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Anderson Alabama Map

Explore Anderson, 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 Anderson, Alabama

How to Use This Anderson, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.915675
Longitude	-87.274274
Population	254
Density	75.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35983, 35901, 35610
Area Code	334, 205, 256
County Seat	Centre
School District	Lauderdale County School District

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About Anderson, Alabama

Anderson is a locality in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 75.9 people per km². Anderson is located at 34.9157°N, 87.2743°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Anderson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35983, 35901, 35610.

Anderson holds the quiet gravity of a place defined by the slow, red-clay pulse of the Alabama interior, where the land stretches out in a mosaic of dense timber and cleared fields. It lies 17.2 miles south of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 183°T), and is situated 4.5 miles northwest of Centre. The terrain here favors a steady, terrestrial rhythm, defined by the proximity of the Coosa River, which carves a deliberate path through the landscape just a mile away, and the distant, muted silhouette of Drake Hill rising against the horizon. Sunlight catches the dust in the air during the late afternoon, turning the sky a bruised violet as the humidity settles over the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands, a tract of protected earth where the water table dictates the growth of bottomland hardwoods.

Anderson carries the weight of a settlement forged in the intersection of agrarian labor and the persistent, unhurried expansion of inland commerce. The local economy draws its character from the cycles of the harvest and the small-scale grit of those who work the soil, keeping the pace of daily existence tethered to the seasons rather than the clock. While the vast expanse of Weiss Lake remains a silent reference point in the regional consciousness, the life of the inhabitants stays focused on the immediate textures of the red earth and the wood-smoke mornings that define the changing year. Memories of the past linger in the architecture of the older storefronts and the quietude of the roads leading toward Big Hollow, ensuring that the identity of Anderson remains rooted in its own specific, deliberate geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blowing Springs Cave Tract (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 206° SW
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 208° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 166° S
Wheeler Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.3 mi, 217° SW
Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 091° E
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 161° S · 2,094 acres
Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed) (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 194° S
Helicopter (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 113° SE
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 113° SE
Limestone County Confederate Soldiers Memorial (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 114° SE
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 114° SE
Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 19.0 mi, 114° SE
Shoal Creek Preserve Tract (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 270° W
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 114° SE
Civil War Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 078° E
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 138° SE · 4,011 acres
Lillian C. Deibert (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 256° W
Staturn 1B Rocket (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 083° E
David Crockett (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 349° N
STAAR theater (Theatre) — 24.0 mi, 035° NE
Shoals Community Theatre (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 251° W
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 140° SE · 35k acres
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 30.1 mi, 182° S
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 248° W · 2,106 acres
Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.8 mi, 115° SE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 33.2 mi, 187° S · 182k acres
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.9 mi, 121° SE
BE-4 Engine (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 111° E
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 36.4 mi, 186° S · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.2 mi, 193° S · 26k acres

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