Pea Ridge Florida Map

About Pea Ridge, Florida

Pea Ridge is a locality in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,787. The population density is 521.1 people per km². Pea Ridge is located at 30.6030°N, 87.1022°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 32571, 32583.

Pea Ridge occupies a quiet expanse of subtropical terrain where the air carries a persistent, humid weight and the sunlight turns thick and golden against the palmetto scrub. It lies 3.5 miles east of Pace, FL (from Pace, FL: bearing 86°T), and is situated 9.2 miles northeast of Ferry Pass. The land here slopes gently toward the nearby Gulf of Mexico, its character defined by the slow, meandering pulse of Pond Creek as it carves through the damp earth. Moisture clings to the cypress stands, and the horizon remains flat and unburdened, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of Wright Basin to the north. At Optimist Park, the silence of the afternoon is often broken only by the sharp, electric crackle of a summer storm, a reminder that Pea Ridge exists within the lightning capital of the country.

Pea Ridge maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by a history of modest agrarian toil and the quiet persistence of those who worked the soil before the modern sprawl arrived. Local industry still favors the land, echoing the older rhythms of citrus groves and small-scale trade that defined the region long before the seasonal migration of northern travelers became a fixture of the calendar. Life in Pea Ridge moves with an inward focus, indifferent to the distant, crowded shores of Noriegas Island or the distant rise of The Mound, preferring instead the shade of local oaks and the reliable transit of the tides. The people here understand that their geography is one of transition, where the salt-heavy breath of the Gulf of Mexico meets the inland quiet, creating a place that is neither entirely wild nor fully tamed.

About This Pea Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pea Ridge, Florida. Coordinates: 30.603, -87.1022. 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 Pea Ridge includes the ZIP code (32571, 32583), telephone area code (850), county seat of Santa Rosa County (Milton), and school district assignment (Santa Rosa 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.