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Franklin Alabama Map

Explore Franklin, 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 Franklin, Alabama

How to Use This Franklin, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	32.452693
Longitude	-85.78541
Population	590
Density	15.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	36444, 36083
Area Code	251, 334
County Seat	Monroeville
School District	Macon County School District

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About Franklin, Alabama

Franklin is a locality in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 590. The population density is 15.1 people per km². Franklin is located at 32.4527°N, 85.7854°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Franklin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36444, 36083.

Franklin emerges from a landscape defined by the persistent, dark passage of Bradley Mill Creek, which carves a quiet path through the dense, clay-heavy earth. It lies 53.0 miles south-southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 206°T), and is situated 13.9 miles north-northwest of Monroeville. The ground here is characterized by a stubborn, iron-rich red soil that clings to the roots of longleaf pines and thickets of bottomland hardwood, creating a horizon where the light of late afternoon turns the pine needles into a shimmering, russet fringe. Seven miles to the north, the rounded silhouette of Lookout Hill breaks the level continuity of the plains, acting as a fixed point for the eyes in a region where the air remains heavy and still, thick with the scent of pine resin and the damp, cooling breath of the earth after a summer rain.

Franklin exists as a place where the pace of labor is dictated by the slow cycles of the land, an economy rooted in the silent industry of the surrounding woods and the quiet maintenance of the nearby Red Hills Complex. While the distant, industrial stillness of the MacMillan Bloedel Incorporated Waste Pond serves as a stark reminder of the broader regional footprint, the daily life of the people here remains focused on the immediate textures of their surroundings, from the maintenance of timber stands to the careful tending of garden plots. History in Franklin is not displayed in grand monuments, but rather in the persistent memory of the soil itself, holding the quiet, heavy weight of the past in its clay, while the residents move through their days with a steady, unadorned diligence that honors the endurance of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 292° W
Beginning of the George Washington Carver Nutrition Trail (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 110° E
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 109° E
Abbott Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 117° SE
Green Fork Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 130° SE
Tuskegee National Forest (National Forest) — 6.9 mi, 099° E · 11k acres
Tallassee Softball Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 327° NW
Coon Creek Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 335° NW
Yates Lake West Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 329° NW
Macon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.4 mi, 081° E
Chewacla State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 066° NE
Charles Barkley (Public Artwork) — 20.0 mi, 059° NE
The Auburn Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 060° NE
Founders' Oak (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 061° NE
WWI Memorial (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 059° NE
Civil War Cannon Lathe (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 059° NE
University Seal (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 059° NE
Veteran's Memorial Monument (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 059° NE
Marcia Weber Art Objects (Gallery) — 25.1 mi, 284° W
Dixie Art Colony Foundation (Gallery) — 25.1 mi, 284° W
Kelly Fitzgerald Art Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 284° W
Wetumpka Depot Players (Arts Centre) — 25.2 mi, 283° W
Rumbling Water Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 25.2 mi, 283° W
Alabama Shakespeare Festival at Carolyn Blount Theatre (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 254° W
Fort Jackson (Historic Ruins) — 27.7 mi, 278° W
Wind Creek State Park (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 344° N
Opelika Community Theatre (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 061° NE
W. A. Gayle Planetarium (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 259° W
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 50.0 mi, 341° N · 395k acres
Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.3 mi, 358° N · 7,400 acres

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