Explore Venice Gardens, 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 Venice Gardens, 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 Venice Gardens.
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 | Venice Gardens |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Sarasota County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 27.073112 |
| Longitude | -82.407596 |
| Population | 3,402 |
| Density | 1420.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 34293 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| County Seat | Sarasota |
| School District | Sarasota County School District |
Venice Gardens reveals itself as a low-slung expanse of residential streets and verdant corridors, defined by the humid, heavy breath of the subtropical landscape. It lies 1.7 miles northeast of South Venice, FL (from South Venice, FL: bearing 37°T), and is situated 3.4 miles east-southeast of Venice. The terrain remains largely flat, a subtle mosaic of palmetto scrub and manicured lawns that absorbs the golden, honeyed light of the late afternoon sun. Water shapes the periphery of Venice Gardens, with the slow, dark currents of Alligator Creek meandering just a mile away before meeting the expansive, salt-sprayed horizon of the Gulf of Mexico. Even in the quietest hours, the air carries a faint, saline tang, a constant reminder of the proximity to the coast, while Venice Gardens Park provides a local sanctuary of open green space where the shadows of slash pines lengthen across the grass as dusk descends.
Development in Venice Gardens reflects the mid-century migration patterns that transformed these former citrus groves and wild marshes into a residential retreat for those seeking the warmth of the Florida sun. The local economy persists as a quiet cycle of service and leisure, heavily influenced by the arrival of seasonal residents who favor the gentle, rhythmic transition between the heat of the day and the cooling influence of the gulf breeze. History here is written in the architecture of the modest, mid-century homes and the deliberate layout of the neighborhood, which maintains a deliberate pace far removed from the clamor of larger hubs. While the distant, wild reaches of Lower Myakka Lake remain ten miles inland and the quiet shores of Bird Island sit four miles out in the water, the daily life of Venice Gardens stays tethered to the simple, enduring comforts of its own quiet streets and the singular, humid stillness of the Florida interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Venice Gardens, Florida. Coordinates: 27.073112, -82.407596. 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 Venice Gardens includes the ZIP code (34293), telephone area code (941), county seat of Sarasota County (Sarasota), and school district assignment (Sarasota 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. |