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Broomtown Alabama Map

Explore Broomtown, 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 Broomtown, Alabama

How to Use This Broomtown, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.365728
Longitude	-85.532112
Population	160
Density	13.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	35973
Area Code	334, 205
County Seat	Centre
School District	Cherokee County School District

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About Broomtown, Alabama

Broomtown is a locality in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 13.2 people per km². Broomtown is located at 34.3657°N, 85.5321°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35973.

Broomtown occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, winding presence of Culstigh Creek as it cuts through the red-clay earth. It lies 12.7 miles east-southeast of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 117°T), and is situated 12.9 miles southwest of Summerville. The landscape here rises into the rugged, shadowed silhouettes of Back Valley Ridge, looming two miles away as a constant, stoic guardian of the horizon. In the late afternoon, the light softens into a deep, bruised gold, catching the dust stirred up by tires on unpaved roads and illuminating the dense thickets of longleaf pine that define the local timber. Only five miles distant, the wilderness of Little River Canyon National Preserve offers a stark contrast to the human-scaled fields, where the air holds a heavy, humid weight and the soil clings to everything it touches.

Broomtown emerged from the necessity of inland agriculture, maintaining a pace dictated by the seasonal cycles of the harvest and the slow, deliberate movement of the local economy. While the proximity of Bakers Pond six miles away provides a modest relief from the summer heat, the true character of the place is found in its isolation from the faster currents of the world. Life here remains tethered to the land, an inheritance passed through generations who have long watched the water flow toward Little River Falls, where the earth drops away in a sudden, thunderous descent. The people of Broomtown carry the quiet gravity of a history shaped by the surrounding slopes of Back Valley, holding to a rhythm that values the permanence of the ridge over the fleeting noise of modern progress.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 317° NW · 11k acres
Little River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 278° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 321° NW
Little River Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 289° W
Mushroom Rock (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 276° W
DeSoto State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 335° NW
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 9.7 mi, 076° E · 752k acres
Rocky Mountain Recreation & Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 100° E
James H. "Sloppy" Floyd State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 064° NE
Fort Payne Cinema (Cinema) — 11.8 mi, 308° NW
Old Rock Schoolhouses (Historic Ruins) — 11.9 mi, 332° NW
Fort Payne Depot and Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 297° NW
The band Alabama (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 297° NW
Fort Payne Opera House (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 297° NW
Dekalb Theatre (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 296° NW
Alabama Fan Club and Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 292° W
Berry College Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 100° E
Coosa River Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 142° SE
West Rome High Marker (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 110° E
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 20.7 mi, 248° W
Martha Berry Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 107° E
Chieftains Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 106° E
Barron Stadium (Stadium) — 21.7 mi, 110° E
Forrest Monument (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 111° E
Floyd Springs (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 079° E
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 26.8 mi, 176° S · 395k acres
John's Mountain WMA (Nature Reserve) — 28.7 mi, 065° NE
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 31.9 mi, 327° NW · 16k acres
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.0 mi, 184° S · 8,947 acres
Southern Scottsboro Depot (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 307° NW

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