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East Point Alabama Map

Explore East Point, 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 East Point, Alabama

How to Use This East Point, Alabama Map

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

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	East Point
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Cullman County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.183154
Longitude	-86.793611
Population	172
Density	68.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	35055
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Cullman
School District	Cullman County School District

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About East Point, Alabama

East Point is a locality in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 68.1 people per km². East Point is located at 34.1832°N, 86.7936°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35055.

East Point sits upon a landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of red clay and the steady persistence of inland forests. It lies 2.9 miles east-northeast of Cullman, AL (from Cullman, AL: bearing 79°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Hanceville. The terrain around East Point unfolds in modest, rhythmic swells that eventually rise toward the silhouette of Hog Mountain on the distant horizon. Lake Catoma holds the stillness of the afternoon light, its water reflecting the dense canopy of hardwoods that characterize the basin. Nearby, Eightmile Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the undergrowth, its movement barely audible against the backdrop of a humid, heavy atmosphere. At East Side Park, the vegetation grows thick and unhurried, marking a space where the earth feels ancient and settled.

Economic life in East Point remains tethered to the slow cycles of the soil and the legacy of the surrounding timberland. Generations have cultivated the land here, drawing from a history that values the quiet labor of the fields and the endurance of the local timber industry. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, East Point retains a character shaped by the long, shadow-dappled afternoons that seem to linger over the nearby plains and the deeper recess of Sweetgum Hollow. There is a particular clarity to the dusk here, when the cooling air settles over the tree lines and the rhythms of the day fade into the patient, steady pulse of a place that understands its own boundaries.

Nearby Outdoor Places

East Side Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 256° W
Carrol Acres Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 225° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 152° SE
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 265° W
Colonel Cullman (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 265° W
Heritage Park (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 238° SW
Bent, not Broken (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 236° SW
Miracle Field (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 245° SW
Cullman Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 280° W
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 280° W
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 123° SE
Hurricane Creek Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 322° NW
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 145° SE
Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 285° W
Clarkson Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 278° W
Baileyton Good Time DragStrip (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 067° NE
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 171° S
Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 144° SE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 18.4 mi, 281° W · 182k acres
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 18.8 mi, 336° NW
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 19.9 mi, 337° NW
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 190° S
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 338° N · 35k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 28.4 mi, 310° NW
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 31.3 mi, 272° W · 10k acres
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 344° N · 4,011 acres
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.7 mi, 005° N
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.9 mi, 286° W · 26k acres
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 079° E
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 080° E

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