Longwood Florida Map
Longwood, Okaloosa County
Longwood, Florida — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Longwood, Okaloosa County.
Interactive Map of Longwood, Florida
| City | Longwood |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Okaloosa |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 30.460754 |
| Longitude | -86.588564 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Longwood, Florida
Longwood is a locality in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. Longwood is located at 30.4608°N, 86.5886°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32750.0.
Longwood unfolds with a quiet grace, a place where the air itself seems to hum with the low thrum of cicadas and the distant murmur of traffic on older roads. It lies 3.0 miles east of Wright, FL (from Wright, FL: bearing 83°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-north-east of Fort Walton Beach. The landscape here is a gentle tapestry of pine stands, their needles whispering secrets to the breeze, interspersed with the darker, more stoic silhouettes of live oaks draped in Spanish moss, like ancient sentinels guarding forgotten stories. Low-lying areas cradle slow-moving creeks, their dark waters reflecting the hazy, humid sky, and the soil, a rich, sandy loam, gives way to patches of palmetto scrub, its broad leaves a vibrant green against the muted tones of the surrounding woods. The light, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, soft shadows that stretch and bleed across the terrain, imbuing the scene with a painterly, almost melancholic beauty. The economic pulse of Longwood beats with a rhythm tied to its past and present, a blend of agricultural roots and burgeoning suburban growth. For generations, the fertile ground supported farming, with cotton and tobacco once being mainstays, though the land now yields more to residential developments and the commerce that follows. The local economy thrives on a steady hum of services and retail, catering to families seeking a less frenetic pace than the larger metropolitan areas. History whispers from the older structures, remnants of a time when life moved with the sun and seasons, and you can still find echoes of that slower time in the way neighbors greet one another, a genuine warmth that belies the ever-present hum of modern life.
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About This Longwood Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Longwood, Florida with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Longwood and Okaloosa County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Longwood is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Longwood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
