Explore Lake Suzy, 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 Lake Suzy, 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 Suzy.
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 Suzy |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | DeSoto County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.042987 |
| Longitude | -82.0423 |
| Population | 4,800 |
| Density | 480.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 34269 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| County Seat | Arcadia |
Lake Suzy exists as a flat expanse of subtropical palmetto scrub and sawgrass, where the heavy, humid air settles over the earth like a damp wool blanket. It lies 5.5 miles north-northeast of Port Charlotte, FL (from Port Charlotte, FL: bearing 33°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Punta Gorda. The landscape is defined by the slow, imperceptible drainage of the land toward the Lower Peace River Corridor, a verdant sanctuary of cypress and tangled brush that sits only a mile away. Three miles to the west, the dark, tannin-stained waters of Deep Creek push steadily toward the salt-heavy influence of Whidden Bay, while the distant, saline breath of the coast marks the horizon. The light here at dusk is thick and bruised, turning the sawgrass into a field of rusted needles as the heat of the day bleeds slowly into the cooling ground.
Development has carved modern residential pockets into this ancient, swampy floor, transforming what was once raw, untamed wilderness into a quiet enclave of retirees and seasonal residents. Lake Suzy draws its identity from the rhythms of a regional economy tied to the maintenance of these sprawling, manicured landscapes and the nearby service industries that support the coastal population. Far removed from the elevation of Cash Mound, the terrain remains stubbornly level, a low-lying basin where the sky dominates the view, often fracturing under the sudden, violent electricity of afternoon storms. Though Bee Gum Lake lies eleven miles to the north, the water table here remains the true architect of the neighborhood, dictating the growth of the oaks and the slow, steady decay of the leaf litter in the shade.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Suzy, Florida. Coordinates: 27.042987, -82.0423. 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 Suzy includes the ZIP code (34269), telephone area code (941), county seat of DeSoto County (Arcadia), and school district assignment.
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. |