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Gaylesville Alabama Map

Explore Gaylesville, 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 Gaylesville, Alabama

How to Use This Gaylesville, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.268426
Longitude	-85.556906
Population	170
Density	47.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35973
Area Code	334, 205
County Seat	Centre
School District	Cherokee County School District

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About Gaylesville, Alabama

Gaylesville is a locality in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 170. The population density is 47.3 people per km². Gaylesville is located at 34.2684°N, 85.5569°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gaylesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35973.

Gaylesville emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet settlement defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Chattooga River, which winds past the outskirts with a steady, cooling influence. It lies 15.3 miles southeast of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 143°T), and is situated 18.9 miles southwest of Summerville. To the east, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of Bogan Mountain, while the ground slopes gracefully toward the expansive, still waters of Weiss Lake. The air here holds the heavy, humid weight of the inland South, settling over the broad expanse of Broomtown Valley where the light at dusk turns the tall grass into a field of burnished copper. A few miles away, the State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a quiet, untamed wildness, contrasting with the cultivated fields that stretch toward the horizon.

Gaylesville bears the marks of a history rooted in the slow, deliberate work of the land, where the economy has long been tethered to the cycles of the soil and the river’s reach. Life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers, as residents maintain a tradition of self-reliance that has persisted since the earliest settlements. While the roar of Little River Falls echoes in the memory of those who travel to the higher elevations, the everyday reality of Gaylesville remains tethered to the intimate connection between the people and the riparian landscape. The stillness of the afternoon is often broken only by the low hum of agricultural machinery or the rustle of bottomland hardwoods, capturing a sense of permanence that lingers long after the sun has dipped behind the western ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 169° S
Town Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 220° SW
Little River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 325° NW
Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 328° NW · 11k acres
Mushroom Rock (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 330° NW
Hawks Glide (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 323° NW
Rocky Mountain Recreation & Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 069° E
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.6 mi, 054° NE · 752k acres
Berry College Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 079° E
Coosa River Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 120° SE
Alabama Fan Club and Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 319° NW
Fort Payne Depot and Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 323° NW
The band Alabama (Public Artwork) — 15.3 mi, 322° NW
Dekalb Theatre (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 322° NW
DeSoto State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 351° N
Fort Payne Opera House (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 323° NW
Fort Payne Cinema (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 330° NW
James H. "Sloppy" Floyd State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 047° NE
Old Rock Schoolhouses (Historic Ruins) — 17.7 mi, 347° N
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 17.9 mi, 267° W
West Rome High Marker (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 089° E
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 20.3 mi, 170° S · 395k acres
Martha Berry Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 088° E
Forrest Monument (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 093° E
Barron Stadium (Stadium) — 21.7 mi, 092° E
Chieftains Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 088° E
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.2 mi, 182° S · 8,947 acres
Floyd Springs (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 064° NE
Noccalula Falls (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 240° SW
Fat Man's Squeeze (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 239° SW

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