Washington Park Florida Map

About Washington Park, Florida

Washington Park is a locality in Glades County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,948. The population density is 2904.0 people per km². Washington Park is located at 26.1325°N, 80.1824°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 33471, 33563, 33311.

Washington Park emerges from the flat, subtropical expanse as a quiet grid defined by the steady, artificial precision of the Rim Canal. It lies 28.6 miles west-northwest of Belle Glade, FL (from Belle Glade, FL: bearing 292°T), and is situated 0.6 miles north-northwest of Moore Haven. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, humid stillness, where the horizon remains unbroken by any rise in elevation until the distant, faint silhouette of Maple Mound marks the limit of the sky. Nearby, the presence of Lake Okeechobee exerts a subtle pull on the atmosphere, grounding the neighborhood in a vast, freshwater reality that sustains the surrounding palmetto scrub and cypress thickets. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the dark, still water of the canal and illuminating the sharp, serrated edges of the sawgrass that dominates the low-lying plains.

Washington Park maintains a modest, measured pace, its daily rhythms tied to the agricultural legacies that have long defined this inland region. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the earth, with citrus groves and expansive farmland radiating outward toward the shores of Lake Hicpochee, only a few miles away. The community exists as a functional intersection of history and labor, where the infrastructure of irrigation and regional transport creates a distinct, utilitarian texture to the land. Residents move through their days under a sky notorious for its sudden, violent displays of lightning, accepting the volatile weather as a necessary component of a life lived in such close proximity to the expansive, unyielding basin of Lake Okeechobee.

About This Washington Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Washington Park, Florida. Coordinates: 26.132484, -80.182396. 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 Washington Park includes the ZIP code (33471, 33563, 33311), telephone area code (407, 321, 954, 754), county seat of Glades County (Moore Haven), and school district assignment (Broward County School District).

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.