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Taylor Creek Florida Map

Explore Taylor Creek, 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 Taylor Creek, Florida

How to Use This Taylor Creek, Florida Map

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

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	Taylor Creek
State	Florida (FL)
County	Okeechobee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	27.216714
Longitude	-80.789504
Population	4,470
Density	566.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	34974
Area Code	239
County Seat	Okeechobee
School District	Okeechobee County School District

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About Taylor Creek, Florida

Taylor Creek is a locality in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,470. The population density is 566.2 people per km². Taylor Creek is located at 27.2167°N, 80.7895°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 34974.

Taylor Creek defines the low, humid horizon where the flatlands surrender to the heavy, moisture-laden air of the interior. It lies 25.1 miles west-southwest of Saint Lucie West, FL (from Saint Lucie West, FL: bearing 253°T), and is situated 3.1 miles southeast of Okeechobee. The landscape consists of expansive sawgrass prairies and dense stands of cypress that thrive in the saturated soil, punctuated by the sharp, waxy green of palmetto scrub. As dusk settles, the quality of light transforms the atmosphere into a bruised violet, casting long shadows across the reeds and turning the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered copper. This drainage way acts as a natural artery, channeling the slow, deliberate movement of groundwater toward the expansive basin of Lake Okeechobee.

Taylor Creek serves as a vital hydrological link that has historically supported the agrarian rhythms of the surrounding plains. The local economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the seasonal cycles of citrus cultivation and the management of water resources that define the region's character. Residents often look toward Lake Okeechobee, a massive, shallow expanse that dictates the environmental health and recreational pulse of the vicinity. As part of the Lake Okeechobee recreational corridor, the area offers a quiet vantage point for observing the persistent, subtropical pulse of the interior, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sudden, sharp crack of a thunderstorm rolling across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Okeechobee Battlefied Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 178° S
Lake Okeechobee (Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 190° S
Centennial Park (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 303° NW
Unknown Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 325° NW
Douglas Brown Community Center (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 329° NW
Flagler Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 306° NW
Sabertooth Tiger (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 019° N
Aquachobee (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 017° N
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (State Conservation Area) — 24.0 mi, 338° N
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.5 mi, 318° NW · 11k acres
J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.0 mi, 133° SE
North Fork, St. Lucie Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 28.2 mi, 083° E
History Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 083° E
Carolina Parakeet Memorial (Monument) — 29.9 mi, 328° NW
Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 31.4 mi, 068° E
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 095° E
Savannahs Preserve Education Center (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 080° E
Sunrise Theatre (Theatre) — 32.7 mi, 061° NE
Clewiston Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 196° S
Fort Kissimmee (Historic Castle / Fort) — 34.2 mi, 318° NW
Airboat Wildlife Adventures (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 297° NW
Stuart Welcome Arch (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 089° E
Laura Riding Jackson House (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 035° NE
Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 089° E
Willoughby Creek Canoe Launch (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 095° E
Avalon State Park (State Park) — 35.8 mi, 051° NE
Lake Placid Arts & Crafts (Arts Centre) — 35.8 mi, 279° W
Lake Placid Historical Society (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 279° W
Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area - Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 36.6 mi, 045° NE
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.7 mi, 145° SE · 149k acres

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