Explore Gretna, 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 Gretna, 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 Gretna.
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 | Gretna |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Gadsden County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 30.579594 |
| Longitude | -84.710972 |
| Population | 1,357 |
| Density | 61.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 32332, 32351 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| County Seat | Quincy |
| School District | Gadsden County School District |
Gretna unfolds across a landscape defined by the modest, persistent flow of the McDonald Branch, which carves its way through the quiet, inland terrain. It lies 25.7 miles west-northwest of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 299°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-northwest of Quincy. The earth here holds a heavy, dark moisture, supporting thickets of palmetto scrub and stands of pine that stretch toward a horizon unmarked by any distant mountain range. Sunlight in the late afternoon catches the dust rising from unpaved edges, casting a long, amber glow that settles over the fields and thickets of the region. Six miles to the west, the subtle depression of Pitts Point breaks the flatness, offering a slight shift in elevation that dictates the movement of rainwater through the soil. The air feels dense with the humidity of the inland plains, a stillness that seems to amplify the rustle of dry leaves and the occasional call of birds moving between the brush.
Gretna remains anchored to the rhythms of an agrarian history, where the cycles of planting and harvest have long dictated the pace of daily existence. The local economy persists in the quiet labor of the land, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, favoring the steady work of agriculture that has defined the region for generations. Residents move through their days with a deliberate focus, sometimes gathering four miles away at the Doyle Conner Athletic Field, a space that serves as a common ground for the collective energy of the area. While Lake Seminole sits eleven miles off, its presence is felt more as a distant anchor for the regional watershed than as a destination, leaving the focus of the community firmly on its own immediate soil. Life in Gretna turns on these small, internal connections, maintaining a character that is defined by its isolation and the slow, enduring weight of the inland sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gretna, Florida. Coordinates: 30.579594, -84.710972. 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 Gretna includes the ZIP code (32332, 32351), telephone area code (850), county seat of Gadsden County (Quincy), and school district assignment (Gadsden 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. |