West Perrine Florida Map

About West Perrine, Florida

West Perrine is a locality in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It has a population of 11,162. The population density is 2189.6 people per km². West Perrine is located at 25.6059°N, 80.3628°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33157.

West Perrine lies in a low-lying expanse of South Florida, where the land, a rich, dark loam, slopes gently towards the unseen coasts. It lies 1.2 miles east-north-east of South Miami Heights, FL (from South Miami Heights, FL: bearing 63°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-south-west of Kendall. The air here carries the dense, humid breath of the subtropics, thick with the scent of flowering jasmine and the distant, salty tang of the Atlantic. Towering live oaks, draped with Spanish moss, cast dappled shadows across the sun-baked asphalt of roadways, their gnarled branches reaching like ancient, arthritic fingers. Here and there, the vibrant splash of bougainvillea spills over weathered fences, a defiant burst of color against the muted greens and browns of the natural landscape. The sun, when it breaks through the persistent haze, bleaches the sky to a pale, washed-out blue, and in the late afternoon, it sinks with a slow, fiery descent, painting the horizon in hues of bruised purple and molten gold. This stretch of Miami-Dade County has a history tied to agriculture and the resilient spirit of its inhabitants. For decades, the fertile soil of West Perrine supported truck farms, yielding a bounty of produce that fed the growing region, and the echoes of that agrarian past can still be felt in the occasional patch of cultivated land that breaks the suburban sprawl. The local economy, like much of South Florida, has diversified, but a connection to the land persists, evident in the small nurseries and landscaping businesses that dot the landscape. The character of West Perrine is one of quiet persistence; it is a place where families have put down roots, where the pace of life is dictated less by urgent clocks and more by the steady, predictable rhythm of the seasons. It is a place that holds its own counsel, unpretentious and enduring.

About This West Perrine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Perrine, Florida — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 25.605939, -80.362832. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on West Perrine and Miami-Dade County.

Detailed location data for West Perrine includes the ZIP code (33157), telephone area code (305, 786), county seat of Miami-Dade County (Miami), and school district assignment (Dade County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct West Perrine is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.