Enter your search query in the box below.

Detroit Alabama Map

Explore Detroit, 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 Detroit, Alabama

How to Use This Detroit, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.028161
Longitude	-88.170037
Population	230
Density	67.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35552
Area Code	205
County Seat	Vernon
School District	Lamar County School District

🌦 Goto Detroit Weather Page: Detroit, Alabama — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Detroit, Alabama

Detroit is a locality in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 230. The population density is 67.0 people per km². Detroit is located at 34.0282°N, 88.1700°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Detroit is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35552.

Detroit emerges from the dense, humid embrace of the Alabama landscape, defined by the quiet persistence of the Reedy Branch as it carves a path through the low-lying woodland. It lies 41.6 miles southwest of Russellville, AL (from Russellville, AL: bearing 217°T), and is situated 13.0 miles southwest of Hamilton. Beyond the immediate shade of bottomland hardwoods, the terrain stretches into a series of soft, clay-rich undulations that hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. Seven miles away, the waters of Stuckey Lake offer a still, reflective reprieve from the persistent greenery, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Hoggle Ridge marks the horizon like a faint, jagged sketch against the pale sky. The air here carries the heavy, sweet scent of damp earth and pine needles, a sensory reminder that Detroit is firmly anchored in the deep, inland heart of the state.

Economic life in Detroit has long been tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the soil and the quiet industry of the surrounding timberlands, mirroring the measured pace of the seasons. Local laborers and families have historically shaped their days around the cultivation of the land, finding a steady, if modest, prosperity in the harvest of longleaf pine and the quiet yields of regional agriculture. Residents often look toward the nearby Sam R. Murphy Wildlife Management Area to find the wilder, untamed side of their home, where the forest remains undisturbed by the modern reach of commerce. There is a profound, unadorned dignity in the way the local community maintains its existence, a life lived in accordance with the slow, deliberate turning of the year and the enduring influence of the red-clay roads that connect one homestead to the next.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sam R. Murphy Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 092° E
Jackson's Military Road (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 072° E
Marion County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 083° E
Indian Mound (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 065° NE
Toll Gate Historic Marker (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 061° NE
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway at Glover Wilkins (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 289° W
Canal Section Wma (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 302° NW
Lamar County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 193° S
Amory Regional Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 259° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 20.9 mi, 155° SE
Private (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 268° W
Jamie L. Whitten Historical Center (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 322° NW
Tombigbee State Park (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 299° NW
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 31.3 mi, 083° E · 182k acres
Winston County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 082° E
Pharr Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 33.4 mi, 335° NW
F-105 Thunderchief (Attraction) — 33.4 mi, 300° NW
Old Town Overlook (Viewpoint) — 37.0 mi, 301° NW
Natchez Trace Visitors Center (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 304° NW
Oren Dunn City Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 294° NW
Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 38.5 mi, 272° W · 67k acres
Tupelo Buffalo Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 38.8 mi, 298° NW
Columbus Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 39.7 mi, 202° S
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.7 mi, 062° NE · 26k acres
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 42.7 mi, 063° NE · 10k acres
Thomas State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 43.9 mi, 015° N
Old Car (Attraction) — 47.3 mi, 068° E
Chickasaw County Coliseum (Stadium) — 47.7 mi, 258° W
Bonner Arnold Coliseum (Stadium) — 49.6 mi, 333° NW
Rafael Palmeiro Statue (Public Artwork) — 53.1 mi, 223° SW

Latest News: Detroit

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News