Yalaha Florida Map

About Yalaha, Florida

Yalaha is a locality in Hills County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,505. The population density is 102.4 people per km². Yalaha is located at 28.7447°N, 81.8225°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 33609, 34797.

Yalaha emerges from the damp, heavy air of the Florida peninsula, where the horizon is defined by the dense, serrated silhouettes of palmetto scrub and the encroaching shadows of cypress stands. It lies 2.2 miles west of Tampa, FL (from Tampa, FL: bearing 275°T), and is situated 6.5 miles southeast of Town 'n' Country. The earth here is porous and dark, holding the subtropical humidity in a quiet grip that softens the edges of the afternoon light into a hazy, amber glow. Two miles away, the Hillsborough River snakes through the landscape, its slow, brackish currents carrying the scent of salt and decaying vegetation toward the open expanse of Tampa Bay. Within the local geography, Macfarlane Park provides a sanctuary of tangled greenery, while the distant, flat reaches of the terrain suggest a land that has been reclaimed, inch by painstaking inch, from the encroaching tides.

Yalaha carries the quiet weight of a place defined by its proximity to the water and the slow, deliberate pace of the coastal fringe. Historically, the economy has been tethered to the shifting fortunes of the soil and the proximity of the trade routes that once relied on the nearby harbor, though the modern rhythm is dictated more by the seasonal ebb and flow of the climate. Travelers often wander the Blake Trail, which traces the line between the wilder brush and the remnants of older, more settled plots. To the west, the distant shape of Harbour Island marks the shift toward deeper waters, while the memory of the land is preserved in the stillness of the afternoon, where the heat seems to hum with the persistent, unseen pulse of the coast.

About This Yalaha Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yalaha, Florida. Coordinates: 28.744711, -81.822504. 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 Yalaha includes the ZIP code (33609, 34797), telephone area code (407, 321, 727), county seat of Hills County, and school district assignment (Lake 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.