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Sopchoppy Florida Map

Explore Sopchoppy, 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 Sopchoppy, Florida

How to Use This Sopchoppy, Florida Map

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

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	Sopchoppy
State	Florida (FL)
County	Wakulla County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	30.059925
Longitude	-84.488792
Population	426
Density	98.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	32358
Area Code	850
County Seat	Crawfordville
School District	Wakulla County School District

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About Sopchoppy, Florida

Sopchoppy is a locality in Wakulla County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 426. The population density is 98.0 people per km². Sopchoppy is located at 30.0599°N, 84.4888°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sopchoppy is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 32358.

Sopchoppy exhales the damp, heavy breath of the humid subtropics, where the dark, tannin-stained waters of the Sopchoppy River carve a slow, meandering path through the dense, low-hanging canopy of cypress and palmetto. It lies 28.9 miles south-southwest of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 205°T), and is situated 10.5 miles southwest of Crawfordville. The air here holds a static charge, a lingering reminder of the region’s reputation as the lightning capital, while the light at dusk turns the pine needles into needles of brushed copper. Only six miles from the shifting tides of the Gulf of Mexico, the landscape remains defined by the porous, limestone-filtered earth that feeds the nearby Alligator Lake and sustains the wild, untamed expanse of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. From the shadows of Morrison Hammock, the land seems to hold its breath, caught between the encroachment of the Apalachicola National Forest and the encroaching salt-tide of the horizon.

Sopchoppy carries a history etched in the slow decay of timber and the resilience of those who once sought a living in the deep turpentine woods. The local economy persists as a quiet reflection of its heritage, moving at the pace of the river current rather than the frantic tick of modern industry. Residents navigate a world where the cultural memory of the railroad era still informs the quietude of the streets, and the annual festival celebrating the local worm-grunting tradition serves as a singular, idiosyncratic anchor for the collective identity. Here, the boundary between the wild refuge and the human footprint is thin, allowing for a life that prioritizes the stillness of the canopy and the seasonal rhythm of the land over the clamor of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.5 mi, 145° SE · 246k acres
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 053° NE · 576k acres
Morrison Hammock Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 1.6 mi, 235° SW
Ochlockonee River State Park (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 176° S
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.7 mi, 158° S · 18k acres
Tate's Hell State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 212° SW
Bradwell Bay Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.3 mi, 322° NW · 24k acres
Nurse Sharks (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 113° SE
Pickleariun (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 113° SE
Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.2 mi, 166° S
Bald Point State Park (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 141° SE
Alligator Point (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 156° SE
Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 16.3 mi, 056° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 217° SW
Clear Lake Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.5 mi, 005° N · 5,475 acres
Great Blue Heron (Public Artwork) — 21.4 mi, 073° E
Observation Deck (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 073° E
Dwarf Cypress (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 230° SW
Battle of Natural Bridge (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 052° NE
Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 mi, 024° NE
John Shaw Vaughan monument (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 344° N
Mickee Faust Clubhouse (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 026° NE
Turner Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.0 mi, 018° N
Able Gallery Artists (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 024° NE
Salvage Art (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 024° NE
The French Studio (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 024° NE
621 Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 28.4 mi, 024° NE
All Saints Cinema (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 025° NE
Student Life Cinema (Cinema) — 28.7 mi, 023° NE
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.7 mi, 232° SW · 37k acres

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