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Cross Creek Florida Map

Explore Cross Creek, 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 Cross Creek, Florida

How to Use This Cross Creek, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cross Creek, 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 Cross Creek.

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	Cross Creek
State	Florida (FL)
County	Alachua County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	28.144
Longitude	-82.3459
Population	180
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	33647, 32640
Area Code	407, 321, 904
County Seat	Gainesville

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About Cross Creek, Florida

Cross Creek is a locality in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Cross Creek is located at 28.1440°N, 82.3459°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 33647, 32640.

Cross Creek serves as a liquid corridor where the dark, tannin-stained waters of the creek link the expanse of Orange Lake to the wider, low-lying basin. It lies 14.9 miles southeast of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 140°T), and is situated 18.3 miles east-northeast of Williston. The air here holds a heavy, subtropical moisture that clings to the skin, thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying cypress needles. Sunlight filters through the canopy in sharp, golden needles, illuminating the pale trunks of hardwoods and the dense, waxy leaves of palmetto scrub that define the perimeter of the Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area. Just a short distance from the water’s edge, the land rises slightly toward Cow Hammock, a solitary island of vegetation that punctuates the flat, marshy horizon. The light at dusk turns the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered pewter, reflecting the silhouettes of wading birds that drift silently through the reeds.

Cross Creek maintains a quiet economy tethered to the rhythms of the water and the seasonal cycles of the surrounding landscape. Historically, the area functioned as a frontier for those drawn to the bounty of the lakes, and today, that legacy persists through small-scale fishing and a modest reliance on the natural beauty of the environment to sustain its character. The local pace is dictated by the rise and fall of water levels, a slow, deliberate cadence that ignores the frantic speed of the modern world. While the proximity to Stokes Flat and the distant Austin Cary Memorial Forest provides a sense of vast, unpopulated space, the daily life of Cross Creek remains centered on the intimate connection between its residents and the interconnected waterways. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal shifts in the vegetation and the persistent, humid breath of the Florida interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 237° SW
Benito Center (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 098° E
New Tampa Little League (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 090° E
Cypress Creek Preserve (Hillsborough County) (Local Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 267° W
Ecopalms (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 192° S
Hillsborough River State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 133° SE
River View (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 149° SE
Cypress Creek Flood Detention Area (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 312° NW
University of South Florida Ecological Research Area (State Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 202° S
Teaching Auditorium and Theatre I (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 217° SW
Dr. King Bust (Public Artwork) — 7.0 mi, 216° SW
Theatre II Building (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 217° SW
Debs Whistle Stop Depot (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 276° W
Fort Foster State Historic Site (Historic Castle / Fort) — 7.7 mi, 087° E
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 198° S
Temple Terrace Residents (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 198° S
Pow-mia (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 198° S
Lake Como Nudist Resort (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 288° W
Where he did it to em (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 238° SW
Shooters World (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 234° SW
Cracker Country (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 185° S
Pony ride (Theme Park) — 11.7 mi, 220° SW
Petting zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.7 mi, 220° SW
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.7 mi, 220° SW
Science Discovery Center (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 220° SW
Ybor Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 13.9 mi, 204° SW
Colt Creek State Park (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 067° NE
Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 21.0 mi, 224° SW
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 36.4 mi, 331° NW · 24k acres
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 331° NW · 85k acres

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