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Fairview Alabama Map

Explore Fairview, 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 Fairview, Alabama

How to Use This Fairview, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.250195
Longitude	-86.677724
Population	543
Density	97.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35579, 35045, 35553, 35058
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Montgomery
School District	Cullman County School District

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About Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a locality in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 543. The population density is 97.7 people per km². Fairview is located at 34.2502°N, 86.6777°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35579, 35045, 35553.

Fairview stretches across a landscape of heavy, iron-rich earth where the horizon is defined by the patient geometry of farmland and thickets of hardwood. It lies 7.8 miles west of Montgomery, AL (from Montgomery, AL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-southeast of Prattville. The light here acts with a peculiar weight, thickening into a golden amber as it filters through the canopy during the late afternoon, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the soil to the sky. Water shapes the periphery of the terrain, with the R E 'Bob' Woodruff Reservoir sitting quiet and still just a short distance away, its surface a mirror for the passing clouds. Nearby, Catoma Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the clay, feeding the moisture that keeps the underbrush dense and vibrant even in the heat of midsummer. While the distant silhouette of Heck Ridge provides a faint, serrated edge to the far-off skyline, the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the quiet persistence of the plains and the slow, rhythmic growth of the local vegetation.

Fairview maintains a character tethered to the cycles of the interior, far removed from the volatility of the coast and defined instead by the steady pulse of its agricultural roots. The economy remains deeply connected to the productivity of the land, where the labor of previous generations has left an imprint on the fields and the small, utilitarian structures scattered across the countryside. Residents often navigate toward the State-owned Submerged Lands, a tract of protected territory that preserves the integrity of the natural drainage and provides a quiet reprieve from the demands of modern industry. Memories of past struggles and triumphs linger in the local vernacular, much like the persistent, humid air that clings to the skin during the long growing seasons. Those who move through the vicinity often find themselves drawn toward the open space of the Cramton Bowl, a landmark that serves as a focal point for the regional identity, grounding the daily experience of Fairview in a shared sense of place that is both modest and enduring.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Baileyton Good Time DragStrip (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 093° E
Dane Estes Memorial (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 146° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 134° SE
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 9.0 mi, 179° S
Colonel Cullman (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 243° SW
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 243° SW
Cullman Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 249° W
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 249° W
Heritage Park (Local Recreation) — 11.4 mi, 236° SW
Hurricane Creek Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 281° W
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 13.4 mi, 182° S
Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 264° W
Clarkson Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 261° W
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 19.0 mi, 311° NW
Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 169° S
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 19.4 mi, 193° S
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 19.9 mi, 313° NW
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 347° N · 35k acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 24.7 mi, 271° W · 182k acres
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 086° E
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 26.2 mi, 071° E
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 087° E
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.2 mi, 353° N
Mabrey Outlook (Viewpoint) — 29.2 mi, 070° E
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 30.7 mi, 329° NW · 4,011 acres
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.5 mi, 035° NE · 406 acres
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.1 mi, 265° W · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.4 mi, 277° W · 26k acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 39.5 mi, 049° NE · 16k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 65.5 mi, 148° SE · 395k acres

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