Explore Point Baker, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Point Baker, 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 Point Baker.
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 | Point Baker |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Santa Rosa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.690191 |
| Longitude | -87.053578 |
| Population | 3,443 |
| Density | 201.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 32570 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| County Seat | Milton |
| School District | Santa Rosa County School District |
Point Baker emerges from the subtropical humidity as a low-slung expanse of palmetto scrub and tangled cypress, where the light at dusk turns the humid air into a thick, bruised gold. It lies 4.1 miles north-northwest of Milton, FL (from Milton, FL: bearing 348°T), and is situated 9.0 miles northeast of Pace. Clear Creek meanders through the dense undergrowth only a mile away, its dark, tannic waters carving a quiet path toward the distant salt-misted reaches of Big Eddy. Beyond the immediate thickets, the land flattens into a persistent, damp horizon that stretches toward the faint, irregular silhouette of The Mound, which anchors the far distance like a forgotten landmark. The atmosphere here is heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying needles, a sensory reminder that the landscape is constantly reclaiming the edges of the human footprint.
Point Baker carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the slow, deliberate pace of timber and rural trade, where the local economy finds its footing in the resilience of the surrounding wild. Residents often find their recreation along the corridors of the Blackwater Heritage State Trail, a path that offers a rare, deliberate passage through the otherwise impenetrable forest. Life here remains tethered to the natural cycles of the Wright Basin, a depression in the earth that holds the seasonal rains and dictates the rhythm of the soil. There is no urgency in the way the days pass, only the steady, humid repetition of a place that prefers to keep its own counsel while the rest of the world hurries toward the coast.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Point Baker, Florida. Coordinates: 30.690191, -87.053578. 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 Point Baker includes the ZIP code (32570), telephone area code (850), county seat of Santa Rosa County (Milton), and school district assignment (Santa Rosa County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |