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Boykin Alabama Map

Explore Boykin, 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 Boykin, Alabama

How to Use This Boykin, Alabama Map

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

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.

CityBoykin
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyWilcox County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude32.068375
Longitude-87.294343
Population208
Density28.7 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes36474, 36426, 36723
Area Code251, 334
County SeatCamden
School DistrictWilcox County School District

About Boykin, Alabama

Boykin is a locality in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 208. The population density is 28.7 people per km². Boykin is located at 32.0684°N, 87.2943°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36474, 36426, 36723.

Boykin occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama where the horizon is defined by the steady, measured reach of longleaf pine and the dense, shadowed silhouettes of bottomland hardwood. It lies 27.4 miles southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 214°T), and is situated 34.4 miles south-southwest of Valley Grande. The air here holds a heavy, persistent humidity that seems to slow the progression of the afternoon, softening the edges of the red-clay back roads as they wind through the landscape. To the north, the faint, hazy outlines of the Grumpton Hills interrupt the flat, timbered skyline, providing a distant anchor for a terrain that otherwise favors the subtle, low-slung grace of the prairie. Moisture clings to the Spanish moss that drapes from the oaks, turning the light at dusk into a muted, bruised lavender that settles over the fields like a physical weight.

Boykin maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the earth, its economy long rooted in the quiet labor of agriculture and the seasonal harvest of pecans. The legacy of the land is layered with a profound sense of history, a weight felt in the stillness of the fields and the endurance of those who work them. A short distance away, the quiet grounds of Roland Cooper State Park offer a place for the landscape to breathe, acting as a buffer between the encroaching woods and the scattered, enduring homesteads. Daily life in Boykin moves with an understated persistence, marked by the sound of tires on gravel and the occasional, distant call of a bird echoing across a nearby stream, suggesting a world that prefers its stories kept close to the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Millers Ferry Lock Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 273° W
  • William Dannelly Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 273° W
  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 195° S
  • Roland Cooper State Park (State Park) — 2.7 mi, 114° SE
  • Confederate Monument (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 180° S
  • Old Cahawba Prairie Tract (State Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 026° NE
  • Red Hills Complex (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 187° S
  • Dallas County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 056° NE
  • Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 033° NE
  • Craig Field WW2 Memorial (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 042° NE
  • Bloch Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 033° NE
  • Civil Rights Memorial Mural (Public Artwork) — 28.2 mi, 035° NE
  • Selma Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 28.4 mi, 034° NE
  • Sturdivant Hall (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 033° NE
  • Eastside-Pickard Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.6 mi, 034° NE
  • Tabernacle Baptist Church Guided Tours (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 033° NE
  • Chickasaw State Park (State Park) — 34.5 mi, 304° NW
  • Lowndes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.1 mi, 058° NE
  • Clarke County Museum (Museum) — 37.6 mi, 229° SW
  • Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 38.9 mi, 021° N · 395k acres
  • Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 132° SE
  • Warhouse Performing Arts Center (Cinema) — 44.3 mi, 315° NW
  • Warhouse Drive-In (Cinema) — 45.0 mi, 313° NW
  • Engle Gallery (Gallery) — 47.3 mi, 338° N
  • Dal Hotel (Attraction) — 49.9 mi, 172° S
  • Alabama Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 53.5 mi, 079° E
  • P'Zazz Art Studio (Gallery) — 55.0 mi, 060° NE
  • Prattaugan Museum (Museum) — 55.1 mi, 060° NE
  • Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.1 mi, 010° N · 8,383 acres
  • Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 69.6 mi, 154° SE · 85k acres

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About This Boykin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boykin, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.068375, -87.294343. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Boykin includes the ZIP code (36474, 36426, 36723), telephone area code (251, 334), county seat of Wilcox County (Camden), and school district assignment (Wilcox County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.