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Banks Alabama Map

Explore Banks, 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 Banks, Alabama

How to Use This Banks, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.813264
Longitude	-85.836434
Population	156
Density	30.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35188, 36005
Area Code	205, 256, 334, 251
County Seat	Centreville
School District	Pike County School District

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About Banks, Alabama

Banks is a locality in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 30.3 people per km². Banks is located at 31.8133°N, 85.8364°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Banks is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35188, 36005.

Banks emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet gathering of structures defined by the slow, humid breath of the inland plains. It lies 17.0 miles southwest of McCalla, AL (from McCalla, AL: bearing 217°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southwest of Lake View. Banks Creek carves a low, persistent path through the surrounding woodland, its waters reflecting the heavy, golden light that settles over the canopy during the waning hours of the day. To the west, the subtle rise of Gray Hill breaks the horizon, offering a modest silhouette against the vast, cloud-streaked sky. Nearby, the stillness of Blue Pond provides a cool, shadowed refuge for the local wildlife, while the managed expanse of State-owned Submerged Lands serves as a testament to the quiet preservation of the natural landscape.

Agriculture remains the slow, steady pulse of Banks, with the surrounding fields favoring the cultivation of pecans and peaches that thrive in the rich, iron-heavy soil. The rhythm of daily life here follows the seasonal turning of the harvest, a tradition that has anchored the inhabitants to this patch of ground since the earliest period of settlement. While the bustle of larger corridors remains far to the north and south, the people of Banks maintain a life shaped by the quietude of the interior, where the shade of longleaf pines offers relief from the summer heat. The character of the land suggests a patient endurance, a place where the weight of history is felt not in grand monuments, but in the enduring texture of the soil and the persistent flow of local waterways.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pike County Pocosin Complex (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 239° SW
Franklin Drive Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 253° W
Troy Sportsplex (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 242° SW
Troy Miracle League Field & Playground (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 244° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 123° SE
Conecuh River Depot (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 275° W
Pike Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 275° W
Pike County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 245° SW
Blue Springs State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 117° SE
Barbour Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 059° NE
Civil War Statue (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 079° E
Barbour County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.8 mi, 065° NE
Bell UH-1D Huey (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 158° S
Town of Midway Confederate Monument (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 046° NE
Dale County Council of Arts and Humanities (Public Artwork) — 27.1 mi, 155° SE
Bell AH-1F Cobra (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 155° SE
HHS F-16 Fighter Jet (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 289° W
Bell UH-1C Huey (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 172° S
Southern Broadway (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 182° S
Bell UH-1H Huey (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 169° S
Bethel Church (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 39.5 mi, 230° SW
New Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 39.7 mi, 238° SW
Frank Jackson State Park (State Park) — 40.4 mi, 217° SW
Alabama Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 42.8 mi, 310° NW
Tuskegee National Forest (National Forest) — 42.9 mi, 014° N · 11k acres
Alabama Shakespeare Festival at Carolyn Blount Theatre (Theatre) — 43.1 mi, 329° NW
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 010° N
W. A. Gayle Planetarium (Museum) — 46.5 mi, 326° NW
Rosa Parks Library and Museum (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 325° NW
Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 56.2 mi, 219° SW · 85k acres

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