Explore Crooked Lake Park, 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 Crooked Lake Park, 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 Crooked Lake Park.
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 | Crooked Lake Park |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Polk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.829194 |
| Longitude | -81.583966 |
| Population | 1,893 |
| Density | 1266.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 33859 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Bartow |
| School District | Polk County School District |
Crooked Lake Park emerges from the dense, sandy scrubland as a quiet intersection of subtropical heat and elevated terrain. It lies 5.0 miles south of Lake Wales, FL (from Lake Wales, FL: bearing 179°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-southeast of Alturas. The landscape is defined by the subtle, persistent rise of the interior, where the earth gives way to palmetto thickets and the silver-gray bark of pines that seem to vibrate under the weight of the afternoon sun. Only a mile away, the protected expanse of Crooked Lake West offers a sanctuary of sawgrass and marsh, while seven miles to the east, the silhouette of Iron Mountain marks the horizon, a constant, low-slung reminder of the region’s ancient geological spine. The air here holds a thick, static quality, often heavy with the scent of pine resin and the promise of the sudden, sharp electrical storms that define the local climate.
Crooked Lake Park draws its vitality from the agricultural rhythms of the central interior, where citrus groves have long provided a steady, seasonal pulse to the local economy. The land reflects a history of small-scale settlement and a patient, deliberate pace of life that persists despite the shifting demands of the modern world. Residents often look toward the nearby Lake Easy, a body of water that mirrors the expansive sky, or follow the winding, shaded paths toward the distant banks of Tiger Creek. The surrounding expanse, anchored by the ecological reach of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, fosters an environment where the transition between cultivated groves and wild scrub remains stark and visible. In the quiet intensity of dusk, the light loses its harsh glare, illuminating the fine, white sands that underpin the character of this inland landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crooked Lake Park, Florida. Coordinates: 27.829194, -81.583966. 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 Crooked Lake Park includes the ZIP code (33859), telephone area code (561), county seat of Polk County (Bartow), and school district assignment (Polk 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. |