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Lake Hamilton Florida Map

Explore Lake Hamilton, 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 Lake Hamilton, Florida

How to Use This Lake Hamilton, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake Hamilton, 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 Lake Hamilton.

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	Lake Hamilton
State	Florida (FL)
County	Polk County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	28.044464
Longitude	-81.627854
Population	1,537
Density	190.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	33851, 33881
Area Code	561
County Seat	Bartow
School District	Polk County School District

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About Lake Hamilton, Florida

Lake Hamilton is a locality in Polk County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,537. The population density is 190.2 people per km². Lake Hamilton is located at 28.0445°N, 81.6279°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lake Hamilton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 33851, 33881.

Lake Hamilton holds the heavy, humid heat of the interior, where the air clings to the skin like a damp linen sheet under the relentless yellow glare of the afternoon sun. It lies 4.9 miles south of Haines City, FL (from Haines City, FL: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east-northeast of Winter Haven. The landscape around Lake Hamilton is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from sandy, scrub-oak ridges to the lush, dark verdancy of lower basins, where the shadow of Iron Mountain looms as a faint, jagged suggestion upon the western horizon. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the ground yields to the dense, tangled thickets of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, while the proximity of Little Lake Hamilton provides a reflective, mirror-still counterpoint to the surrounding pine barrens. The light here is thick and syrupy, pooling in the hollows and turning the palmetto fronds a deep, metallic green as evening approaches.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of the region, anchored by the rows of citrus trees that fill the countryside with the sharp, sweet scent of blossoms and ripening fruit. While East Central Park offers a quiet space for the land to breathe, the distant, sluggish flow of Lake Marion Creek marks the slow drainage of the basin, a reminder of the water that sustains the groves and the quiet, deliberate pace of the inhabitants. History in Lake Hamilton is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring labor of those who cleared the scrub and planted the first orchards, creating an economy that still looks to the soil for its vitality. Life here moves with the sun, persistent and unhurried, defined by the seasonal cycles of the harvest and the sudden, electric energy of summer thunderstorms that roll across the plains with a frequency that gives the sky a restless, unpredictable character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

East Central Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 139° SE
Lake Eva Community Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 002° N
Flying School (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 228° SW
LEGO NINJAGO World (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 227° SW
Art on Fire Studio (Arts Centre) — 5.2 mi, 226° SW
Cypress Gardens (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 229° SW
Imagination Zone (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 228° SW
The Florida Pool (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 230° SW
Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 293° NW
Winter Haven to Lake Alfred Trail (State Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 273° W
Four Purls Yarn Shop (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 258° W
Historic Ritz Theatre (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 256° W
Sherwood L. Stokes Preserve/Lake Marion (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 052° NE
Chain O Lakes Park (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 244° SW
Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.2 mi, 036° NE · 3,792 acres
Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 111° E
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.4 mi, 098° E · 11k acres
Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 171° S
Kissimmee Chain of Lakes (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 085° E
Butterfly Gate (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 278° W
Statue (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 118° SE
Cineopolis (Cinema) — 13.2 mi, 356° N
Lake Kissimmee State Park (State Park) — 14.4 mi, 114° SE
Marsh view on Marsh Rabbit Run Trail (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 255° W
Welcome to Polk County Citrus Center (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 018° N
Tenoroc Public Use Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.0 mi, 284° W
Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 269° W
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 270° W
Osceola County Historical Society Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 030° NE
Warbird Adventures & Air Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 033° NE

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