THE GLADES COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Glades County has 806.8 square miles of land in Florida. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Glades County: Eastern Florida Flatwoods, Everglades, Southwestern Florida Flatwoods.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Glades County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Florida Flatwoods55%
- Everglades29%
- Southwestern Florida Flatwoods16%
Southern Florida Coastal Plain in Glades County
Very low-relief southern Florida terrain includes marsh, swamp, Everglades and palmetto-prairie settings. Small elevation differences can correspond to substantial changes in vegetation and water conditions.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Glades County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Glades County, including Port LaBelle, Buckhead Ridge, Moore Haven. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Glades County by land and water
The Census records 180.4 square miles of water within Glades County, or 18.3% of its total area. That share is close to Glades County’s 18.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Glades County has 757.6 times the land area of nearby Moore Haven city (1.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Charlotte County, Hendry County, Highlands County, Lee County, Martin County, Okeechobee County, Palm Beach County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

