Matlacha Florida Map

About Matlacha, Florida

Matlacha is a locality in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 598. The population density is 1160.2 people per km². Matlacha is located at 26.6298°N, 82.0709°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33993.

Matlacha clings to a narrow, jagged ribbon of land where the subtropical humidity softens the sharp edges of the horizon and salt-laden breezes dictate the slow, deliberate pace of the day. It lies 8.8 miles west-northwest of Cape Coral, FL (from Cape Coral, FL: bearing 302°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of Saint James City. The landscape here is defined by the proximity of the Gulf of Mexico, which presses against the mangrove-fringed shore, while the ground itself feels as much like a suggestion as a solid foundation. At Matlacha Community Park & Boat Ramp, the water reflects a bruised, violet light at dusk, casting a fleeting, melancholic beauty over the channels that divide the land. To the north, the terrain remains low and unassuming, with Porpoise Point Island rising only inches above the high tide mark, a quiet sentinel amidst the shifting currents that have carved this coastal geography into its present, fragile shape.

History in Matlacha is written in the weathered wood of stilt houses and the persistent, salt-crusted remnants of a life tethered to the sea. The local economy has long drawn its vitality from the bounty of the nearby Pine Island Creek, where the tradition of small-scale fishing persists despite the encroachment of modern diversions. Farther inland, the landscape shifts toward the dense, tangled shadows of palmetto scrub, with Cypress Lake lying three miles away as a freshwater counterpoint to the salt-heavy air. While Howard Mound looms seven miles distant as the most significant elevation in a region defined by its flatness, the true character of the locality remains firmly anchored to the water’s edge, where the constant, rhythmic pulse of the tides reminds every traveler that the land here is merely a guest of the sea.

About This Matlacha Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Matlacha, Florida. Coordinates: 26.629796, -82.070924. 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 Matlacha includes the ZIP code (33993), telephone area code (561), county seat of Lee County (Fort Myers), and school district assignment (Lee 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.