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Colony Alabama Map

Explore Colony, 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 Colony, Alabama

How to Use This Colony, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.941393
Longitude	-86.902001
Population	264
Density	47.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35096, 35077
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Talladega
School District	Cullman County School District

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About Colony, Alabama

Colony is a locality in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 264. The population density is 47.1 people per km². Colony is located at 33.9414°N, 86.9020°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colony is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35096, 35077.

Colony occupies a landscape defined by the quiet tenacity of red-clay earth and the dense, vertical reaches of longleaf pine that seem to hold the humid air in a perpetual, verdant suspension. It lies 5.2 miles east-southeast of Pell City, AL (from Pell City, AL: bearing 106°T), and is situated 5.7 miles southwest of Lincoln. The terrain here is shaped by a slow, rhythmic transition from flat bottomland to the subtle rise of the inland horizon, where the distant silhouette of Gum Springs Mountain provides a jagged, charcoal-gray boundary against the sky. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the fine, terracotta-colored dust that settles upon the back roads after a summer rain. Nearby, the water of the Coosa River moves with a deliberate, muscular grace, carving its path through the soil, while the stillness of Logan Martin Lake reflects the heavy, shifting clouds of the afternoon. The presence of State-owned Submerged Lands adds a protected, wild silence to the immediate vicinity, where the flora remains undisturbed by the encroaching pace of the modern world.

Colony emerged from the determined spirit of families who sought to carve a persistent, independent future out of the Alabama soil, creating a legacy that remains deeply rooted in the local character. Historically, the economy relied upon the rhythm of the seasons and the yield of the land, with the surrounding fields once marked by the cultivation of peaches and pecans that thrive in the heat. Today, the pace of life in Colony maintains a deliberate, unforced quality, where the echoes of civil-rights memory inform the quiet strength of the neighborhood. The local identity is not constructed from grand, towering monuments but from the persistent, daily labor of its people and their connection to the history of the region. As evening approaches, the shadows lengthen across the fields and the air cools, leaving the land in a state of quiet reflection that feels as constant and enduring as the river itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 121° SE
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 147° SE
Blount Springs (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 096° E
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 073° E
Unknown Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 149° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 006° N
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 14.3 mi, 294° NW · 182k acres
Saint Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 057° NE
Bent, not Broken (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 013° N
Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 081° E
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 012° N
Colonel Cullman (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 011° N
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 008° N
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 17.9 mi, 046° NE
Clarkson Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 345° N
Turkey Creek Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 146° SE
Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 347° N
Walker County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 245° SW
OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 089° E
ACTA Theater (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 142° SE
Trussville Childrens Theater (Theatre) — 27.7 mi, 147° SE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 170° S
Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 29.3 mi, 170° S
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 169° S
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 170° S
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.5 mi, 305° NW · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.2 mi, 315° NW · 26k acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.9 mi, 356° N · 35k acres
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 40.0 mi, 162° S
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 58.5 mi, 126° SE · 395k acres

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