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McAlpin Florida Map

Explore McAlpin, 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 McAlpin, Florida

How to Use This McAlpin, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for McAlpin, 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 McAlpin.

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.

CityMcAlpin
StateFlorida (FL)
CountySuwannee County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude30.139116
Longitude-82.951796
Population680
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code32062
Area Code850
County SeatLive Oak

About McAlpin, Florida

McAlpin is a locality in Suwannee County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². McAlpin is located at 30.1391°N, 82.9518°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32062.

McAlpin endures as a quiet expanse of pine flatwoods and open agricultural fields, anchored by the slow, deliberate pulse of inland life. It lies 19.0 miles west of Lake City, FL (from Lake City, FL: bearing 259°T), and is situated 10.9 miles south of Live Oak. The landscape around McAlpin carries a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the saw palmettos and the gnarled, dark trunks of cypress trees standing in the lower, moisture-rich depressions. Four miles to the west, the rounded rise of Rocky Hill breaks the level horizon, serving as a subtle landmark in an otherwise flat, verdant terrain. Three miles away, the dark, tannin-stained waters of Little River trace a winding path through the dense vegetation, while seven miles distant, the waters of Tiger Lake offer a quiet mirror to the sky. The light here at dusk possesses a singular quality, turning the dust of the unpaved roads into a fine, suspended amber that lingers long after the sun dips below the tree line.

McAlpin functions as a crossroads where the legacy of timber and small-scale farming continues to define the daily rhythm of the inhabitants. Long before the modern grid of rural highways took hold, the area relied on the steady transit of forestry products and the cultivation of the sandy soil. This historical reliance on the land persists in the low-slung, sturdy architecture and the sprawling, quiet properties that define the local economy. Those seeking the untamed character of the region often gravitate toward the Little River Conservation Area seven miles away, where the preservation of native scrub and wetland habitats allows for a glimpse of the landscape as it existed decades ago. Despite the encroaching pace of modern development, McAlpin maintains an internal logic dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the crops, remaining a place where the passage of time is measured more by the ripening of fields than by the transit of outsiders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Little River Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 206° SW
  • Troy Spring Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 211° SW
  • Ichetucknee Springs State Park (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 209° SW
  • Lake City Weather dot Com (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 086° E
  • Suwannee River Greenway at Branford (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 175° S
  • Suwannee River State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 257° W
  • Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 174° S
  • Ichetucknee Trace Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 114° SE
  • The House of Seven Gables (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 246° SW
  • Osceola National Forest (National Forest) — 16.6 mi, 012° N · 160k acres
  • Old Marble Stage (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 040° NE
  • Pinhook Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 27.1 mi, 049° NE · 96k acres
  • River Sink Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.5 mi, 125° SE
  • Naked Ed (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 141° SE
  • Big Gum Swamp Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.1 mi, 066° NE · 14k acres
  • High Springs Community Theater (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 135° SE
  • Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 34.2 mi, 221° SW
  • Treasures of Madison County Museum (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 310° NW
  • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.0 mi, 043° NE · 815k acres
  • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.1 mi, 042° NE · 350k acres
  • Santa Fe Teaching Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 44.1 mi, 136° SE
  • Stephen Collins Foster (Monument) — 44.2 mi, 032° NE
  • Spring Dive Entrance (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 182° S
  • Wahee Cyclone (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 331° NW
  • Ray Charles statue (Monument) — 46.6 mi, 299° NW
  • Medal of Honor (Monument) — 48.1 mi, 138° SE
  • Artistic Ball (Public Artwork) — 48.1 mi, 131° SE
  • Butterfly Rainforest (Nature Reserve) — 49.2 mi, 135° SE
  • Nightjar (Arts Centre) — 49.4 mi, 131° SE
  • WARPHaus (Gallery) — 50.3 mi, 132° SE

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About This McAlpin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McAlpin, Florida. Coordinates: 30.139116, -82.951796. 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 McAlpin includes the ZIP code (32062), telephone area code (850), county seat of Suwannee County (Live Oak), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.