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Orange Lake Florida Map

Explore Orange Lake, 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 Orange Lake, Florida

How to Use This Orange Lake, Florida Map

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

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	Orange Lake
State	Florida (FL)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	29.423583
Longitude	-82.216764
Population	1,200
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	32686, 32681
Area Code	904
County Seat	Ocala

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About Orange Lake, Florida

Orange Lake is a locality in Marion County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Orange Lake is located at 29.4236°N, 82.2168°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 32686, 32681.

Orange Lake reveals itself through a heavy, subtropical veil where the sunlight catches the dark, tannin-stained currents of the water. It lies 17.0 miles north-northwest of Ocala, FL (from Ocala, FL: bearing 344°T), and is situated 17.0 miles south-southeast of Gainesville. The landscape surrounding Orange Lake is defined by the encroaching presence of cypress stands and dense palmetto scrub, which cast long, distorted shadows across the low-lying terrain. To the north, the earth settles into the damp basin of Stokes Flat, while the quiet protrusion of Hixon Island breaks the surface of the water like a sleeper rising from a dream. The air here holds a permanent, humid weight, thick with the scent of damp earth and the subtle, sharp tang of decay that marks the transition between the solid ground and the marsh.

History clings to the banks of Orange Lake, where the slow movement of the economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the water and the seasonal migration of the land. Travel toward the nearby Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area reveals a region where the commerce of the past—once rooted in the extraction of timber and the slow labor of citrus—has faded into a quiet, enduring stillness. The winding path of Cross Creek serves as a lifeline through this humid expanse, directing the flow of the land toward the wider, unseen reaches of the horizon. In the stillness of the afternoon, the local character emerges not from the noise of industry, but from the patience of those who watch the light shift across the sawgrass, waiting for the evening storms that arrive with the predictable violence of the region's climate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 044° NE
Orange Creek Restoration Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 084° E
Micanopy Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 327° NW
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 329° NW
North Marion High School Football Stadium (Stadium) — 7.4 mi, 141° SE
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 333° NW
Indian Lake State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 135° SE
Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 265° W
Discovery Center (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 162° S
Sweetwater Print Cooperative (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 338° N
WARPHaus (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 336° NW
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 145° SE
Spanish Cattle Ranching (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 338° N
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 338° N
East Florida Seminary (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 338° N
First Gainesville Skirmish (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 338° N
Vivid Music Hall (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 337° NW
Florida Theater of Gainesville (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 337° NW
Butterfly Rainforest (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 328° NW
Silver River State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 145° SE
Ocala National Forest (National Forest) — 17.5 mi, 087° E · 385k acres
Gatorade's Birthplace (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 333° NW
Marion County Museum of History (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 157° SE
Nightjar (Arts Centre) — 18.2 mi, 338° N
Brick City Park Stadium (Stadium) — 18.7 mi, 162° S
Ocala National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 24.5 mi, 116° SE · 68k acres
Little Lake George Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.0 mi, 083° E · 2,827 acres
Osceola National Forest (National Forest) — 29.4 mi, 018° N · 160k acres
Juniper Prairie Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.9 mi, 112° E · 14k acres
Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 35.5 mi, 247° SW

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