Shalimar Florida Map

About Shalimar, Florida

Shalimar is a locality in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 737. The population density is 988.0 people per km². Shalimar is located at 30.4458°N, 86.5791°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shalimar is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 32579.

Shalimar exists where the humid, subtropical air clings to the skin, pressing against the low-lying terrain like a warm, salt-heavy breath rising from the nearby Gulf of Mexico. It lies 3.6 miles east of Wright, FL (from Wright, FL: bearing 101°T), and is situated 3.6 miles northeast of Fort Walton Beach. The landscape of Shalimar is defined by a flat, sandy resilience, where palmetto scrub and tangled thickets of coastal vegetation hold the earth against the persistent, encroaching tides. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, liquid quality at dusk, turning the sky a bruised violet and casting long, sharp shadows across the quiet residential streets. A short distance away, the brackish waters of Garnier Creek carve a winding path through the silt, their movement steady and indifferent to the passage of time. Further inland, the stillness of Blue Pond offers a mirrored respite from the kinetic energy of the coast, while the distant, low silhouette of Topsail Hill serves as a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s uneven reach far beyond the horizon.

Shalimar maintains a character shaped by the steady, rhythmic pulse of military influence and the quiet industry of those who serve the nearby installations. The local economy is anchored in the specialized expertise of its residents, creating an atmosphere of disciplined focus that contrasts with the languid, sun-drenched pace of the Gulf of Mexico coastline. Many afternoons find the youth and the restless gathering at Shalimar Fields, where the grass is kept trim for the games that define the social calendar. History here is not etched in monuments, but in the enduring way the architecture respects the damp, shifting soil and the occasional, fierce surge of a summer storm. Life in Shalimar proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned clarity, sustained by the proximity to the water and the simple, repetitive cycles of the seasons that govern this corner of the world.

About This Shalimar Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shalimar, Florida. Coordinates: 30.445754, -86.579119. 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 Shalimar includes the ZIP code (32579), telephone area code (850), county seat of Okaloosa County (Crestview), and school district assignment (Okaloosa 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.