Punta Rassa Florida Map

About Punta Rassa, Florida

Punta Rassa is a locality in Lee County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,620. The population density is 261.9 people per km². Punta Rassa is located at 26.4998°N, 82.0021°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33908.

Punta Rassa occupies a low-slung, salt-scrubbed peninsula where the subtropical humidity clings to the skin like a heavy, humid veil. It lies 3.7 miles southwest of Iona, FL (from Iona, FL: bearing 233°T), and is situated 6.5 miles southwest of Cape Coral. The landscape is defined by the meeting of terrestrial palmetto scrub and the encroaching tide, a place where the edges of the earth seem to fray into the Gulf of Mexico. Across the water, the silhouette of Fisherman Key rises from the shallows, a solitary sentinel amidst the shifting currents. The air here carries the sharp, iodine scent of the sea, and when the sun begins its descent, the light takes on a bruised, violet quality that turns the surface of the water into hammered pewter.

Punta Rassa serves as a quiet witness to a century of maritime labor, having once functioned as a vital port for the cattle trade that fueled the early regional economy. Today, the pulse of the locality is dictated by the rhythms of the water, with the Punta Rassa Boat Ramp acting as the primary artery for those seeking passage toward the open horizon. To the north, the Caloosahatchee River exerts its influence, pushing a steady, brackish flow toward the sea that shapes the local ecology and sustains the mangroves. Life in Punta Rassa remains tethered to these natural cycles, far removed from the clamor of inland development, existing instead in the quiet, persistent tension between the firm ground and the vast, encroaching blue of the Gulf of Mexico.

About This Punta Rassa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Punta Rassa, Florida. Coordinates: 26.499755, -82.002107. 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 Punta Rassa includes the ZIP code (33908), telephone area code (561), county seat of Lee County (Fort Myers), and school district assignment (Lee 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.