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Welcome to Ocheesee Landing ...

Ocheesee Landing is located in Calhoun County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Ocheesee Landing: Ocheesee Lndg. (or less commonly used: Ocheesee Lndng.)

Ocheesee Landing is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ocheesee Landing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Ocheesee Landing is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Ocheesee Landing: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Ocheesee Landing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ocheesee Landing.

  • Recovery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
  • Chattahoochee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blountstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Butlers Ferry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
  • Sneads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Gretna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bristol
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Grand Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Greensboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Altha
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ocheesee Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ocheesee Landing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ocheesee Landing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ocheesee Landing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ocheesee Landing. See our Newspapers Page for Ocheesee Landing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocheesee Landing ...

Looking for more information about Ocheesee Landing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ocheesee Landing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ocheesee Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ocheesee Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Ocheesee Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Ocheesee Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.