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Carbon Hill Alabama Map

Explore Carbon Hill, 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 Carbon Hill, Alabama

How to Use This Carbon Hill, Alabama Map

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

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	Carbon Hill
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Walker County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.891774
Longitude	-87.526124
Population	1,769
Density	123.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35549
Area Code	205
County Seat	Jasper
School District	Walker County School District

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About Carbon Hill, Alabama

Carbon Hill is a locality in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,769. The population density is 123.9 people per km². Carbon Hill is located at 33.8918°N, 87.5261°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carbon Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35549.

Carbon Hill emerges from a landscape defined by deep red clay and the persistent, humid breath of the inland South, where the earth holds the heat long after the sun has retreated behind the silhouettes of distant, muted trees. It lies 14.9 miles west-northwest of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 286°T), and is situated 16.9 miles east of Winfield. The topography is a rhythmic sequence of low rises and shadowed depressions, most notably the nearby basin of Gum Suck Hollow, which catches the heavy evening mist. Water moves sluggishly through the terrain, with Lost Creek carving a narrow, persistent path through the soil only a mile from the center of town. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged suggestion of Dividing Ridge anchors the view, while the dense, tangled growth of the Fayette State Experiment Forest waits seventeen miles away, a reminder of the wilder, unyielding timber that once dominated this entire region.

Carbon Hill bears the indelible mark of its industrial origins, carved into the landscape by a legacy of extraction that defined the lives and livelihoods of its earliest inhabitants. Where deep shafts once pierced the ground to reach the coal seams, the economy has since softened into a quieter rhythm, though the memory of the mines remains etched in the stubborn resilience of the local character. Residents move through their days with a measured pace, often venturing out toward the Wolf Creek Community Hunting Area to find solitude in the quiet, wooded tracts. Even as the seasons shift the colors of the hardwoods, the community maintains a steady, internal gravity, looking toward the distant water of Verlie Barton Lake Two for respite during the long, sweltering afternoons of the Alabama summer.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wolf Creek Community Hunting Area (Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 154° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 147° SE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 9.7 mi, 040° NE · 182k acres
Winston County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 343° N
Walker County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 107° E
Fayette County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 218° SW
April 27, 2011 Tornado memeorial (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 115° SE
Mulberry Fork Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 22.1 mi, 158° S
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.0 mi, 026° NE · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.1 mi, 008° N · 26k acres
Old Car (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 015° N
Bee Branch Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 29.5 mi, 008° N
Jackson's Military Road (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 295° NW
Indian Mound (Historic Ruins) — 29.8 mi, 299° NW
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 36.1 mi, 144° SE
Oak Grove Softball Field (Stadium) — 36.2 mi, 144° SE
Clarkson Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 054° NE
Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 054° NE
HA Alexander park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 42.5 mi, 018° N
Old Lock 14 (Viewpoint) — 42.7 mi, 171° S
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 42.8 mi, 018° N
Coca Cola Historic Mural (Public Artwork) — 42.9 mi, 018° N
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 43.2 mi, 027° NE
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 43.4 mi, 061° NE
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 063° NE
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 44.6 mi, 082° E
Kentuck Museum (Museum) — 45.1 mi, 185° S
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.4 mi, 038° NE · 35k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 59.0 mi, 175° S · 395k acres
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.6 mi, 154° SE · 8,383 acres

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