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Cherokee Ridge Alabama Map

Explore Cherokee Ridge, 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 Cherokee Ridge, Alabama

How to Use This Cherokee Ridge, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.4222
Longitude	-86.5624
Population	577
Density	120.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	35175
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Guntersville
School District	Marshall County School District

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About Cherokee Ridge, Alabama

Cherokee Ridge is a locality in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 577. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Cherokee Ridge is located at 34.4222°N, 86.5624°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35175.

Cherokee Ridge occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Lynn Creek, which carves a quiet path through the dense, verdant woodlands of northern Alabama. It lies 21.3 miles east of Hartselle, AL (from Hartselle, AL: bearing 94°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-northwest of Arab. The topography here is marked by the distinct prominence of Pritchett Mountain, a silent sentinel rising just a mile away, while the earth itself displays the heavy, iron-rich red clay typical of the region. Nearby, the expansive surface of Wheeler Lake tempers the humid air, reflecting the wide, shifting skies that transition from brilliant azure to a bruised violet as evening settles over the timberline. Below the elevation of the ridge, the terrain dips sharply into the shadowed basin of Boston Hollow, where the dense canopy of bottomland hardwood creates a cool, muffled sanctuary from the midday heat.

Cherokee Ridge maintains a character shaped by the steady, labor-intensive rhythms of a region historically tied to the land and the slow expansion of inland commerce. The local economy remains tethered to the natural resources of the surrounding forest and the agricultural heritage that defines the broader Tennessee River valley, favoring a pace of life that values the seasonal transition of peach and pecan crops over the frantic speed of urban centers. Residents often look toward the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands for recreation, finding in those protected reaches a continuity of the wilder, undisturbed Alabama landscape. Whether observing the way sunlight catches the dust on a back road or listening to the low, rhythmic hum of insects in the brush, one recognizes that Cherokee Ridge exists as a deliberate, unadorned space where the weight of history is felt more in the soil than in the records of men.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 022° N
Thompson Eidson Park (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 156° SE
Arab City Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 148° SE
Huntsville Speedway (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 009° N
Baileyton Good Time DragStrip (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 192° S
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 314° NW · 35k acres
Honeycomb Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 079° E
Triana Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 319° NW
Certain Recreation Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 009° N
ART Custom Framing (Public Artwork) — 16.9 mi, 014° N
Bethel Spring Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 041° NE
Dane Estes Memorial (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 190° S
Helicopter (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 339° N
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 18.5 mi, 100° E
Ricky's Rocket (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 357° N
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.0 mi, 328° NW
Cycleway (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 066° NE
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 007° N
The Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 354° N
Queen Kel The Creator (Arts Centre) — 20.4 mi, 354° N
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 20.9 mi, 272° W
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 275° W
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 118° SE
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 197° S
Lynx Gallery (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 353° N
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 040° NE · 406 acres
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 26.6 mi, 303° NW · 4,011 acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 27.3 mi, 056° NE · 16k acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 32.1 mi, 258° W · 182k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.3 mi, 261° W · 26k acres

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