Glen Ridge Florida Map

About Glen Ridge, Florida

Glen Ridge is a locality in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 217. The population density is 490.0 people per km². Glen Ridge is located at 26.6695°N, 80.0742°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glen Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 33406.

Glen Ridge maintains a quiet stillness defined by the dark, slow-moving waters of the West Palm Beach Canal that carve a path through the flat, subtropical landscape. It lies 2.7 miles north-northeast of Palm Springs, FL (from Palm Springs, FL: bearing 30°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-southwest of West Palm Beach. The air here carries a persistent, heavy moisture, smelling faintly of damp earth and crushed palmetto scrub that thrives under the relentless sun. Just two miles to the east, the brackish expanse of Lake Worth anchors the horizon, while the distant, rhythmic pulse of the tides near Boynton Inlet suggests the proximity of the Atlantic. Across the low-lying terrain, the boundaries of Dreher Park bleed into the edges of the neighborhood, providing a sanctuary where cypress shadows lengthen over the grass as the afternoon heat begins to break.

History in Glen Ridge is measured by the steady reclamation of land from the sawgrass and the expansion of the citrus groves that once defined the regional economy. Today, the local pace is dictated by the seasonal ebb and flow of residents who navigate the transition between the Caribbean-influenced warmth and the sudden, sharp cooling of the winter months. Life moves in concert with the landscape, where the sight of Bingham Island rising like a dark silhouette against the water serves as a constant point of orientation for those passing through. The character of the place remains modest, rooted in the labor of maintaining a foothold in a region where the intensity of the light at dusk turns the canals into ribbons of hammered copper, reminding anyone watching that the land is never truly static.

About This Glen Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glen Ridge, Florida. Coordinates: 26.669511, -80.074209. 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 Glen Ridge includes the ZIP code (33406), telephone area code (954, 754), county seat of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach), and school district assignment (Palm Beach County School District).

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.