Clay Hill Florida Map

About Clay Hill, Florida

Clay Hill is a locality in Clay County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Clay Hill is located at 30.1021°N, 81.9570°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 32068, 32234.

Clay Hill occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of pine flatwoods and the slow, deliberate drainage of the inland terrain. It lies 6.2 miles west-northwest of Middleburg, FL (from Middleburg, FL: bearing 292°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-southwest of Oakleaf Plantation. The earth here holds a distinct reddish hue, a stubborn clay soil that anchors the pines and palmettos against the heavy, humid afternoons of the deep interior. To the west, the canopy thickens into the protected expanse of Jennings State Forest, where the land holds its breath under a dense cover of hardwoods and wiregrass. Water moves with a hushed, tea-colored clarity through Duckwater Branch, carving small, wandering paths through the undergrowth that have remained largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of the state’s more developed corridors.

Clay Hill retains the character of a rural outpost where the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the modest commerce of the surrounding timber tracts. History here is marked by the slow expansion of homesteads that relied on the fertile, if challenging, soil, creating a legacy of self-reliance that persists in the quiet spacing of driveways and the preservation of open fields. While the distant, shimmering surface of Kingsley Lake sits nine miles to the east, the inhabitants of Clay Hill look inward toward the deep shade of the nearby woods and the steady, unsung work of the local forestry and agricultural sectors. Life moves in long, unhurried intervals, governed by the intensity of the summer sun and the cooling, pine-scented air that settles over the ridges when the light finally begins to fail.

About This Clay Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clay Hill, Florida. Coordinates: 30.102138, -81.957042. 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 Clay Hill includes the ZIP code (32068, 32234), telephone area code (850), county seat of Clay County (Green Cove Springs), 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.