Manasota Key Florida Map

About Manasota Key, Florida

Manasota Key is a locality in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,326. The population density is 483.4 people per km². Manasota Key is located at 26.9253°N, 82.3520°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34223.

Manasota Key stretches as a narrow, sun-bleached spine of sand separating the tranquil shallows from the vast, rhythmic pulse of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 2.5 miles south of Englewood, FL (from Englewood, FL: bearing 179°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southeast of South Venice. The landscape is defined by its precarious hold between the water and the sky, where the salt-heavy air stunts the palmetto scrub and encourages the tangled, dark-green architecture of mangroves. Beyond the immediate beach, the quiet waters of the Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve hold the silence of a shallow, protected basin, while the nearby reach of Whidden Key sits like a low-slung shadow against the horizon. The light here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, turning the afternoon water into a sheet of hammered copper before the quick, violet dusk of the subtropics descends.

Human life on Manasota Key has long been dictated by the proximity of these shifting tides and the gentle, persistent movement of Rock Creek draining into the wider basin. Economic rhythms here favor the seasonal tide of visitors who seek the quietude of the shoreline, far removed from the dense, industrial sprawl of the mainland. While the mainland interior holds distant, hidden points like the McCall Sand Flats or the elevation of Cash Mound, the local character remains tethered to the water, where the economy is built upon the maintenance of this fragile, narrow strip of land. It is a place where history is measured in the slow erosion of the dunes and the occasional discovery of fossilized teeth washed up from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, marking a time long before the current, quiet residential life took root among the palms.

About This Manasota Key Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manasota Key, Florida. Coordinates: 26.92534, -82.35204. 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 Manasota Key includes the ZIP code (34223), telephone area code (941), county seat of Charlotte County (Punta Gorda), and school district assignment (Charlotte 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.