Explore Grand Ridge, 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 Grand Ridge, 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 Grand Ridge.
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 | Grand Ridge |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.712415 |
| Longitude | -85.020202 |
| Population | 882 |
| Density | 78.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 32442 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| County Seat | Marianna |
| School District | Jackson County School District |
Grand Ridge occupies a quiet expanse of elevated earth where the horizon is defined by the soft, deliberate rise of the land. It lies 47.9 miles west-northwest of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 293°T), and is situated 13.0 miles east-southeast of Marianna. The terrain holds a steady, subtropical warmth, marked by dense thickets of palmetto scrub that catch the amber quality of the afternoon light. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the gentle prominence of Sixteenth Hill, while the moisture of the soil gathers in the low-lying basins nearby. The stillness of the afternoon is often broken by the sudden, sharp crack of summer lightning, a frequent visitor that illuminates the canopy of hardwoods and pines standing watch over the red-clay soil.
Grand Ridge remains anchored to a legacy of agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life among the fields and timber tracts. The local economy persists in the quiet labor of the land, drawing from the same earth that has supported generations of inhabitants who value the steady, unadorned work of the harvest. Residents often find their respite at the Seminole Recreation Area, or they might observe the slow movement of water through the drainage arteries of Thompson Pond Ditch. Not far off, the stillness of Brushy Pond reflects the clouds in a mirror of dark, inland water, providing a focal point for a life lived far from the reach of any coastline.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grand Ridge, Florida. Coordinates: 30.712415, -85.020202. 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 Grand Ridge includes the ZIP code (32442), telephone area code (850), county seat of Jackson County (Marianna), and school district assignment (Jackson 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. |