Explore Shalimar, 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 Shalimar, 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 Shalimar.
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 | Shalimar |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Okaloosa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.445754 |
| Longitude | -86.579119 |
| Population | 737 |
| Density | 988.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 32579 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| County Seat | Crestview |
| School District | Okaloosa County School District |
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.
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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).
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. |