Explore Cypress Lake, 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 Cypress Lake, 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 Cypress Lake.
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 | Cypress Lake |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Lee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 26.538132 |
| Longitude | -81.899254 |
| Population | 13,727 |
| Density | 1383.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 33919 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Fort Myers |
| School District | Lee County School District |
Cypress Lake occupies a flat expanse where the humid, subtropical air clings to the skin like a warm damp cloth. It lies 2.1 miles west-southwest of Villas, FL (from Villas, FL: bearing 246°T), and is situated 3.5 miles east-southeast of Cape Coral. Whiskey Creek cuts a slow, dark path through the local terrain, its brackish waters feeding the tangled roots of mangrove and palmetto scrub that define the horizon. To the west, the Gulf of Mexico exerts a subtle pull on the local climate, sending soft, salt-laden breezes five miles inland to stir the canopy. The landscape remains low and unassuming, stretching toward the distant, faint outline of Howard Mound, which rises like a quiet sentinel nineteen miles away. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised purple, casting long shadows across the ground that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has vanished.
Cypress Lake emerged from the coastal scrub as a place where the rhythm of the tides dictated the pace of labor and trade. The local economy has long relied upon the intersection of maritime transit and the bounty of the land, with early industries focused on harvesting the resources provided by the surrounding wetlands. Today, the Support Services Facility serves as a vital anchor for the region, providing the necessary infrastructure to manage the complex needs of a population living so close to the Gulf of Mexico. Men and women here understand the volatility of the weather, often laboring in the citrus groves or managing the logistics of the waterways that define the regional commerce. Hard work in such a climate requires a certain endurance, as the humidity often turns a simple task into a test of one's resolve.
Cypress Lake maintains a character forged in the silence of the swamp and the salt of the sea, far removed from the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Residents often find respite by venturing thirteen miles toward Sanibel Bayou, a place where the water remains undisturbed and the local wildlife thrives in the stillness. Fourmile Island sits as a quiet landmark on the edge of the coastal horizon, a reminder of the shifting boundaries between the solid land and the tides. While the area avoids the clamor of national fame, it remains a place where the weight of the sun and the presence of the water shape the daily habits of its people. Life moves with an internal logic here, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the quiet persistence of those who choose to call this humid, vibrant stretch of land their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cypress Lake, Florida. Coordinates: 26.538132, -81.899254. 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 Cypress Lake includes the ZIP code (33919), telephone area code (561), county seat of Lee County (Fort Myers), and school district assignment (Lee 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. |