Black Diamond Florida Map

About Black Diamond, Florida

Black Diamond is a locality in Citrus County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,255. The population density is 122.9 people per km². Black Diamond is located at 28.9067°N, 82.4946°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34461.

Black Diamond emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the Florida peninsula, where the earth is defined by a dense, persistent carpet of palmetto scrub and the sudden, vertical reach of cypress trees. It lies 1.9 miles south-southwest of Pine Ridge, FL (from Pine Ridge, FL: bearing 203°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northeast of Homosassa Springs. The air here holds a heavy, moisture-laden stillness, often fractured by the sudden, violet-white strobe of afternoon lightning that defines this subtropical belt. While the open coastline remains six miles away, the landscape bears the salt-tinged influence of the tides, and the horizon is often marked by the distant, hazy shimmer of the sea. Only a mile from the quiet, protected boundaries of Eagleton Park, the terrain remains largely untamed, characterized by a porous soil that draws the sky into its limestone depths.

Black Diamond carries the quiet legacy of a region once tethered to the slow extraction of earth and the rhythms of the seasons. Economic life here remains modest, favoring the endurance of local trade and the seasonal influx of those seeking the warmth of the sun, all while maintaining a distance from the rapid, sprawling growth of the state’s larger metropolises. Water shapes the consciousness of the residents, with the crystalline, steady flow of Hunter Spring Run and the expansive, reflective surface of Kings Bay serving as the primary anchors for the local geography. Further afield, the winding path of Magnolia Creek carves through the brush, and the presence of Banana Island seven miles distant acts as a permanent, verdant marker in the mind of the traveler. Life in Black Diamond moves with the deliberate, unforced pace of a place where the sun dictates the hours, and the encroaching wilderness is treated not as a rival, but as a familiar neighbor.

About This Black Diamond Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Black Diamond, Florida. Coordinates: 28.906711, -82.494615. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Black Diamond includes the ZIP code (34461), telephone area code (941), county seat of Citrus County (Inverness), and school district assignment (Citrus County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.