Cherry Lake Florida Map

About Cherry Lake, Florida

Cherry Lake is a locality in Sumter County, Florida, United States. Cherry Lake is located at 28.9108°N, 81.9537°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 32162, 32340.

Cherry Lake stretches across a landscape defined by the heavy, humid stillness of the subtropical interior, where the air clings to the skin like a warm, damp veil. It lies 1.7 miles south-southeast of The Villages, FL (from The Villages, FL: bearing 167°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-northwest of Leesburg. Broad-leafed palmettos and stubborn cypress stands dictate the rhythm of the terrain, their shadows lengthening across the ground as the afternoon sun loses its sharp, white edge. Within the immediate perimeter of Cherry Lake Park, the earth retains a porous, sandy character, absorbing the sudden, violent downpours that frequently saturate the region. To the north, the elevation rises slightly toward the distant rise of Tomato Hill, while the horizon holds the suggestion of a maritime influence, as the moisture-laden winds from the coast—only twenty-five miles away—carry the faint, salt-tinged scent of the tides.

Economic life in Cherry Lake remains tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of the land, where the remnants of citrus groves and agricultural plots delineate the boundaries of private holdings. Residents navigate a landscape shaped by proximity to the Ocklawaha River, which winds through the lower basin seven miles distant, and the murky, slow-moving currents of the Dead River five miles away. History here is marked by the quiet persistence of those who worked the soil, a narrative punctuated by the nearby presence of Lake Miona, which serves as a perennial anchor for the local ecology. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place long accustomed to the summer heat, far from the frantic pace of the urban centers, leaving only the distant call of birds near Bird Island to break the afternoon silence.

About This Cherry Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cherry Lake, Florida. Coordinates: 28.910819, -81.953694. 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 Cherry Lake includes the ZIP code (32162, 32340), telephone area code (850), county seat of Sumter County (Bushnell), and school district assignment.

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.