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Courtland Alabama Map

Explore Courtland, 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 Courtland, Alabama

How to Use This Courtland, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.669946
Longitude	-87.327892
Population	583
Density	76.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35618
Area Code	256
County Seat	Moulton
School District	Lawrence County School District

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About Courtland, Alabama

Courtland is a locality in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 583. The population density is 76.3 people per km². Courtland is located at 34.6699°N, 87.3279°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Courtland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35618.

Courtland anchors itself upon the flat, fertile expanse of the Tennessee Valley, where the Schoolhouse Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the local terrain. It lies 19.0 miles west-northwest of Decatur, AL (from Decatur, AL: bearing 283°T), and is situated 13.0 miles north of Moulton. The horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of Peanut Ridge, rising five miles away to break the monotony of the fields. To the west, the earth drops into the hidden, shadowed contours of Devils Den, while the still, reflective surface of Prairie Lake lies just a mile from the center of town. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust of red-clay roads and illuminating the dense pockets of hardwood that resist the relentless clearing of the plow.

Courtland emerged from the ambition of early nineteenth-century planters who recognized the potential of the dark, productive soil, establishing an economy long anchored in the cycles of the harvest. While the rhythm of modern life has shifted, the legacy of that agricultural foundation remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture that defines the streetscape. Residents maintain a quiet vigilance over their history, aware of the deeper narratives that have shaped their social landscape over the generations. Those seeking the raw evidence of the region’s geology often venture out toward the State-owned Submerged Lands or hike the eight-mile distance to stand before the sudden, rushing energy of The Fall Off.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed) (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 263° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 021° N
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 083° E · 2,094 acres
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 002° N
Nance Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 337° NW
Veteran's Park Memorial Display (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 129° SE
Coca Cola Historic Mural (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 171° S
Star Theater Historic Monument (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 171° S
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 171° S
HA Alexander park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 173° S
Blowing Springs Cave Tract (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 006° N
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 16.0 mi, 183° S · 182k acres
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 085° E · 4,011 acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 151° SE
Lest We Forget (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 101° E
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.3 mi, 181° S · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.0 mi, 195° S · 26k acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 100° E · 35k acres
Waumanona Mound (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 293° NW
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 22.3 mi, 066° NE
Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 066° NE
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 065° NE
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 066° NE
Bee Branch Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 23.2 mi, 196° S
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.7 mi, 282° W · 2,106 acres
Old Car (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 189° S
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 27.3 mi, 124° SE
Historic Downtown Hartselle (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 125° SE
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 28.1 mi, 126° SE
Freedom Hills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 270° W

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