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Homestead Base Florida Map

Explore Homestead Base, 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 Homestead Base, Florida

How to Use This Homestead Base, Florida Map

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

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	Homestead Base
State	Florida (FL)
County	Miami-Dade County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	25.4936
Longitude	-80.391
Population	999
Density	90.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	33033, 33039
Area Code	305, 786
County Seat	Miami
School District	Dade County School District

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About Homestead Base, Florida

Homestead Base is a locality in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 999. The population density is 90.9 people per km². Homestead Base is located at 25.4936°N, 80.3910°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 33033, 33039.

Homestead Base occupies a flat, sun-bleached expanse of southeastern Florida where the horizon seems to press down with the weight of an eternal, heavy humidity. It lies 2.4 miles east of Leisure City, FL (from Leisure City, FL: bearing 93°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-northeast of Homestead. Low-slung vegetation dominates the terrain, characterized by stubborn palmetto scrub and the encroaching edges of sawgrass that stretch toward the horizon with a quiet, shimmering intensity. Only a mile away, the Military Canal slices through the limestone bedrock, its dark, sluggish waters serving as a primary artery for the local drainage that keeps the saturated ground from reclaiming the neighborhood. Two miles to the east, the brackish expanse of the Biscayne Coastal Wetlands marks the transition toward the salt-sprayed reach of Biscayne Bay, where the air turns sharp with the scent of brine and decaying mangrove. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its harshness, turning a bruised, metallic gold that catches the jagged fronds of the palms and casts long, spindly shadows across the asphalt.

Homestead Base remains defined by the lingering echoes of its military heritage and the persistent, rhythmic cycle of an agricultural economy that relies on the thin, rocky soil. Rows of citrus and ornamental crops radiate outward like spokes, a testament to a region that has spent decades balancing the demands of defense with the labor of the harvest. While the Bauer Drive Hammock remains a secluded, elevated curiosity five miles distant, the daily pulse of the locality is set by the steady, hum-drum industry of packing houses and the quiet persistence of residents who have weathered the region’s propensity for sudden, violent storms. There are no dramatic elevations like the Basin Hills to break the monotony of the sky, yet there is a deliberate, unadorned resilience in the way the architecture hugs the earth, built low and sturdy to withstand the seasonal fury of the winds. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own vulnerability to the elements, grounding itself in the salt-air, the fertile soil, and the vast, cloud-heavy sky that defines the limits of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Biscayne Coastal Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 092° E
Kevin Broils Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 355° N
Royal Colonial Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 285° W
Biscayne National Park (National Park) — 2.9 mi, 106° E · 346k acres
Mangrove Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 070° E
Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 084° E
Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 083° E
Homestead Sport Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 213° SW
Telescope (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 119° SE
Miami International Riding Club (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 345° N
Lily in Berea (Public Artwork) — 5.4 mi, 256° W
ArtSouth Sanctuary (Arts Centre) — 5.6 mi, 255° W
Historic Town Hall (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 254° W
Seminole Theater (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 253° W
Regal Southland Mall (Cinema) — 5.8 mi, 015° N
Fruit and spice park (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 294° NW
Larry and Penny Dedication Plaque (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 357° N
Chacoan Peccary (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 356° N
Memorial of Cypress (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 352° N
Main Stage (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 357° N
Overlook to Pine Rocklands (Viewpoint) — 8.0 mi, 358° N
Zoological Wildlife Foundation (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 9.7 mi, 329° NW
Everglades National Park Expansion (National Park) — 9.9 mi, 330° NW · 109k acres
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 143° SE
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.5 mi, 144° SE · 13k acres
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 12.5 mi, 246° SW · 1.3M acres
Aquarium Depot (Aquarium) — 13.3 mi, 001° N
Ocena Reef Theatre (Cinema) — 13.9 mi, 150° SE
Miami Art Center (Arts Centre) — 14.2 mi, 018° N
Vossen (Gallery) — 16.0 mi, 024° NE

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