Alto is an unincorporated community in Bowne Township, Kent County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on Pratt Lake Creek, at the intersection of Bancroft Avenue and 60th Street, just west of M-50, about two miles south of exit 52 off I-96.Alto is situated at 42°51′24″N 85°22′49″W on the boundary between section 33 of Lowell Township and section 4 of Bowne Township, although it lies mostly within Bowne.