Alto is an unincorporated community in Bowne Township, Kent County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Alto 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.

It also serves a very small area of Campbell Township in Ionia County around the community of Elmdale.

It was named by Lucy Skidmore McVean for being the highest point of land along the railroad between Grand Rapids and Detroit.

[3] The annual Alto Harvest Festival is held in September of each year.