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Explore Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores, 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.

Interactive Map of Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores, Florida

How to Use This Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores, 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 Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores.

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	Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores
State	Florida (FL)
County	Lee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	26.6341
Longitude	-82.059
Population	227
Density	438.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	33993
Area Code	561
County Seat	Fort Myers
School District	Lee County School District

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About Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores, Florida

Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores is a locality in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 227. The population density is 438.2 people per km². Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores is located at 26.6341°N, 82.0590°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33993.

Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores exists as a low-slung archipelago of dredged earth and mangrove roots, suspended precariously between the tidal pulse of the Gulf of Mexico and the brackish stillness of the mainland. It lies 8.4 miles northwest of Cape Coral, FL (from Cape Coral, FL: bearing 306°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northwest of Iona. The landscape here is defined by the Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve, a vast, protected cradle of salt-tolerant vegetation where the horizon dissolves into a shimmering haze of sea and sky. Sunlight does not merely illuminate the water; it bruises it, turning the shallows to a polished copper as the tide retreats from the tangled knees of cypress and the dense, waxy leaves of mangroves. A mile to the north, the quiet basin of Tom Black Lake holds its own dark reflection, while the distant, singular rise of Howard Mound offers the only true interruption to the otherwise relentless horizontal geometry of the coast.

Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores carries the salt-crusted legacy of a place built upon the ambition of early developers who saw possibility in the shoals, transforming submerged flats into a network of canals that define the local economy. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the water, where the passage of fishing boats toward the distant mouth of Pine Island Creek marks the hours more reliably than any clock. Beyond the occasional silhouette of Porpoise Point Island, the culture is one of quiet endurance, shaped by a subtropical climate that demands a slow, deliberate pace from those who dwell among the palmetto scrub. It is a neighborhood of weathered pilings and bright, defiant paint, where the history of the region is written in the shifting sediment and the constant, patient reclamation of the land by the rising tides of the Gulf of Mexico.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — locality lies within
Great Calusa Blueway (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 346° N
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 0.4 mi, 348° N
Matlacha Community Park & Boat Ramp (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 240° SW
Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 090° E
Joe Stonis Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 054° NE
Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.9 mi, 314° NW · 1,064 acres
Burnt Store Boat Ramp (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 049° NE
Buttonwood Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 241° SW
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.0 mi, 254° W · 1,260 acres
Caloosahatchee (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 127° SE
Randell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 287° W
Cape Coral Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 086° E
Yucca Pens Unit (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 019° N
David McCreary's House (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 132° SE
Marquee Cinemas Coralwood 10 (Cinema) — 7.6 mi, 102° E
The tower at Rotary Park (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 141° SE
Amazing Bird (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 126° SE
Gulf Coast Model Train Room (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 155° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 101° E
Shell Point Gallery (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 152° SE
Legacy Gallery (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 152° SE
Connie Brown Hall (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 152° SE
Tribby Café;Overlook Gallery (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 152° SE
Broadway Palm Dinner Theater (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 104° E
Shell Factory Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 064° NE
Captiva Cruises (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 226° SW
J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.6 mi, 184° S · 2,851 acres
Art League of Fort Myers (Arts Centre) — 11.6 mi, 087° E
Imaginarium Science Center (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 088° E

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