Explore Zellwood, 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 Zellwood, 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 Zellwood.
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 | Zellwood |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Orange County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 28.721898 |
| Longitude | -81.573234 |
| Population | 2,758 |
| Density | 283.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 32798 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| County Seat | Orlando |
| School District | Orange County School District |
Zellwood occupies a vast, low-lying expanse where the humid breath of the Florida peninsula settles heavily over dark, organic soil. It lies 5.6 miles south-southeast of Mount Dora, FL (from Mount Dora, FL: bearing 152°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-northwest of Apopka. Beneath the reach of a sun that turns the sky into a bruised violet at dusk, the landscape stretches toward the horizon, defined by the quiet presence of Lake Maggiore and the encroaching wildness of the Lake Apopka Restoration Area. Beyond the immediate fields, the jagged silhouette of Sugarloaf Mountain rises in the distance, a singular landmark against the flat horizon, while the proximity to the coast—a mere eleven miles away—brings a salt-heavy breeze that stirs the fronds of palmetto scrub. To the west, the waters of McDonald Canal carve a slow path through the terrain, draining the moisture from the earth and feeding the surrounding greenery that thrives in this subtropical basin.
Zellwood remains tethered to the rhythm of its fertile muck lands, a history written in the rows of corn and the remnants of a once-booming citrus industry that defined the local economy for generations. The legacy of the land is tangible in the way the morning light catches the mist rising off the fields, a reminder of the labor required to coax harvest from such heavy, nutrient-rich ground. While the pace of modern life encroaches from the surrounding sprawl, the area maintains a distinct character, anchored by the ecological transition zones of the Lake Apopka Restoration Area and the quiet, inland stretches leading toward Gourd Neck. Far from the frantic energy of the coast, the people here move in alignment with the seasons of growth and harvest, finding a steady, grounded existence in a place where the proximity to Sunset Valley offers a brief, shadowed reprieve from the relentless intensity of the noon sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Zellwood, Florida. Coordinates: 28.721898, -81.573234. 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 Zellwood includes the ZIP code (32798), telephone area code (904), county seat of Orange County (Orlando), and school district assignment (Orange 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. |