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Melrose Florida Map

Explore Melrose, 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 Melrose, Florida

How to Use This Melrose, Florida Map

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

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	Melrose
State	Florida (FL)
County	Putnam County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	29.709412
Longitude	-82.049821
Population	1,800
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	32666
Area Code	904
County Seat	Palatka

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About Melrose, Florida

Melrose is a locality in Putnam County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Melrose is located at 29.7094°N, 82.0498°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32666.

Melrose occupies a humid, verdant pocket of the landscape where the heavy, subtropical air clings to the skin like a damp wool blanket. It lies 17.0 miles east-northeast of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 76°T), and is situated 16.6 miles south-southeast of Starke. The terrain is defined by the expansive, tea-colored waters of Santa Fe Lake, which mirror the shifting clouds and the jagged silhouettes of cypress trees. At the water’s edge, the land flattens into a mosaic of palmetto scrub and tangled woodland, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, liquid gold that stains the surface of Melrose Bay. Four miles away, the quiet, meandering path of Little Orange Creek drains the surrounding lowlands, feeding the moisture that keeps the ferns and Spanish moss perpetually vibrant.

Melrose draws its character from a legacy of agricultural labor and the slow, deliberate pace of life common to the region’s interior. Economy and daily existence here remain tethered to the rhythms of the earth, where small-scale farming and the quiet industry of the land have replaced the vanished bustle of earlier, more transient eras. Residents often look toward the Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail, a narrow artery of transit that slices through the greenery five miles away, providing a corridor for those seeking the stillness of the deep woods. While the Austin Cary Memorial Forest lies ten miles to the north, its presence is felt in the cool, pine-scented breezes that occasionally stir the heavy heat of the afternoon. Life in Melrose persists without pretense, defined by the steady pulse of a place that values the shade of an oak tree as much as the progress of the clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 035° NE
Keystone Heights High School Stadium (Stadium) — 5.0 mi, 005° N
Keystone Heights Moon Tree (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 013° N
Theater X Adult (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 275° W
Santa Fe Swamp Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 330° NW
Balu Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 276° W
Little Orange Creek Nature Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 188° S
Osceola National Forest (National Forest) — 8.2 mi, 355° N · 160k acres
Newnans Lake Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 269° W
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 195° S
Waldo Historical Railway Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 308° NW
Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 036° NE
Edgar Post Office (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 144° SE
Etoniah Creek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.0 mi, 067° NE
Gainesville Raceway (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 284° W
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 133° SE
Alachua Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.5 mi, 243° SW
Ocala National Forest (National Forest) — 16.8 mi, 145° SE · 385k acres
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Public Artwork) — 16.9 mi, 257° W
City of Gainesville (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 257° W
East Florida Seminary (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 257° W
Sweetwater Print Cooperative (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 256° W
Vivid Music Hall (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 257° W
Nightjar (Arts Centre) — 17.1 mi, 260° W
Large Cypress Tree (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 099° E
WARPHaus (Gallery) — 17.4 mi, 256° W
Gatorade's Birthplace (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 257° W
Micanopy Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 225° SW
Butterfly Rainforest (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 mi, 255° W
Little Lake George Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.8 mi, 131° SE · 2,827 acres

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