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Cottonwood Alabama Map

Explore Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood, Alabama

How to Use This Cottonwood, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.054033
Longitude	-85.29956
Population	1,048
Density	70.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35613, 36320
Area Code	256, 334
County Seat	Athens
School District	Houston County School District

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About Cottonwood, Alabama

Cottonwood is a locality in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,048. The population density is 70.0 people per km². Cottonwood is located at 31.0540°N, 85.2996°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cottonwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35613, 36320.

Cottonwood emerges from the flat, heavy heat of the deep interior, where the horizon stretches wide across fields of dense, dark soil. It lies 2.8 miles east-southeast of Athens, AL (from Athens, AL: bearing 115°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west of Huntsville. The landscape maintains a quiet, deliberate stillness, defined by the slow migration of water through the Interior Low Plateau and the persistent, humid breath of the woods. Near the town, Montgomery Lake holds the sky in its glass-still surface, reflecting the tall, skeletal reach of longleaf pines that stand against the afternoon haze. A mile away, the narrow, winding course of Piney Creek carves through the earth, its banks thick with the tangled, verdant growth of bottomland hardwoods that thrive in the moisture of the low-lying basin. To the distant north, the faint, hazy silhouette of Gray Ridge marks the limit of the plains, a subtle reminder of the geological theater that shapes the surrounding expanse.

Cottonwood preserves the quiet, enduring character of a place built on the cycles of the harvest and the patient labor of the soil. The economy remains tethered to the land, echoing the rhythms of agriculture that have defined the region for generations, while the proximity of Athens-Limestone Park offers a protected sanctuary for the local flora and fauna. Days in Cottonwood move with a gravity all their own, marked by the shifting quality of light that turns the red clay roads into ribbons of rust during the golden hour. History here is not a monolith but a persistent presence, felt in the way the summer air clings to the skin and the way the shadows lengthen across the fields at dusk. Life follows a steady, unadorned course, grounded in the simple, necessary work of a landscape that provides for its own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oktahatko (Historic Ruins) — 8.6 mi, 167° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 215° SW
Saint Paul High School (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 215° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 301° NW
Schnitzer Pig (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 343° N
Bell UH-1H Huey (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 336° NW
World's Smallest City Block (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 336° NW
Dothan Trail Park (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 323° NW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 14.1 mi, 057° NE
George W. Andrews Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 057° NE
Florida Caverns State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 168° S
Caverns Visitors Center (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 165° S
Indian Village (Historic Ruins) — 17.4 mi, 165° S
Sugar Mill (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 165° S
Seminole Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 18.1 mi, 106° E
Chipola River Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 164° S
Omussee Creek Mound (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 036° NE
Old Cabin Jail Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 034° NE
Jackson County Blue Springs and Merritts Mill Pond (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 153° SE
Lake Seminole Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 111° E
Swamp Gravy - Georgia's Official Folk-Life Theater (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 076° E
Kolomoki Mounds (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 036° NE
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 35.8 mi, 191° S · 576k acres
Torreya State Park (State Park) — 37.2 mi, 140° SE
Southern Broadway (Theatre) — 37.4 mi, 299° NW
Weeping Seep (Viewpoint) — 39.6 mi, 148° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.9 mi, 058° NE · 1,786 acres
Uniquely Clever LLC (Arts Centre) — 53.4 mi, 245° SW
E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center (Nature Reserve) — 60.0 mi, 229° SW
PC Cinemas (Cinema) — 63.3 mi, 199° S

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