Photo: ValerieWood · CC BY-SA 3.0Bay Mills Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Mollie R. Kahl Community Library in Rudyard, 16.7 miles away
Bay Mills Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Mollie R. Kahl Community Library in Rudyard, 16.7 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
B−Civic lifeAhead of 50% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.Getting a library card from Bay Mills Township
The nearest library is 17 miles from Bay Mills Township
Bay Mills Township has no public library of its own, and the closest, Mollie R. Kahl Community Library in Rudyard, is 17 miles from the town center. The next nearest is Whitefish Township Community Library, 17 miles away. Nearest libraries ↓
Bay Mills Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Superior Township, Chippewa Township and Soo Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Whitefish Township (Whitefish Township Community Library) does. Libraries next door ↓
The nearby libraries are all fine-free
None of the four closest libraries charges late fines. Nearest libraries ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Bay Mills Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Bay Mills Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. Bay Mills Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Bay Mills Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
4 community nonprofits are registered in Bay Mills Township
2.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.3%
11.3% of Bay Mills Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 12.4% in the typical Michigan town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Bay Mills Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 16.7 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Bay Mills Township. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefish Township | Whitefish Township Community Library fine-free | 9.1 | 25 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Superior Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Chippewa Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Soo Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Bay Mills Township
Does Bay Mills Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Mollie R. Kahl Community Library in Rudyard, 16.7 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Bay Mills Township’s civic life grade?
B− Bay Mills Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on civic life. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Bay Mills Township.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.