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2012 Map of Marco Island

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Marco Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Marco Island is presented in the early 21st century as a complex landscape of master-planned coastal development set against a labyrinthine network of subtropical waterways. The dense street grids of the main settlement and the Isles of Capri contrast sharply with the neighboring Ten Thousand Islands wilderness to the east. This map provides a detailed look at the infrastructure that defines modern island life, including the Marco Island Airport and the bridge connections to the mainland.

While the western shore is dominated by residential and tourist development, the eastern and southern edges retain traces of an older Florida. Features like Goodland and Caxambas point to long-standing maritime communities, while Georgia Fruit Farm and Factory Bay reflect the area's agricultural and industrial history. The intricate hydrography, from the Big Marco River to Smokehouse Creek, reveals how the natural mangrove estuaries have been both preserved and altered by dredging to create the finger canals of the local neighborhoods.