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Forestdale Alabama Map

Explore Forestdale, 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 Forestdale, Alabama

How to Use This Forestdale, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.573701
Longitude	-86.900047
Population	10,409
Density	595.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	36830, 35214
Area Code	251, 205
County Seat	Opelika
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Forestdale, Alabama

Forestdale is a locality in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of 10,409. The population density is 595.7 people per km². Forestdale is located at 33.5737°N, 86.9000°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36830, 35214.

Forestdale occupies a modest expanse of land where the humid, heavy air of the interior south settles over a landscape of persistent red clay and dense, encroaching woodland. It lies 1.3 miles southeast of Auburn, AL (from Auburn, AL: bearing 143°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-southwest of Opelika. Bowden Park serves as the immediate green anchor for the locality, providing a quiet patch of earth where the canopy of longleaf pine filters the afternoon light into shifting patterns of amber and charcoal. Only a mile away, the waters of Moores Mill Creek carve a slow, deliberate path through the terrain, while the broader, deeper stillness of Sougahatchee Lake sits just two miles distant, acting as a cool, reflective mirror to the surrounding vegetation. The horizon remains flat and unburdened by any jagged peaks, though the distant elevation of Baxley Hill occasionally haunts the far periphery of a traveler’s vision, reminding one that the earth here is older and more settled than the rapid pace of modern movement might suggest.

Forestdale retains the character of a place built on industry and the steady, unpretentious labor that defines much of the regional economy. The history of the area is etched into the quiet intersections and the aging infrastructure that supports the daily rhythms of those who live and work here, far removed from the clamor of coastal centers. While the proximity to the Tuskegee National Forest provides a sprawling, wilder backdrop to the local life, the daily experience of Forestdale is defined by the intersection of residential life and the quiet, persistent pulse of the regional trade. Even as the decades have passed, the atmosphere remains grounded in a particular, slow-burning Southern endurance, where the changing seasons are marked not by grand events, but by the subtle, deepening color of the hardwood leaves and the cooling of the evenings as they settle over the quiet roads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 207° SW
Jimmie Hudson (Sandusky) (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 175° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 254° W
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 124° SE
Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 6.1 mi, 124° SE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 123° SE
Steelworker (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 125° SE
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 128° SE
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 132° SE
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 126° SE
Heaviest Corner on Earth (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 127° SE
Pleasant Grove Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.9 mi, 222° SW
Magic City Sign (Public Artwork) — 7.0 mi, 128° SE
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 7.5 mi, 135° SE
Blazer Circle (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 133° SE
The Storyteller (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 130° SE
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 139° SE
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.8 mi, 141° SE
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 158° S
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 11.5 mi, 103° E
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 194° S · 48 acres
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 16.5 mi, 244° SW
Trussville Entertainment District (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 080° E
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 150° SE
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 005° N
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.8 mi, 195° S · 8,383 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 33.9 mi, 337° NW · 182k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 45.8 mi, 188° S · 395k acres

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