Explore East Williston, 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 East Williston, 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 East Williston.
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 | East Williston |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Levy County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 29.3883 |
| Longitude | -82.4165 |
| Population | 780 |
| Density | 100.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 32696 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| County Seat | Bronson |
| School District | Levy County School District |
East Williston occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the humid, heavy stillness of the Florida interior, where the horizon is dominated by the low, swaying fringes of palmetto scrub and the dark, tangled silhouettes of cypress stands. It lies 19.0 miles south-southwest of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 197°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-northeast of Williston Highlands. The earth here holds a moisture that seems to rise with the afternoon heat, softening the edges of the flat, expansive landscape that stretches toward the distant rise of Spring Hill. Within the immediate boundaries of East Williston, the terrain remains unhurried and level, marked by the presence of East Williston Park, which serves as a green anchor for the local flora. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, syrupy quality, turning the sky a bruised violet and casting long, thin shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped away.
Agriculture and the slow, steady pulse of inland commerce have long dictated the rhythm of East Williston, far removed from the frantic pace of the coast. The legacy of the region is written in the soil, which once supported expansive groves and remains tethered to the cycles of the subtropical climate. Residents look toward the natural landmarks of the region for a sense of orientation; the distant, shimmering surface of Ledwith Lake and the slow, winding path of Brooks Branch serve as reminders of the water that shapes this interior basin. Life in East Williston moves with the quiet persistence of the vegetation, unbothered by the passage of travelers passing through to more crowded corridors, maintaining instead a singular, grounded identity defined by the expansive, quiet reaches of Stokes Flat and the persistent, humid breath of the woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of East Williston, Florida. Coordinates: 29.3883, -82.4165. 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 East Williston includes the ZIP code (32696), telephone area code (904), county seat of Levy County (Bronson), and school district assignment (Levy 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. |