Explore Fayette, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fayette, 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 Fayette.
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 | Fayette |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Fayette County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.694215 |
| Longitude | -87.831169 |
| Population | 4,285 |
| Density | 193.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 35555 |
| Area Code | 205 |
| County Seat | Fayette |
| School District | Fayette County School District |
Fayette anchors the red-clay expanse of the Alabama interior, where the horizon is defined by the subtle, persistent rise of Cains Ridge and the quiet shadows cast by the dense stands of the Fayette State Experiment Forest. It lies 33.4 miles west-southwest of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 252°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south of Winfield. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic drainage toward the Sipsey River, a waterway that cuts through the loamy soil with a deliberate, winding grace. Sunlight in the late afternoon filters through the canopy in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the fine dust that rises from back roads and settles upon the broad leaves of bottomland hardwoods. Only two miles distant, the still waters of Cains Ridge Lake offer a mirror to the sky, reflecting the humid, heavy air that characterizes this inland stretch of the South.
Fayette balances the quietude of its rural surroundings with a civic core centered on the green expanse of Courthouse Park, where the daily pace is marked by the steady movement of people attending to the business of the county. The regional economy, long tethered to the productivity of the land and the timber drawn from the nearby forest, hums with the steady industry of those who have cultivated these fields for generations. History lingers in the architecture of the older storefronts and the deliberate way the town maintains its public spaces, keeping the memory of its founding threads visible in the brick and mortar of the center. Life in Fayette moves with the predictability of the seasons, honoring a heritage grounded in the resilience of the soil and the enduring connections of a place that remains deeply rooted in the heart of its own geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fayette, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.694215, -87.831169. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Fayette includes the ZIP code (35555), telephone area code (205), county seat of Fayette County (Fayette), and school district assignment (Fayette County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |