Explore Brookside, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brookside, 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 Brookside.
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 | Brookside |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Tuscaloosa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.634617 |
| Longitude | -86.906314 |
| Population | 1,253 |
| Density | 76.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 35594, 35473, 35036, 35214 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| County Seat | Tuscaloosa |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
Brookside emerges from the dense, humid foliage of the Alabama interior, defined by the persistent, dark passage of Twomile Creek as it carves through the red clay earth. It lies 1.2 miles northeast of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 45°T), and is situated 2.2 miles north of Tuscaloosa. The landscape here is a quiet confluence of deep-rooted woodland and low-lying shadows, where the air holds the weight of longleaf pine and the damp, fertile scent of Holman Bottom. A mile away, the stillness of Indian Lake acts as a mirror to the heavy, golden light of late afternoon, catching the transition from the heat of the day to the cooling, insect-filled dusk. Beyond the immediate tree line, the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge breaks the horizon, a reminder of the higher ground that anchors this inland stretch of the world.
Brookside carries the quiet echoes of an industrial past, where the labor of coal mining once dictated the rhythm of the streets and the collective heartbeat of the inhabitants. While the machinery of extraction has long since receded, the legacy of that era remains etched into the character of the neighborhood, favoring a slow, deliberate pace that resists the frantic pace of modern expansion. Residents often gather at Civitan Park, a modest space that serves as the local anchor for community life, reflecting a resilience born of generations who worked the land and its subterranean seams. The economy has shifted, yet the essential spirit of the place remains tethered to its history, moving with the steady, unpretentious gravity of a community that knows exactly where it stands in the wider map of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brookside, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.634617, -86.906314. 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 Brookside includes the ZIP code (35594, 35473, 35036), telephone area code (256, 205), county seat of Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa), and school district assignment (Jefferson 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |