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Altoona Alabama Map

Explore Altoona, Alabama, 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.

Interactive Map of Altoona, Alabama

How to Use This Altoona, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Altoona, Alabama. 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 Alabama 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 Altoona.

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	Altoona
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Etowah County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.040014
Longitude	-86.305179
Population	948
Density	81.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35952
Area Code	334, 205
County Seat	Gadsden
School District	Etowah County School District

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About Altoona, Alabama

Altoona is a locality in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 948. The population density is 81.7 people per km². Altoona is located at 34.0400°N, 86.3052°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Altoona is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35952.

Altoona occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth shifts from the sharp rise of Straight Mountain to the deep, shadowed creases of the landscape. It lies 15.1 miles southwest of Boaz, AL (from Boaz, AL: bearing 217°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east-northeast of Oneonta. Sunlight here filters through the canopy in long, amber needles, illuminating the red-clay soil that clings to the boots of those who work the fields. Only a mile away, Van Zandt Hollow cradles the morning mist, holding the cool, damp air long after the sun has climbed above the timberline. The proximity of Samuels Chapel Creek, flowing just two miles distant, provides a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the stillness of the afternoon. Two miles in the opposite direction, the surface of Hanna Pond remains a polished mirror, reflecting the heavy, humid sky and the shifting greens of the surrounding hardwoods.

Altoona retains the steady, deliberate character of a place built on the cycles of the harvest and the patient labor of the soil. The economy remains rooted in the land, where the rhythms of local agriculture dictate the pace of the seasons, favoring the slow growth of crops over the frantic noise of industry. History here is quiet, etched not in monuments but in the sturdy architecture of farmhouse porches and the persistence of families who have worked these acres for generations. Life in Altoona turns on the small, essential details: the way the light catches the dust on a back road at dusk, or the collective pause taken when the evening heat finally begins to break. It is a place where the passage of time is measured by the changing color of the leaves and the quiet endurance of the people tending to their own small corners of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 001° N
Bailey School (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 275° W
Chandler Mountain Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 163° S
Antioch Cemetary (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 220° SW
Battle Royal (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 280° W
OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 236° SW
Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 038° NE
Noccalula Falls Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.9 mi, 090° E
Fat Man's Squeeze (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 090° E
Noccalula Falls Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 16.2 mi, 090° E
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 019° N
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 016° N
Mountain Air Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 023° NE
Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 257° W
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 016° N
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 285° W
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 21.9 mi, 273° W
Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 136° SE
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 26.1 mi, 261° W
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 29.0 mi, 059° NE
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 288° W
Buck's Pocket State Park (State Park) — 32.3 mi, 025° NE
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 35.8 mi, 112° E · 395k acres
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.0 mi, 123° SE · 18k acres
Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 39.0 mi, 063° NE · 11k acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 39.6 mi, 017° N · 16k acres
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.8 mi, 110° E · 8,947 acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.2 mi, 326° NW · 35k acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 46.7 mi, 272° W · 182k acres
Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.0 mi, 147° SE · 7,400 acres

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