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Lake Okeechobee Florida Map

Explore Lake Okeechobee, 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 Okeechobee, Florida

How to Use This Lake Okeechobee, Florida Map

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

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 Okeechobee
State	Florida (FL)
County	Martin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	26.968954
Longitude	-80.797583
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	34974
Area Code	239
County Seat	Stuart

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About Lake Okeechobee, Florida

Lake Okeechobee is a locality in Martin County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Lake Okeechobee is located at 26.9690°N, 80.7976°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34974.

Lake Okeechobee dominates the horizon as a vast, shallow expanse of water that anchors the subtropical interior, its surface often mirroring the violent, violet bruises of an afternoon thunderstorm. It lies 21.2 miles north-northwest of Belle Glade, FL (from Belle Glade, FL: bearing 338°T), and is situated 17.0 miles north-northeast of Clewiston. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, a sprawling basin where the water meets the sky in a seamless, hazy blur, punctuated only by the dark, erratic silhouettes of cypress trees and the dense, swaying blades of sawgrass that fringe the perimeter. Beneath the surface, the lake holds a quiet, murky stillness, while the air above remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and the sharp, ozone-rich charge that defines the region’s volatile weather. Far to the north, the rise of Big Mound offers the only suggestion of elevation, a distant, solitary reminder of the earth’s uneven crust in a landscape dominated by the slow, deliberate movement of water.

Lake Okeechobee functions as the primary artery for the surrounding agricultural plains, where the economy is inextricably tied to the rhythm of the soil and the management of water flow through channels like the Indian Prairie Canal. The history of the region is carved into the levees and the high, earthen walls of the Lake Okeechobee protected area, which act as a formidable boundary between the expansive, liquid interior and the surrounding citrus groves and farmland. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, dictated by the cycles of harvest and the perpetual maintenance of the water levels that sustain the local industry. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light catches the metallic sheen of the canals, revealing a landscape that is less about human permanence and more about the enduring, complex negotiation between the encroaching marsh and the persistence of those who cultivate the heavy, fertile ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Okeechobee (Recreation Area) — locality lies within
Pahokee Marina and Campground (State Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 144° SE
North of Lake Okeechobee Storage Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 12.9 mi, 329° NW
Lake Okeechobee Islands (State Resource Management Area) — 13.5 mi, 227° SW
Okeechobee Battlefied Memorial (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 002° N
Clewiston Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 210° SW
J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 092° E
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 270° W
Nido águila calva (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 186° S
Sabertooth Tiger (Public Artwork) — 27.4 mi, 008° N
Aquachobee (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 008° N
Gatorama (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 263° W
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 131° SE · 149k acres
Safari Fun Slide (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 121° SE
Safari Waterslide (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 121° SE
North Fork, St. Lucie Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 34.7 mi, 057° NE
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 35.0 mi, 066° NE
History Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 055° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 37.3 mi, 065° NE
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 38.0 mi, 102° E
Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 38.2 mi, 089° E
Battles of the Loxahatchee (Registered Battlefield) — 38.4 mi, 093° E
Dinner Island Ranch (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 212° SW
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.7 mi, 336° NW · 11k acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 39.6 mi, 118° SE
Kitching Overlook (Viewpoint) — 39.6 mi, 087° E
Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 40.2 mi, 063° NE
Gomez (Nature Reserve) — 41.0 mi, 075° E
Big Cypress National Preserve Addition (National Conservation Area) — 49.3 mi, 186° S · 142k acres
Big Cypress National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 55.4 mi, 207° SW · 541k acres

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