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Alva Florida Map

Explore Alva, Florida, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Alva, Florida

How to Use This Alva, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alva, Florida. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Florida or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alva.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Alva
State	Florida (FL)
County	Lee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	26.721492
Longitude	-81.624284
Population	2,725
Density	60.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	33920
Area Code	561
County Seat	Fort Myers
School District	Lee County School District

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About Alva, Florida

Alva is a locality in Lee County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,725. The population density is 60.3 people per km². Alva is located at 26.7215°N, 81.6243°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33920.

Alva stretches across a verdant interior landscape where the Caloosahatchee River carves a slow, deliberate path through the subtropical terrain. It lies 6.3 miles north of Lehigh Acres, FL (from Lehigh Acres, FL: bearing 8°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Fort Myers Shores. The humidity here carries the scent of damp earth and palmetto scrub, settling over the land in a heavy, golden shroud as the afternoon sun begins to wane. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain shifts into dense woodland and open prairie, punctuated by the shadows of cypress trees that stand as silent sentinels over the water. A mile away, the quiet expanse of Daniels Preserve at Spanish Creek offers a sanctuary of tangled vegetation and sawgrass, where the stillness is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a bird or the rhythmic rustle of wind through the brush.

Alva traces its origins to a modest pioneer settlement, a history reflected in the lingering spirit of its agrarian roots and the citrus groves that once defined the local economy. Today, the pace of life maintains a quiet, deliberate character, far removed from the frantic energy of more developed hubs, with the regional economy still tethered to the rhythms of the land. While the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Trafford lies twenty miles to the south, the daily existence here is anchored firmly to the immediate presence of the river. The atmosphere is marked by a raw, unvarnished beauty, particularly during the frequent summer storms when the sky bruises into deep shades of violet and the air crackles with the electric intensity that defines this inland expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Daniels Preserve at Spanish Creek (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 065° NE
Alva Scrub Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 193° S
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 244° SW
Hickey'S Creek Mitigation Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 190° S
C-43 Basin Storage Reservoir - Part 1 (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 098° E
Caloosahatchee Basin Water Storage Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 108° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 229° SW
The Farmstead (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 296° NW
Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 9.9 mi, 297° NW
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 302° NW
Global Classroom (Viewpoint) — 10.2 mi, 268° W
Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 262° W · 54 acres
WW II Gun Turrets (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 202° S
WW II Munitions Building (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 202° S
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 076° E
Solar Ranch (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 323° NW
Firehouse Community Theatre (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 075° E
LaBelle Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 075° E
Nature Walk (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 230° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 229° SW
Imaginarium Science Center (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 249° W
Art League of Fort Myers (Arts Centre) — 16.2 mi, 251° W
Six Mile Cypress Slough (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 230° SW
Shell Factory Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 266° W
Stench Monument (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 232° SW
Railroad Museum of South Florida (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 229° SW
Castle Golf (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 229° SW
Estero Bay Preserve State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 21.3 mi, 227° SW
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 25.9 mi, 289° W
J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.7 mi, 240° SW · 11k acres

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