Explore Indian Shores, 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 Indian Shores, 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 Indian Shores.
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 | Indian Shores |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Pinellas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.853154 |
| Longitude | -82.844616 |
| Population | 1,190 |
| Density | 1375.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 33785 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Clearwater |
| School District | Pinellas County School District |
Indian Shores stretches as a slender, sun-bleached ribbon of land where the horizon dissolves into the rhythmic pulse of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 3.8 miles west-northwest of Seminole, FL (from Seminole, FL: bearing 295°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south-southwest of Clearwater. This narrow barrier island is defined by the sharp, saline clarity of the air and the persistent influence of the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve, which cradles the shoreline in a fragile, shifting embrace of tidal flats and salt-tolerant flora. Beyond the immediate reach of the dunes, the landscape settles into a low-lying mosaic of palmetto scrub and subtropical humidity, where the afternoon light often thickens into a bruised, electric violet before the daily collapse of a summer storm. To the east, the brackish waters of Church Creek meander through the mangroves, a quiet artery that anchors the terrain before the land yields to the expansive, shimmering presence of the inland geography.
Indian Shores preserves a quiet, deliberate pace that contrasts with the relentless development of the wider peninsula, operating as a sanctuary where the local economy shifts with the tides and the seasonal migration of visitors. Historical traces of early coastal settlement remain embedded in the modest scale of the architecture, which favors low profiles that do not compete with the vast, unobstructed sky. Life here is measured by the navigation of nearby waterways, with Conch Key sitting like a silent sentinel just a short distance offshore, while the wider recreational reach extends toward the distant reach of The Pinellas Trail or the freshwater expanse of Lake Seminole. Even as the modern world presses in with its demands, the character of Indian Shores persists in the slow, salty accumulation of sand and the quiet observation of a landscape that exists entirely at the mercy of the sea.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Indian Shores, Florida. Coordinates: 27.853154, -82.844616. 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 Indian Shores includes the ZIP code (33785), telephone area code (561), county seat of Pinellas County (Clearwater), and school district assignment (Pinellas 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. |