Explore Dona Vista, 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 Dona Vista, 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 Dona Vista.
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 | Dona Vista |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Lake County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 28.89471 |
| Longitude | -81.687298 |
| Population | 1,800 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 32784 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| County Seat | Tavares |
Dona Vista emerges from the subtropical humidity as a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of water and the dense, waxy tangle of palmetto scrub. It lies 2.9 miles north of Eustis, FL (from Eustis, FL: bearing 358°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-northeast of Tavares. The air here carries a heavy, salt-tinged weight, a reminder that the distant tide pulls at the horizon even amidst the inland cypress stands. Near the shimmering surface of Lake Yale, the light fractures into long, golden slivers that illuminate the dark, organic decay of the forest floor. A few miles away, the singular elevation of Tomato Hill breaks the flat expanse, offering a rare vantage point over the sawgrass plains that stretch toward the basin of Sunset Valley.
Dona Vista maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal migration of visitors and the enduring legacy of the citrus trade that once defined the regional economy. Beyond the local commerce of the groves, the proximity of Marsh Park and Boat Ramp provides a point of convergence for those drawn to the tranquil, brackish currents of Haynes Creek. A sense of isolation defines the nearby Sunset Island, which remains a silent sentinel against the prevailing winds, while the distant, flickering activity at Gator Bay Marina suggests a world of maritime transit rarely felt on the quiet streets. Residents often look toward the ten-mile stretch of the Baptist Lake Trasil as a path into the deeper, untamed interior of the peninsula, where the afternoon lightning storms frequently turn the sky a bruised, electric gray.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dona Vista, Florida. Coordinates: 28.89471, -81.687298. 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 Dona Vista includes the ZIP code (32784), telephone area code (904), county seat of Lake County (Tavares), and school district assignment.
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. |