Chokoloskee Florida Map

About Chokoloskee, Florida

Chokoloskee is a locality in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 346. The population density is 599.1 people per km². Chokoloskee is located at 25.8129°N, 81.3620°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34138.

Chokoloskee rises as a singular, shell-mounded elevation above the pervasive, emerald-dark labyrinth of the mangroves. It lies 23.2 miles east-southeast of Marco Island, FL (from Marco Island, FL: bearing 112°T), and is situated 33.2 miles southeast of Golden Gate. The air here carries a heavy, salt-sweet weight, as the humidity of the surrounding Everglades National Park clings to the skin like a damp shroud. To the west, the infinite horizon of the Gulf of Mexico bleeds into the sky, while the brackish currents of the Turner River pull gently at the shoreline, whispering of the deep, unseen channels that vein the marsh. A few miles inland, the still, reflective surface of Lake Placid offers a quiet counterpoint to the restless tides, and even the distant, hazy silhouette of Rattlesnake Ridge seems to bow before the vast, low-lying expanse of the Rabbit Key Grasses.

Chokoloskee bears the weight of a frontier history, its soil composed of ancient, calcified remains left by those who walked these hummocks long before the modern era. The rhythms of the local economy remain tethered to the water, where the passage of time is measured by the seasonal migrations of fish and the persistent, slow work of the tides. Life moves at a measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the Tamiami Trail, which remains a distant, thin artery cutting through the sawgrass to the north. Here, the light at dusk turns the water into a sheet of hammered copper, illuminating a landscape that feels less like a settled place and more like a fragile, enduring bridge between the wild, untamed interior and the encroaching sea.

About This Chokoloskee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chokoloskee, Florida. Coordinates: 25.81288, -81.362023. 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 Chokoloskee includes the ZIP code (34138), telephone area code (305), county seat of Collier County (East Naples), and school district assignment (Collier 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.