Everglades Topo is a high-detail elevation map for exploring the South Florida outdoors. It turns dense public terrain measurements into smart colors over satellite imagery, so subtle rises, ridges, hammocks, tree islands, banks, levees, and dry edges are easier to understand before you head out.
The Everglades can look flat from the road or from a normal satellite map. But in the field, a one- or two-foot rise can matter. Everglades Topo is built from extremely high-resolution elevation data — in high-detail areas, measurements are spaced about every 3 feet — then processed into optimized phone-ready map layers.
Instead of making you wrestle with complicated mapping software, the app translates that data into a simple color map:
Cool colors show lower ground in the area you are viewing.
Warm colors show ground that rises above what is around it.
Crisp, seam-free height overlays stay sharp at every zoom — color appears only where ground truly rises.
Zoom in and each tree island is outlined with its highest point labeled in feet — tap it to see how far it rises above the nearby low ground, plus island size and any secondary peaks.
Nearly 58,000 app-identified high spot pins (an optional layer) point out likely natural high ground such as tree islands and hammocks — each pin placed on the exact rise the map shows.
Simple controls let you fade between satellite imagery and height colors, show smaller or larger rises, and choose more possible pins or only the strongest matches.
Coverage spans Big Cypress and the central Everglades through Shark River Slough, plus the southern park toward Flamingo (West Lake and Snake Bight country), the Southern Glades, the eastern conservation-area marshes, and Picayune Strand near Naples.
Use it when planning a hike, paddle, fishing or hunting trip, airboat run, photography outing, or any backcountry exploration where understanding the land matters.
Everglades Topo is high-detail, not survey-grade. Elevation data can contain errors, gaps, vegetation effects, water-level changes, or outdated measurements. Use it to scout and understand terrain, then verify conditions in the field.
What it does
Shows high-detail elevation over satellite imagery in plain, readable colors.
Uses dense 3-foot elevation measurements in high-detail areas to reveal subtle one- and two-foot rises.
Auto-adjusts the color scale as you move and zoom so tiny height changes are easier to see.
Marks app-identified likely natural high spots such as tree islands and hammocks.
Tries to filter out obvious roads, canal banks, and levees so pins focus on places worth scouting.
Lets you fade between the satellite photo and height colors with Elevation color strength.
Lets you tune Rise above nearby ground and Natural high-ground match without raw GIS jargon.
Bundles optimized elevation overlays in the app; satellite/base map tiles may still require network access from the map provider.
Uses your location, when allowed, to show where you are on the map.
Privacy-first, made for exploring
Everglades Topo does not require an account. It does not include ads, analytics, tracking SDKs, social features, or in-app purchases. The elevation overlays bundled with the app are generated ahead of time from public elevation data.
Your precise location is used on your device to show where you are on the map. The app does not upload your location to an ELCO server. Satellite/map tiles may be loaded by the device map provider under that provider's terms.
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