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Plantation Florida Map

Explore Plantation, 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 Plantation, Florida

How to Use This Plantation, Florida Map

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

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

Latitude	26.125573
Longitude	-80.261818
Population	91,750
Density	1628.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	33036, 33317, 34293, 33322
Area Code	941, 954, 754
County Seat	Sarasota
School District	Broward County School District

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About Plantation, Florida

Plantation is a locality in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It has a population of 91,750. The population density is 1628.7 people per km². Plantation is located at 26.1256°N, 80.2618°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Plantation is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 33036, 33317, 34293.

Plantation emerges from the subtropical horizon as a verdant expanse defined by the meandering, slow-moving currents of Alligator Creek. It lies 3.3 miles east-northeast of South Venice, FL (from South Venice, FL: bearing 72°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west of North Port. The landscape here is defined by a thick, humid stillness, where the low-lying terrain is dominated by dense palmetto scrub and the persistent, tangled reach of mangroves. The air carries a heavy, saline weight, a constant reminder that the Gulf of Mexico waits only four miles to the west, its presence felt in the sudden, sharp shifts in the wind. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land flattens into a vast, sun-drenched plain, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, electric purple, reflecting off the damp earth and the deep, dark veins of the local waterways that pulse through the Alligator Creek Conservation Area.

Plantation owes its character to a transformation from once-expansive citrus groves into a carefully managed suburban grid, a shift that continues to dictate the rhythm of its daily commerce and residential life. The economy, once tethered to the harvest of the soil, has long since integrated into the broader regional flow of trade and service, yet the shadow of the past persists in the wide, palm-lined avenues that seem to hold the memory of old orchards. While the quietude of the surroundings is occasionally broken by the distant, familiar hum of growth, the life of the locality remains anchored to the natural cycle of the humidity and the seasonal tides of the nearby coast. Even as development has reshaped the horizon, the proximity to the wilderness of the Alligator Creek Conservation Area ensures that the wild, untamed nature of the region remains a silent witness to the steady, modern evolution of Plantation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Central Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 268° W
Pine Island Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 173° S
Young At Art (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 137° SE
Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 091° E
City of Plantation Historical Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 083° E
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 206° SW
Plantation Park East Trailhead (State Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 078° E
Sam Jones (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 193° S
AMC Sunrise 8 (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 353° N
McGinnis Ski School (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 125° SE
Old Davie School Historical Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 159° S
Thunderbird Drive-in (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 080° E
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 321° NW
Water ConservationArea 2B (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 321° NW
Armenian Genocide Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 190° S
Anhinga Indian Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 149° SE
Fort Lauderdale Airboat Rides (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 127° SE
Las Olas Boulevard (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 093° E
Ernesto Maranje Art & Design (Gallery) — 7.4 mi, 086° E
Madeline Denaro Studio and Gallery (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 087° E
The Art Bloc (Gallery) — 7.6 mi, 086° E
Bateau (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 094° E
Outdoor Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 255° W
Xtreme Action Park (Theme Park) — 8.1 mi, 056° NE
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.8 mi, 352° N · 149k acres
Everglades National Park Expansion (National Park) — 29.2 mi, 210° SW · 109k acres
Biscayne National Park (National Park) — 31.6 mi, 173° S · 346k acres

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