
  • Uzbek: “Big Rapids”
  • Volapük: “Big Rapids”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Big Rapids”
  • Welsh: “Big Rapids, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Big Rapids”

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