Moon Lake Florida Map

About Moon Lake, Florida

Moon Lake is a locality in Pasco County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,817. The population density is 327.4 people per km². Moon Lake is located at 28.2993°N, 82.6050°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34654.

Moon Lake sits amidst a landscape of low-slung scrub and palmetto, where the humid air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying pine needles. It lies 5.1 miles east-southeast of Bayonet Point, FL (from Bayonet Point, FL: bearing 112°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Keystone. The terrain here is defined by a subtle, porous limestone foundation that gives way to the deep, tea-colored flow of the Pithlachascotee River, a waterway that marks the eastern boundary of the surrounding woodland. To the west, the horizon catches the saline breath of the Gulf of Mexico, though the land remains anchored in the quiet, inland stillness of the Starkey Wilderness Preserve. The light at dusk here is a bruised purple, filtering through the dense canopy to illuminate the sudden, dark apertures of the earth where the water table meets the sky.

Moon Lake carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the slow extraction of timber and the tentative expansion of citrus groves across the sandy soil. Economic life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasonal transition, drawing from the nearby expanse of the Starkey Wilderness Preserve and the distant, cooling influence of the Gulf of Mexico. While the larger, more restless centers of Florida bustle with industry, life here remains tethered to the rhythm of the Pithlachascotee River and the seasonal migration of the land itself. It is a place where the landscape remains largely untamed, characterized by the persistent encroachment of native vegetation and the occasional, silent appearance of a sinkhole, forever reminding those who live here that the ground beneath their feet is as fluid as the water that sustains the pines.

About This Moon Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moon Lake, Florida. Coordinates: 28.2993, -82.605. 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 Moon Lake includes the ZIP code (34654), telephone area code (813, 727), county seat of Pasco County (Dade City), and school district assignment (Pasco 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.