Explore Verandah, 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 Verandah, 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 Verandah.
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 | Verandah |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Lee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 26.692905 |
| Longitude | -81.740451 |
| Population | 1,791 |
| Density | 324.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 33905 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| County Seat | Fort Myers |
| School District | Lee County School District |
Verandah sits amidst a low-slung landscape where the subtropical air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and salt-thickened humidity. It lies 8.0 miles north of Gateway, FL (from Gateway, FL: bearing 4°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-northwest of Lehigh Acres. Palmetto scrub and tangled mangroves dominate the horizon, creating a dense, emerald-green border that seems to exhale heat long after the sun dips below the flat, distant line of the horizon. Only eighteen miles from the open coastline, the atmosphere carries a subtle, saline weight that softens the edges of the afternoon light, turning the sky a muted, bruised gray before the inevitable evening thunderstorms roll in. To the east, the Orange River carves a slow, serpentine path through the terrain, its dark, tannic waters reflecting the cypress trees that lean precariously over the banks, while the Orange River Canoe Trail offers a quiet passage through the thick, mosquito-laden brush for those seeking the stillness of the interior wetlands.
Verandah traces its roots to a time when the economy relied heavily on the stubborn endurance of citrus groves and the small-scale transport of goods toward the nearby Thompson Cutoff. While the bustle of larger coastal hubs feels worlds away, the local rhythm here is defined by the seasonal ebb and flow of agriculture and the maintenance of the waterways that connect the interior to the sea. The silhouette of Buzzard Roost rises four miles out as a singular landmark, a reminder of the isolation that once shaped the character of those who settled here. Life in Verandah moves at the pace of the current, where the occasional boat engine cutting through the silence of the river serves as the only clock, and the distant, shimmering expanse of Cypress Lake remains a quiet destination for those who prefer the solitude of the interior over the reach of the tides.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Verandah, Florida. Coordinates: 26.692905, -81.740451. 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 Verandah includes the ZIP code (33905), telephone area code (561), county seat of Lee County (Fort Myers), and school district assignment (Lee 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. |