Explore Frostproof, 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 Frostproof, 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 Frostproof.
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 | Frostproof |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Polk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.745863 |
| Longitude | -81.530631 |
| Population | 2,877 |
| Density | 103.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 33843, 33827 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Bartow |
| School District | Polk County School District |
Frostproof maintains a quiet vigil over the undulating interior of the peninsula, where the earth rises in subtle, sandy swells that defy the flat monotony of the wider region. It lies 10.5 miles north of Avon Park, FL (from Avon Park, FL: bearing 352°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of Crooked Lake Park. The air here thickens with the heavy, sweet scent of ripening fruit, clinging to the skin as the afternoon sun pulls moisture from the dense palmetto scrub and the dark, tangled thickets of the surrounding woods. At the edge of the residential grid, the waters of Reedy Lake hold the sky in a mirror of glassy stillness, reflecting the shifting violet hues of dusk before the horizon darkens toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Iron Mountain. Visitors often linger at Wall Street Park, where the local pace slows to match the gentle movement of the lake, offering a vantage point to watch the light fade across the landscape.
Frostproof draws its enduring character from the deep, porous soil that has long sustained a robust agricultural legacy, defining the rhythm of labor and harvest for generations. Rows of citrus trees march in precise, rhythmic lines across the terrain, a testament to an economy rooted in the groves that have weathered seasons of frost and abundance alike. While Reedy Creek flows through the nearby wildlands, providing a vital artery for the local ecology, the daily life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the steady output of the soil and the quiet endurance of a rural interior. The history of Frostproof lingers in the weathered storefronts and the steady, unpretentious industry of its people, who navigate the humid days with the knowledge that their livelihood is written in the very composition of the ground beneath them.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frostproof, Florida. Coordinates: 27.745863, -81.530631. 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 Frostproof includes the ZIP code (33843, 33827), telephone area code (561), county seat of Polk County (Bartow), and school district assignment (Polk 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. |