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Cordova Alabama Map

Explore Cordova, 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 Cordova, Alabama

How to Use This Cordova, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.761788
Longitude	-87.199416
Population	1,728
Density	114.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35550
Area Code	205
County Seat	Jasper
School District	Walker County School District

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About Cordova, Alabama

Cordova is a locality in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,728. The population density is 114.4 people per km². Cordova is located at 33.7618°N, 87.1994°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cordova is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35550.

Cordova holds a quiet stillness within the red-clay geography of the inland South, defined by the persistent, winding path of Cane Creek. It lies 7.3 miles southeast of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 132°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-northwest of Dora. Reservoir Hill rises a solitary mile away, casting a long, afternoon shadow over the low-lying terrain that stretches toward the distant, hidden depths of Kershaw Hollow. The air here holds a heavy, humid weight that seems to slow the passage of time, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in a bruised, amber glow, turning the dust of the back roads into a fine, shimmering gold. Far from the reach of any coastline, the landscape remains anchored in the dense, silent character of the interior, where the horizon is defined not by water, but by the jagged silhouettes of hardwoods against a wide and indifferent sky.

Cordova keeps a memory of industry etched into its older structures, having weathered the shifting tides of the regional economy that once relied heavily on the output of its mills and the steady labor of its people. The nearby Minkin Fossil Site offers a different sort of record, a silent archive of the ancient life that once flourished in this basin long before the modern grid took hold. Daily life in Cordova moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, where the proximity of places like Williams Lake provides a modest relief from the summer heat. In the quiet hours, one can feel the weight of a history that has seen both prosperity and the slow, steady reclamation of nature, leaving the residents to cultivate their own resilience amidst the scattered remnants of a bygone industrial era.

Nearby Outdoor Places

April 27, 2011 Tornado memeorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 104° E
Walker County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 328° NW
Minkin Fossil Site (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 030° NE
James A. Cox Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 317° NW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 185° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 092° E
Mulberry Fork Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 192° S
Wolf Creek Community Hunting Area (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 276° W
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 344° N · 182k acres
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 20.4 mi, 173° S
Oak Grove Baseball Stadium (Stadium) — 20.5 mi, 173° S
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 068° E
Blount Springs (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 063° NE
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 126° SE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 126° SE
Steelworker (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 126° SE
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 128° SE
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 28.3 mi, 127° SE
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 127° SE
Magic City Sign (Public Artwork) — 28.6 mi, 127° SE
Ishkooda Overlook (Viewpoint) — 28.6 mi, 139° SE
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 29.0 mi, 129° SE
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 29.5 mi, 060° NE
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 30.6 mi, 137° SE
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.7 mi, 345° N · 10k acres
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 131° SE
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 131° SE
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 32.4 mi, 119° SE
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.9 mi, 342° N · 26k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 51.0 mi, 190° S · 395k acres

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