Explore Bradenton Beach, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bradenton Beach, 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 Bradenton Beach.
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 | Bradenton Beach |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Manatee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.466984 |
| Longitude | -82.703989 |
| Population | 908 |
| Density | 678.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 34217 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| County Seat | Bradenton |
| School District | Manatee County School District |
Bradenton Beach emerges from the salt-heavy air as a narrow ribbon of sand held fast against the churning, turquoise expanse of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 7.5 miles west of South Bradenton, FL (from South Bradenton, FL: bearing 272°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-southwest of Bradenton. The landscape here is defined by a low, horizontal intensity, where the sky seems to press down upon the dunes and the shifting tides pull at the edges of the land with a rhythmic, insistent gravity. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the nearby Leffis Key provides a quiet refuge of tangled mangroves, while the distant, shadowed silhouette of the Portavant Indian Mound stands as a silent sentinel over the flat, subtropical horizon. The light at midday bleaches the color from the wooden pilings, leaving them a pale, sun-bleached gray, while the evening air grows thick with a humidity that clings to the skin like a warm, damp shroud.
Bradenton Beach carries the quiet weight of a place shaped by the slow accumulation of maritime trade and the seasonal migration of those seeking shelter from the northern frost. The local economy pulses with the ebb and flow of visitors who navigate the narrow streets, sustained by a heritage of fishing and small-scale commerce that has long defined the character of the coast. Beneath the surface of the nearby waters, the Regina Underwater Archaeological Preserve guards the remnants of the past, anchoring the identity of Bradenton Beach to the seafaring legacies that once navigated the currents toward the mouth of the Manatee River. Life here maintains a steady, unadorned pulse, far removed from the inland stillness of Lake Maggiore, favoring instead the salt-sprayed porch and the perpetual motion of the horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bradenton Beach, Florida. Coordinates: 27.466984, -82.703989. 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 Bradenton Beach includes the ZIP code (34217), telephone area code (941), county seat of Manatee County (Bradenton), and school district assignment (Manatee County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |