Explore Saint Petersburg, 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 Saint Petersburg, 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 Saint Petersburg.
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 | Saint Petersburg |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Pinellas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.770861 |
| Longitude | -82.679266 |
| Population | 265,098 |
| Density | 1800.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 33712, 33701, 33702, 33703, 33704 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Clearwater |
Saint Petersburg occupies a low, level stretch of land where the humid, subtropical air holds a weight that seems to thicken as the sun descends toward the horizon. It lies 2.1 miles northeast of Gulfport, FL (from Gulfport, FL: bearing 44°T), and is situated 2.5 miles west of St. Petersburg. The landscape is defined by its proximity to the open coastline, a mere two miles distant, where the tides pull against the shore with a rhythmic, indifferent persistence. Near the center of the terrain, Booker Creek winds its way through the verdant growth, carving a quiet path toward the nearby waters of Clam Bayou. The earth here is porous and soft, supporting dense thickets of palmetto scrub that thrive in the heat, while the presence of Seminole Park provides a local sanctuary of green, anchoring the immediate environment in a stillness that persists despite the encroaching hum of the modern world.
Founding narratives of Saint Petersburg are tied to the arrival of the railroad, which stitched the peninsula into the broader expanse of the nation and transformed a quiet, isolated stretch of territory into a destination for those seeking the warmth of the southern sun. Early settlers found a wilderness where the water tables ran high and the vegetation was tangled and thick, requiring a stubborn labor to clear the way for permanent construction. Over the generations, Saint Petersburg evolved from a small, seasonal settlement into a place of substance, shaped by the influx of people who moved toward the light, each layer of development adding to the character of the grid and the density of the streets that now define the footprint of the settlement.
Economic life in Saint Petersburg thrives on a diverse foundation of service, medical innovation, and research, supported by a robust infrastructure that keeps the movement of goods and people steady. The presence of higher education institutions, such as the local campuses of the University of South Florida, provides a steady stream of intellectual capital that feeds into the regional workforce and fosters a climate of professional development. While the proximity to Jacks Boat Basin facilitates a steady maritime economy, the broader industrial character is marked by a focus on technology and healthcare, ensuring that the local prosperity is not merely tied to the seasonal cycles of the traveler but to a permanent, evolving capacity for work and creation.
Culture in Saint Petersburg finds its expression in the vibrant visual arts, the roar of crowds at professional baseball games, and the quiet observation of the light as it reflects off the surface of Lake Maggiore. Residents and visitors alike congregate for major annual festivals that mark the turning of the seasons, often gathering near landmarks that have become synonymous with the local identity. The natural features, including the distant, low silhouette of Coquina Key, offer a sense of perspective in a landscape that lacks the verticality of a peak like Big Cockroach Mound. Notable figures, from writers to innovative athletes, have often been drawn to the specific quality of the atmosphere here, finding in the intersection of urban energy and coastal humidity a place that demands a distinct, contemplative pace of life.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Coordinates: 27.770861, -82.679266. 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 Saint Petersburg includes the ZIP code (33712, 33701, 33702), telephone area code (561), county seat of Pinellas County (Clearwater), and school district assignment.
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. |