Pine Ridge Florida Map

About Pine Ridge, Florida

Pine Ridge is a locality in Hills County, Florida, United States. It has a population of 11,042. The population density is 171.6 people per km². Pine Ridge is located at 28.9330°N, 82.4762°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 34108, 33565, 34465.

Pine Ridge emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the interior, where the dark, tea-colored waters of Hollomans Branch carve a slow path through the dense palmetto scrub. It lies 4.2 miles northeast of Thonotosassa, FL (from Thonotosassa, FL: bearing 56°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-northwest of Plant City. Beneath the heavy, humid canopy, the landscape dips toward the moisture-rich lowlands of Clay Gully, a place where the soil holds the heat long after the sun has retreated. The light here takes on a bruised, golden quality in the late afternoon, casting long shadows across the sawgrass and cypress knees that define the Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area. To the north, the horizon remains stubbornly level, lacking the jagged interruption of any distant peaks, while the quiet presence of Lake Thonotosassa provides a vast, silvered mirror for the towering thunderheads that frequently gather in the afternoon heat.

Economic life in Pine Ridge remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, drawing sustenance from the citrus groves that have long dominated the regional character. While the influence of the subtropical climate dictates a slower, more deliberate pace of labor, the area serves as a quiet transition between the bustling corridors of the interior and the wilder, marshy reaches of the protected floodplains. History here is written in the drainage patterns of the earth and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that stands resilient against the summer storms. Pine Ridge maintains a modest, steady existence, defined not by grand monuments but by the persistence of the scrubland and the persistent, humid breath of the woods that press inward from all sides.

About This Pine Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pine Ridge, Florida. Coordinates: 28.932994, -82.476182. 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 Pine Ridge includes the ZIP code (34108, 33565, 34465), telephone area code (407, 321, 941), county seat of Hills County, and school district assignment (Citrus 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.