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Fairfield Alabama Map

Explore Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, Alabama

How to Use This Fairfield, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.474778
Longitude	-86.919413
Population	10,000
Density	1115.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	36421, 35650, 35064
Area Code	256, 205
County Seat	Andalusia
School District	Fairfield City School District

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About Fairfield, Alabama

Fairfield is a locality in Covington County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of 10,000. The population density is 1115.9 people per km². Fairfield is located at 33.4748°N, 86.9194°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36421, 35650, 35064.

Fairfield emerges from the red-clay earth as a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Gafford Creek, which carves a quiet path through the local topography. It lies 46.9 miles west of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 265°T), and is situated 10.3 miles west-southwest of Andalusia. The air here carries the weight of inland humidity, holding the heat of the afternoon long after the sun dips behind the distant, hazy silhouette of Red Wash Hill. Beyond the town limits, the land transitions into dense woodland, reaching toward the protected expanses of the Conecuh National Forest, while the distant, quiet presence of Fuqua Pond offers a still mirror to the sky. Light at dusk takes on a bruised, copper quality, reflecting off the damp soil and the dense stands of pine that anchor the horizon, grounding the sensory experience of the region in a deep, earthen stillness.

Fairfield grew from the iron-willed ambition of industrial expansion, forging its identity in the heat of furnaces and the steady rhythm of the factory floor. This legacy remains visible in the skeletal remainders of steel infrastructure, which stand as stark, metallic monuments to a time when the town served as a primary engine of regional prosperity. Despite the shifting tides of the local economy, the spirit of the place persists in the everyday labor of its residents and the preservation of its civil-rights history. Those who seek connection to the wider landscape often look toward the Conecuh Trail, a path that invites a slower engagement with the surrounding wilder spaces. Fairfield maintains a deliberate pace, where the memories of past generations and the quiet persistence of the current inhabitants organize the daily life of the streets, creating a character forged as much by endurance as by the heavy, humid air of the southern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Willie Mays Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 104° E
Midfield Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 171° S
Ebsco Overlook (West) (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 142° SE
Pleasant Grove Softball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 285° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 031° NE
MESH Collective Art (Public Artwork) — 3.8 mi, 120° SE
Pleasant Grove Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 295° NW
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 5.4 mi, 117° SE
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 069° E
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 076° E
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 7.0 mi, 067° NE
Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 7.0 mi, 061° NE
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 060° NE
Steelworker (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 063° NE
Heaviest Corner on Earth (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 067° NE
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.1 mi, 199° S · 48 acres
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 066° NE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 061° NE
The Storyteller (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 076° E
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 7.3 mi, 096° E
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 094° E
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 142° SE
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 071° E
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 13.7 mi, 268° W
Old CCC Lakside Campsite ("Unit 1") (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 128° SE
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.9 mi, 196° S · 8,383 acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 38.9 mi, 188° S · 395k acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 39.9 mi, 342° N · 182k acres

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