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Seaside Florida Map

Explore Seaside, 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 Seaside, Florida

How to Use This Seaside, Florida Map

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

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.

CitySeaside
StateFlorida (FL)
CountyWalton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude30.321034
Longitude-86.141608
Population1,200
Density120.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code32459
Area Code850
County SeatDeFuniak Springs

About Seaside, Florida

Seaside is a locality in Walton County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Seaside is located at 30.3210°N, 86.1416°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 32459.

Seaside manifests as a precise arrangement of pastel-colored cottages and white picket fences, standing in stark, orderly contrast to the wild, shifting dunes of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 21.7 miles east-southeast of Destin, FL (from Destin, FL: bearing 103°T), and is situated 7.3 miles southeast of Santa Rosa Beach. The air here carries a heavy, salt-sweet humidity that clings to the skin, while the landscape is defined by the encroaching palmetto scrub and the distant, hazy silhouette of Blue Mountain rising against the horizon. Sunlight catches the quartz-white sand, turning the beach into a brilliant, blinding ribbon that stretches indefinitely between the water and the manicured lawns. A short distance inland, the quiet, dark waters of Alligator Lake offer a serene counterpoint to the restless surf, providing a refuge for local wildlife within the verdant, humid lowlands.

Seaside emerged from a deliberate vision of New Urbanism, replacing the sprawling, disconnected developments of the late twentieth century with a pedestrian-centric design where the pace of life slows to the rhythm of a bicycle wheel on pavement. The economy flourishes through the careful curation of boutique commerce and the seasonal influx of visitors drawn to the adjacent Grayton Beach State Park, where the natural coastal environment remains protected from the reach of modern expansion. While the influence of more distant, rugged terrains like Pine Log State Forest remains felt only in the cool, timber-scented breezes that occasionally drift toward the coast, the daily existence in Seaside revolves around the proximity of the gulf and the gentle, brackish currents of Tucker Bayou. Residents and travelers alike move through these streets with a quiet intentionality, acknowledging a social architecture that values the shared porch and the common green as much as the individual dwelling.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Justin Gaffrey Studio (Gallery) — 0.2 mi, 097° E
  • Grayton Beach State Park (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 272° W
  • The REP Community Theater (Theatre) — 0.3 mi, 103° E
  • Point Washington State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 084° E
  • Grayton Dunes Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 286° W
  • The Shard Shop (Arts Centre) — 1.9 mi, 314° NW
  • Deer Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 092° E
  • Sea Cliffs Townhomes (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 289° W
  • Fusion Art Glass & Fine Jewelry (Gallery) — 4.8 mi, 107° E
  • Topsail Hill Preserve State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 7.6 mi, 288° W
  • Curate 30A (Gallery) — 8.0 mi, 111° E
  • E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center (Nature Reserve) — 11.9 mi, 026° NE
  • Panama City Beach Conservation Park (Local Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 104° E
  • Pine Log State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 15.6 mi, 072° E
  • Panama City Beach Veteran's Memorial (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 114° SE
  • Celebration Tower (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 114° SE
  • AMC Destin Commons 14 (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 286° W
  • Dockside Watersports (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 283° W
  • Mattie Kelley Performing Arts Cntr. (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 307° NW
  • Mattie Kelley Visual Arts Gallery (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 307° NW
  • St. Andrews State Park Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 25.5 mi, 121° SE
  • Coosada Old Town (Historic Ruins) — 25.9 mi, 034° NE
  • Sea Screamer (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 117° SE
  • Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 26.5 mi, 281° W · 213k acres
  • San Carlos Chacatos (Historic Ruins) — 27.4 mi, 086° E
  • Walton County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 004° N
  • Uniquely Clever LLC (Arts Centre) — 27.8 mi, 003° N
  • Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 34.5 mi, 320° NW · 576k acres
  • Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 53.0 mi, 334° NW · 85k acres
  • St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.3 mi, 133° SE · 37k acres

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About This Seaside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Seaside, Florida. Coordinates: 30.321034, -86.141608. 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 Seaside includes the ZIP code (32459), telephone area code (850), county seat of Walton County (DeFuniak Springs), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.