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Coaling Alabama Map

Explore Coaling, 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 Coaling, Alabama

How to Use This Coaling, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.169901
Longitude	-87.349887
Population	2,035
Density	156.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35453, 35449
Area Code	256
County Seat	Tuscaloosa
School District	Tuscaloosa County School District

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About Coaling, Alabama

Coaling is a locality in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,035. The population density is 156.7 people per km². Coaling is located at 33.1699°N, 87.3499°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coaling is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35453, 35449.

Coaling occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, quiet passage of the Beatty Branch, which marks the low ground with a ribbon of damp earth and thick vegetation. It lies 13.7 miles east-southeast of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 105°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east-southeast of Holt. The air here holds the heavy, humid weight of the interior, grounding the senses in a geography of red-clay soil and dense woodland that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Mountain. Only two miles away, the surface of Lake Lulu catches the light of the late afternoon, turning a muted, metallic silver that mirrors the encroaching dusk. Residents find a familiar stillness within Coaling Community Park, where the sprawl of the land seems to pause, allowing the tall grasses to sway in the humid breeze that rises from the direction of Opossum Hollow.

History in Coaling remains tethered to the slow, deliberate transition from its industrial roots to the quiet rhythm of modern life. The local economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction that once defined the region’s early labor, leaving behind a pace that favors porches and long, shadowed evenings over the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned consistency, shaped by the legacy of those who first cleared the timber and settled along the banks of the local waterways. In the quiet hours, when the heat finally breaks, the character of Coaling reveals itself not in grand monuments, but in the way the twilight clings to the pines and the uncomplicated sound of the Beatty Branch moving steadily toward its destination.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Coaling Community Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 155° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 011° N
Mercedes Benz Logo (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 076° E
Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 077° E
Hurrican Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 299° NW
The University Of Alabama Arboretum (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 280° W
Old Lock 14 (Viewpoint) — 8.5 mi, 337° NW
Woody Clements Stadium (Stadium) — 9.1 mi, 300° NW
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 9.2 mi, 187° S · 395k acres
Huey (Bell UH-1 Iroquois) (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 279° W
USS Tuscaloosa Mast (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 279° W
Vought A-7E Corsair (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 279° W
Tuskaloosa Capitol Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 282° W
Alabama Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 285° W
Allen Bales Theatre (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 285° W
Queen City Fountain (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 284° W
Bama Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 282° W
Lorrie Lane Studio (Gallery) — 13.0 mi, 282° W
Bama Belle (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 283° W
Old Tavern (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 282° W
William R. Ireland, Sr. - Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 111° E
Virginia Shirley Studio-Gallery (Gallery) — 13.6 mi, 285° W
Bibb County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 129° SE
Kentuck Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 289° W
Reed Brake Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 15.4 mi, 189° S
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.5 mi, 114° SE · 8,383 acres
Mound D (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 236° SW
Lake Lurleen State Park (State Park) — 20.3 mi, 295° NW
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 34.2 mi, 073° E
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 57.0 mi, 001° N · 182k acres

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