Explore Live Oak, 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 Live Oak, 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 Live Oak.
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 | Live Oak |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Hills County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 30.29565 |
| Longitude | -82.985117 |
| Population | 6,735 |
| Density | 340.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 33549, 32462, 32064 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| School District | Suwannee County School District |
Live Oak holds a quiet gravity in the center of the northern Florida landscape, where the flat, sandy soil supports a sprawling canopy of ancient trees that give the place its enduring name. It lies 2.8 miles southeast of Lutz, FL (from Lutz, FL: bearing 142°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north of University. The presence of Thirteenmile Run provides a persistent, low-slung artery through the terrain, its waters carving a path that defines the local hydrology just a mile from the outskirts. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land stretches into a humid expanse of palmetto scrub and dense woodland, while the proximity of Cypress Creek Preserve (Hillsborough County) offers a singular sanctuary for the dense, subtropical undergrowth. At dusk, the light here thickens, turning the air a bruised shade of gold that catches in the mossy beards of the oaks, grounding the horizon in a stillness that feels both ancient and unbothered.
History in Live Oak remains tethered to the iron rails and the fertile earth that once fueled a robust agricultural exchange, defining the town’s character through the steady labor of timber and commerce. While the influence of larger, more frantic centers of industry feels distant, the local economy continues to pulse with a rhythm dictated by the land’s yield and the slow turn of the seasons. Five miles away, Lake Ruth offers a reflective, still surface that mirrors the deep, unhurried pace of the surrounding countryside, far removed from the pressures of the wider world. Life here is measured in the persistence of small-scale enterprise and the quiet maintenance of a heritage built upon the intersection of rural trade routes, where the inhabitants recognize that the true value of their home lies in the deliberate, steady continuity of their daily work.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Live Oak, Florida. Coordinates: 30.29565, -82.985117. 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 Live Oak includes the ZIP code (33549, 32462, 32064), telephone area code (850), county seat of Hills County, and school district assignment (Suwannee 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. |