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Black Alabama Map

Explore Black, 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 Black, Alabama

How to Use This Black, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.009347
Longitude	-85.744377
Population	221
Density	21.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36314
Area Code	334
County Seat	Geneva
School District	Geneva County School District

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About Black, Alabama

Black is a locality in Geneva County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 221. The population density is 21.0 people per km². Black is located at 31.0093°N, 85.7444°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Black is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36314.

Black endures as a quiet expanse of pine-studded woodland and red-clay earth that stretches toward the horizon under a heavy, humid sky. It lies 22.1 miles south-southeast of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 163°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-southeast of Geneva. The terrain is defined by a subtle, undulating topography, where the ground rises toward the silhouette of Coates Hill four miles to the north, offering a vantage point over the surrounding timber and brush. Longleaf pines dominate the landscape, their needles catching the amber light of late afternoon to cast long, spindly shadows across the dust of the back roads. The air here holds a thick, persistent warmth, carrying the scent of damp earth and resin that settles over the fields long after the sun has retreated behind the trees.

Black maintains its character through a slow, deliberate attachment to the land and the modest industries that define the local economy. Agriculture remains a quiet pulse in the region, with the surrounding acreage yielding harvests that speak to the fertility of the soil and the endurance of those who work it. History here is felt in the architecture of older structures and the way the light filters through the Spanish moss clinging to the oaks, a visual remnant of a long-settled past. Life moves with a steady, unforced cadence, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the woods and clearings that lie between here and the distant, unseen reaches of Posey Hollow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 268° W
Robert Fowler Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 279° W
Hugh Owen Memorial Stadium (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 286° W
Geneva Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 292° W
Geneva County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.5 mi, 312° NW
Bell UH-1H Huey (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 004° N
TJ Weevil (Public Artwork) — 20.8 mi, 340° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 103° E
Saint Paul High School (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 103° E
Dothan Trail Park (State Conservation Area) — 21.7 mi, 051° NE
Boll Weevil Monument (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 343° N
Southern Broadway (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 343° N
Ponce de Leon Springs State Park (State Park) — 22.6 mi, 209° SW
Falling Waters State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 147° SE
Bell UH-1C Huey (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 358° N
Bell UH-1D Huey (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 343° N
Geneva State Forest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.4 mi, 285° W
Coosada Old Town (Historic Ruins) — 27.6 mi, 200° S
Oktahatko (Historic Ruins) — 28.8 mi, 100° E
Uniquely Clever LLC (Arts Centre) — 29.5 mi, 228° SW
DeFuniak Springs (freight) (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 228° SW
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 37.1 mi, 155° SE · 576k acres
Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 40.1 mi, 283° W · 85k acres
E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center (Nature Reserve) — 41.2 mi, 207° SW
Old Cabin Jail Museum (Museum) — 42.2 mi, 062° NE
Three Notch Museum (Museum) — 48.2 mi, 295° NW
Fusion Art Glass & Fine Jewelry (Gallery) — 52.5 mi, 201° S
The Shard Shop (Arts Centre) — 52.6 mi, 209° SW
Curate 30A (Gallery) — 53.0 mi, 198° S
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 65.1 mi, 230° SW · 213k acres

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