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Fanning Springs Florida Map

Explore Fanning Springs, 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 Fanning Springs, Florida

How to Use This Fanning Springs, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fanning Springs, 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 Fanning Springs.

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.

CityFanning Springs
StateFlorida (FL)
CountyGilchrist County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude29.590792
Longitude-82.929291
Population1,182
Density93.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code32693
Area Code904
County SeatTrenton
School DistrictLevy County School District

About Fanning Springs, Florida

Fanning Springs is a locality in Gilchrist County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,182. The population density is 93.7 people per km². Fanning Springs is located at 29.5908°N, 82.9293°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fanning Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 32693.

Fanning Springs anchors itself firmly within the verdant, humid lowlands of the Florida interior, where the Suwannee River carves a dark, tea-colored path through the dense limestone bedrock. It lies 32.3 miles west-southwest of Alachua, FL (from Alachua, FL: bearing 250°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north of Manatee Road. The landscape surrounding Fanning Springs is defined by a slow, deliberate accumulation of moisture, where thickets of palmetto scrub and towering cypress trees rise from the damp, porous earth. Sunlight filters through the canopy in sharp, fractured shards, illuminating the stillness of the woods that persist despite the encroaching reach of the modern highway. Eight miles to the west, the landscape dips into the quiet depression of Willow Sink, while the broader geography remains largely flat, a testament to the ancient, submerged geology that dictates the flow of every nearby spring and subterranean channel.

History in this region is measured by the persistent presence of the Suwannee River, which has served as a conduit for movement and settlement long before the formal organization of the local economy. Agriculture and timber once defined the labor of the people here, though today the rhythm of daily life is punctuated by the passage of travelers utilizing the Nature Coast State Trail, which offers a paved corridor through the deep, shaded thickets that once challenged early pioneers. A few miles further, the waters of Alligator Lake provide a still, reflective contrast to the constant, rhythmic motion of the river. Life here moves with the heaviness of the subtropical air, a slow and steady existence where the legacy of the land is preserved in the deep, cool clarity of the springs that draw their strength from the hidden reservoirs beneath the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Nature Coast State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 235° SW
  • Fanning Springs State Park (State Park) — 0.1 mi, 271° W
  • Wannee Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 294° NW
  • Yellow Jacket Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 270° W
  • Andrews Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 169° S
  • Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.6 mi, 216° SW
  • City of Hawkinsville Underwater Archaeological Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.7 mi, 295° NW
  • Suwanee Old Town (Historic Ruins) — 2.9 mi, 309° NW
  • Manatee Springs State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 203° SW
  • Hart Springs Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 353° N
  • Spring Dive Entrance (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 202° S
  • Chief Theater (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 151° SE
  • Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.4 mi, 211° SW · 154k acres
  • Beech Creek (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 202° S
  • Big Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 246° SW
  • The Jackson Trail historic marker (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 249° W
  • Naked Ed (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 044° NE
  • High Springs Community Theater (Theatre) — 25.8 mi, 051° NE
  • Shell Mound Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 27.9 mi, 198° S
  • Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 195° S · 2,519 acres
  • Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 115° SE
  • Santa Fe Teaching Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.2 mi, 078° E
  • Medal of Honor (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 086° E
  • Vombat Wounded Veterans (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 086° E
  • Cedar Key Pirate Invasion (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 191° S
  • Butterfly Rainforest (Nature Reserve) — 33.7 mi, 085° E
  • Alpha Gator Statue (Public Artwork) — 34.6 mi, 084° E
  • WARPHaus (Gallery) — 36.2 mi, 084° E
  • Nightjar (Arts Centre) — 36.3 mi, 081° E
  • Sweetwater Print Cooperative (Gallery) — 36.5 mi, 083° E

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About This Fanning Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fanning Springs, Florida. Coordinates: 29.590792, -82.929291. 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 Fanning Springs includes the ZIP code (32693), telephone area code (904), county seat of Gilchrist County (Trenton), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.