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Fairford Alabama Map

Explore Fairford, 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 Fairford, Alabama

How to Use This Fairford, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.178002
Longitude	-88.072784
Population	161
Density	20.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	36553
Area Code	251
County Seat	Chatom
School District	Washington County School District

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About Fairford, Alabama

Fairford is a locality in Washington County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 20.2 people per km². Fairford is located at 31.1780°N, 88.0728°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36553.

Fairford emerges from the thick, humid air of the Alabama interior, where the landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Poll Bayou as it carves a path through the dense woodland. It lies 24.0 miles north of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 1°T), and is situated 11.1 miles east-northeast of Citronelle. The terrain here rises toward the modest, rounded prominence of Big Rock, which stands as a silent watcher over the longleaf pines and tangled bottomland hardwoods that define the local horizon. Sunlight filters through the canopy in muted, shifting patterns, illuminating the deep red clay of the back roads and the heavy, drooping curtains of Spanish moss that cling to the ancient oaks. A quiet stillness hangs over the earth, broken only by the occasional rustle of wildlife moving toward the fringes of the Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area. The atmosphere is heavy with the scent of damp soil and vegetation, a place where the light at dusk turns the sky a bruised, velvety violet before the shadows swallow the pines.

Fairford maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, drawing its character from a history rooted in the quiet labor of the timber and agricultural industries that have long sustained the regional economy. Residents often look toward the distant, shimmering surface of Three Rivers Lake when the summer heat presses down, finding a necessary respite in the vast, managed wilderness that characterizes the surrounding districts. The local life remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, where the harvest of pecans and the careful stewardship of the forest remain central to the identity of those who reside here. Even as the modern world encroaches, Fairford retains an enduring sense of isolation, an inland sanctuary where the echoes of the past remain etched in the persistent, unchanging geography of the woods and the slow, meandering currents of the bayou.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 288° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 102° E
Wiggins Stadium (Stadium) — 6.1 mi, 029° NE
Municipal Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 146° SE
Upper Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 091° E
The Mobile-Tensaw Delta Tract (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 098° E
Fort Mims (Historic Castle / Fort) — 13.9 mi, 089° E
Mill Creek Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 14.9 mi, 242° SW
Live Oak Landing (State Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 142° SE
Satsuma Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 178° S
Old Saint Stephens Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 26.2 mi, 005° N
Bay Minette Skatepark (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 140° SE
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 267° W
Tensaw River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 31.1 mi, 164° S
Saint Mary (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 182° S
Old Steam Engine (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 189° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.9 mi, 231° SW · 20k acres
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 33.1 mi, 289° W · 532k acres
Holy Cross (Public Artwork) — 33.6 mi, 177° S
Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction (Attraction) — 33.8 mi, 178° S
Phoenix Fire Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 177° S
Anchor (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 174° S
Oakleigh (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 179° S
Bell UH-1 (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 175° S
Wind Creek Cinema (Cinema) — 35.3 mi, 098° E
Clarke County Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 025° NE
Leaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.7 mi, 256° W · 993 acres
Fairhope Museum of History (Museum) — 46.3 mi, 167° S
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.2 mi, 201° S · 31k acres
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 68.5 mi, 196° S · 213k acres

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