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Cardiff Alabama Map

Explore Cardiff, 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 Cardiff, Alabama

How to Use This Cardiff, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.64566
Longitude	-86.933606
Population	52
Density	96.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35073
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Birmingham
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Cardiff, Alabama

Cardiff is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 52. The population density is 96.1 people per km². Cardiff is located at 33.6457°N, 86.9336°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cardiff is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35073.

Cardiff anchors itself to the quiet persistence of Fivemile Creek, which carves a deliberate path through the red-clay earth of the Alabama landscape. It lies 7.0 miles west of Gardendale, AL (from Gardendale, AL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-northwest of Forestdale. The topography around Cardiff reveals a rugged anatomy, defined by the proximity of Crocker Mountain rising to the north and the deep, shaded depressions of Sleepy Hollow lying a mile to the west. Broad-leafed hardwoods and dense patches of pine dominate the horizon, their silhouettes thickening as they approach the border of the United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest. When the sun dips low, the light catches the iron-rich soil, turning the ground to a bruised, resonant copper that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the shadows have lengthened across the open grass of John Bensko Park.

Economic life in Cardiff remains tethered to the slow, steady pulse of an industrial heritage that shaped the region’s development over generations. The presence of nearby Bayview Lake offers a quiet counterpoint to the more industrious character of the surrounding terrain, providing a reservoir of stillness in a landscape defined by the labor of extraction and transport. Residents of Cardiff navigate a world where the legacy of coal and iron still informs the rhythm of the streets, yet the local character is increasingly defined by the simple, enduring connections of those who maintain the homes and schools here. Life moves in alignment with the changing seasons of the inland woods, where the air grows heavy with the humidity of the deep South, and the daily work of the community continues with a grounded, unpretentious resolve.

Nearby Outdoor Places

John Bensko Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 134° SE
Greenway Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 128° SE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 236° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 343° N
Mount Olive Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 048° NE
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 140° SE
Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 10.9 mi, 140° SE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 139° SE
Steelworker (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 140° SE
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 140° SE
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 141° SE
Heaviest Corner on Earth (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 141° SE
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 144° SE
Magic City Sign (Public Artwork) — 11.9 mi, 141° SE
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 145° SE
Blazer Circle (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 143° SE
The Storyteller (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 142° SE
Turkey Creek Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 076° E
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 146° SE
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.0 mi, 147° SE
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 15.1 mi, 120° SE
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 158° S
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 014° N
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 17.7 mi, 226° SW
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.6 mi, 185° S · 48 acres
Trussville Entertainment District (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 096° E
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 152° SE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 28.6 mi, 337° NW · 182k acres
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.1 mi, 191° S · 8,383 acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 47.9 mi, 204° SW · 395k acres

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