Lely Florida Map

About Lely, Florida

Lely is a locality in Collier County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,694. The population density is 1039.5 people per km². Lely is located at 26.1006°N, 81.7284°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34113.

Lely stretches across a flat, subtropical expanse where the heavy air holds the scent of damp sawgrass and the encroaching salt of the sea. It lies 5.0 miles southeast of Naples, FL (from Naples, FL: bearing 125°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-southwest of Golden Gate. The landscape is defined by a low, deliberate horizon, where the elevation rises almost imperceptibly toward the modest height of Sand Hill, three miles distant. Beyond the manicured edges of Gulf Coast Community Park, the terrain yields to tangled mangrove thickets and patches of palmetto scrub that shiver under the weight of sudden, electric afternoon storms. To the west, the dark, slow-moving currents of Haldeman Creek trace a path through the humid brush, drawing the eye toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Sand Hill Bay. The light here at dusk is thick and golden, turning the gray-green foliage into silhouettes that seem to hold their breath against the coming night.

Lely carries the quiet weight of a region reclaimed from the swamp, its history etched into the drainage canals and the wide, sun-bleached roads that cut through former agricultural tracts. The local economy, once tethered to the slow cycles of soil and season, has shifted into the measured rhythm of a destination for those seeking the warmth of the southern sun. Life in Lely revolves around the seasonal arrival of visitors who find shelter near the dense, tangled shelter of Rattlesnake Hammock, keeping the commerce of the region in a state of perpetual, quiet flux. Even far from the deeper waters, the influence of the coast remains, felt in the sharp, briny quality of the wind that rolls in from the bay. It is a place of transition, where the wild, untamed character of the inland scrub meets the organized, deliberate expansion of a land constantly being measured and cleared.

About This Lely Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lely, Florida. Coordinates: 26.100648, -81.72842. 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 Lely includes the ZIP code (34113), telephone area code (305), county seat of Collier County (East Naples), and school district assignment (Collier County School District).

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.