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Buckhead Ridge Florida Map

Explore Buckhead Ridge, 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 Buckhead Ridge, Florida

How to Use This Buckhead Ridge, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buckhead Ridge, 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 Buckhead Ridge.

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	Buckhead Ridge
State	Florida (FL)
County	Glades County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	27.130328
Longitude	-80.893674
Population	1,509
Density	415.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	34974
Area Code	239
County Seat	Moore Haven
School District	Glades County School District

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About Buckhead Ridge, Florida

Buckhead Ridge is a locality in Glades County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,509. The population density is 415.6 people per km². Buckhead Ridge is located at 27.1303°N, 80.8937°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34974.

Buckhead Ridge spreads across a flat, expansive horizon defined by the immense, silver-gray presence of Lake Okeechobee. It lies 33.2 miles west-southwest of Saint Lucie West, FL (from Saint Lucie West, FL: bearing 246°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-southwest of Okeechobee. The air here holds a heavy, subtropical weight, smelling faintly of damp earth and crushed sawgrass as it rolls over the level prairie. Only two miles to the west, the Kissimmee River cuts a winding, deliberate path through the landscape, its slow current dictating the rhythm of the surrounding wetlands. In the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, electric violet, casting long shadows across the palmetto scrub and cypress stands that define the perimeter of Lake Okeechobee, a REC. The earth is dark and porous, a soft floor that seems to absorb the frequent, sudden flashes of summer lightning that define the regional sky.

Buckhead Ridge serves as a quiet junction for those whose lives are tethered to the water and the inland soil. The local economy persists in the steady, unglamorous work of agriculture and the service of those drawn to the vast, singular expanse of Lake Okeechobee for recreation. History here is not marked by grand monuments but by the persistent struggle to manage the overflow of the land and the stubborn tenacity of the people who settled near the riverbanks. Modest homes and narrow roads occupy the space between the wilder, flooded thickets and the managed groves, creating a sense of isolation that feels both fragile and permanent. Life in Buckhead Ridge moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the water, tethered to a landscape that refuses to be tamed, only negotiated with day by day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Okeechobee (Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 168° S
North of Lake Okeechobee Storage Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 278° W
Okeechobee Battlefied Memorial (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 049° NE
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.8 mi, 231° SW
Aquachobee (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 031° NE
Sabertooth Tiger (Public Artwork) — 18.8 mi, 031° NE
C-23/C-24 South Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 21.0 mi, 061° NE
Clewiston Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 186° S
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.2 mi, 338° N · 11k acres
J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.0 mi, 115° SE
Gatorama (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 239° SW
Lake Placid Arts & Crafts (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 292° W
Lake Placid Historical Society (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 292° W
Carolina Parakeet Memorial (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 343° N
Airboat Wildlife Adventures (Attraction) — 32.9 mi, 311° NW
Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park (State Park) — 33.1 mi, 289° W
Fort Kissimmee (Historic Castle / Fort) — 35.5 mi, 333° NW
North Fork, St. Lucie Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 35.6 mi, 075° E
Nido águila calva (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 174° S
History Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 075° E
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 085° E
Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 39.6 mi, 064° NE
Savannahs Preserve Education Center (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 073° E
Town of KICCO Campsite (Historic Ruins) — 40.3 mi, 338° N
Sunrise Theatre (Theatre) — 41.3 mi, 058° NE
LaBelle Heritage Museum (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 233° SW
Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area - Carter Creek (Nature Reserve) — 41.9 mi, 311° NW
Highlands Hammock State Park (State Park) — 42.3 mi, 299° NW
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.3 mi, 134° SE · 149k acres
Big Cypress National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 63.5 mi, 198° S · 541k acres

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