Lake Placid Florida Map
Explore Lake Placid, 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 Placid, Florida
How to Use This Lake Placid, Florida Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake Placid, 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 Placid.
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 Placid |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Highlands County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.302605 |
| Longitude | -81.371476 |
| Population | 2,360 |
| Density | 196.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 33852, 33862 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Sebring |
| School District | Highlands County School District |
About Lake Placid, Florida
Lake Placid is a locality in Highlands County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,360. The population density is 196.0 people per km². Lake Placid is located at 27.3026°N, 81.3715°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lake Placid is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 33852, 33862.Lake Placid holds the sun in a humid, heavy grip, its landscape defined by the persistent green of palmetto scrub and the sprawling, quiet intensity of citrus groves that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 14.8 miles south-southeast of Sebring, FL (from Sebring, FL: bearing 161°T), and is situated 33.2 miles east-northeast of Nocatee. The air here thickens with the scent of damp earth and blooming flora, particularly near the verdant stretches of Gladiola Street, which serves as a vital artery of local greenery. Just one mile away, the surface of Lake Huntley catches the late afternoon light, turning a deep, bruised purple as the shadows lengthen across the flat, inland plains. Six miles to the west, the subtle depressions of Jones Gully offer a slight variation in the terrain, while the distant, winding path of Grassy Creek provides a slow, steady pulse to the surrounding geography.
History clings to the walls of Lake Placid in the form of hundreds of vibrant murals, each panel acting as a vivid chronicle of the people who settled this interior expanse. The economy remains tethered to the land, rotating through the rhythms of harvest and the quiet commerce of a region that prides itself on agricultural resilience rather than the clamor of external expansion. Residents move with a deliberate pace, finding their recreation on the Footman Trail, where the dry, sandy soil crunches beneath boot soles under the canopy of pine and oak. Life in Lake Placid is a quiet negotiation with the elements, where the intensity of the summer lightning storms reminds everyone that the land dictates the speed of the day, not the clock.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lake June Park/Sports Complex (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 289° W
- Devane Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 160° S
- Lake Placid Historical Society Depot Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 144° SE
- Lake Placid Arts & Crafts (Arts Centre) — 0.5 mi, 138° SE
- Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 041° NE
- Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 236° SW
- Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.9 mi, 352° N · 3,792 acres
- Airboat Wildlife Adventures (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 025° NE
- Highlands Hammock State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 319° NW
- Visual Art Center (Arts Centre) — 13.9 mi, 341° N
- Highlands Museum of the Arts (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 341° N
- Highlands Lakeside Theatre (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 341° N
- Sebring - Ridge Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 342° N
- Circle Theatre (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 342° N
- CCC Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 320° NW
- B&B Theatres Sebring Fairmount Square Cinema 6 (Cinema) — 16.7 mi, 333° NW
- Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 045° NE · 11k acres
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (State Conservation Area) — 19.5 mi, 032° NE
- Pinecrest Hotel Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 342° N
- Former Skate Park (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 338° N
- Avon Park Old Post Office (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 339° N
- The Jacaranda Avon Park (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 339° N
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About This Lake Placid Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Placid, Florida. Coordinates: 27.302605, -81.371476. 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 Lake Placid includes the ZIP code (33852, 33862), telephone area code (561), county seat of Highlands County (Sebring), and school district assignment (Highlands 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. |
