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Fountain Florida Map

Explore Fountain, 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 Fountain, Florida

How to Use This Fountain, Florida Map

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

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	Fountain
State	Florida (FL)
County	Bay County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	30.478805
Longitude	-85.419648
Population	1,800
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	32438
Area Code	850
County Seat	Panama City

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About Fountain, Florida

Fountain is a locality in Bay County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Fountain is located at 30.4788°N, 85.4196°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32438.

Fountain reveals itself through the heavy, damp breath of subtropical air that clings to the pine barrens and palmetto scrub of the Florida Panhandle. It lies 21.1 miles northeast of Lynn Haven, FL (from Lynn Haven, FL: bearing 40°T), and is situated 26.4 miles north-northeast of Panama City. The landscape here is defined by a low, persistent horizon, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Mountain rising eight miles away. Water shapes the rhythm of the terrain, as the dark, tea-colored flow of Juniper Creek winds through the undergrowth just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the east, the vast canopy of the Apalachicola National Forest provides a dense, emerald sanctuary, while the surface of Compass Lake, eight miles to the north, reflects the sudden, brilliant flashes of lightning that frequent this humid corridor.

History in Fountain remains tied to the resilient spirit of those who worked the timber and cleared the sandy soil for small-scale agriculture. The local economy has long been sustained by the quiet industry of the woods, though the proximity to the coast—eighteen miles distant—brings a subtle salt-tinged breeze that hints at the tides of Walker Bayou. Residents move with a deliberate pace, respecting the deep, circular depressions in the earth like the nearby Devils Clay Hole that remind one of the land’s porous, limestone foundation. Life in Fountain persists in the quiet spaces between the pines, where the cooling shadow of the afternoon is often the only respite from the relentless, golden sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 4.1 mi, 001° N · 576k acres
Chipola Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 10.1 mi, 119° SE
Seacrest Wolf Preserve (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 301° NW
San Carlos Chacatos (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 241° SW
Falling Waters State Park (State Park) — 18.1 mi, 340° N
South Marianna Trail and Canoe Launch (State Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 031° NE
PC Cinemas (Cinema) — 24.3 mi, 214° SW
Sugar Mill (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 027° NE
CCC Worker (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 027° NE
Indian Village (Historic Ruins) — 25.7 mi, 027° NE
Caverns Visitors Center (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 026° NE
Alum Bluff Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 092° E
Donna Burgess Gallery (Gallery) — 25.8 mi, 214° SW
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 25.9 mi, 136° SE
Torreya State Park (State Park) — 26.7 mi, 086° E
Panama City Flame (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 213° SW
Panama City 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 213° SW
Native Spirit Museum and Gallery (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 218° SW
Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area (Marine Protected Area) — 28.4 mi, 149° SE
Tyndall Air Field Gunnery School (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 200° S
Sea Screamer (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 220° SW
E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center (Nature Reserve) — 37.8 mi, 270° W
Curate 30A (Gallery) — 38.2 mi, 249° W
Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.4 mi, 131° SE · 8,075 acres
Fusion Art Glass & Fine Jewelry (Gallery) — 40.3 mi, 252° W
The REP Community Theater (Theatre) — 44.1 mi, 256° W
Bradwell Bay Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 51.0 mi, 112° E · 24k acres
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.3 mi, 177° S · 37k acres
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.7 mi, 118° SE · 246k acres
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 69.2 mi, 266° W · 213k acres

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