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Glencoe Alabama Map

Explore Glencoe, 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 Glencoe, Alabama

How to Use This Glencoe, Alabama Map

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

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.

CityGlencoe
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyJefferson County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude33.948339
Longitude-85.933606
Population5,372
Density122.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes35213, 35903
Area Code205, 334
County SeatBirmingham
School DistrictEtowah County School District

About Glencoe, Alabama

Glencoe is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,372. The population density is 122.1 people per km². Glencoe is located at 33.9483°N, 85.9336°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glencoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35213, 35903.

Glencoe emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet expanse where the steady, dark waters of Shades Creek carve a path through the low-lying terrain. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the longleaf pine and hardwood stands, softening the edges of the horizon where the silhouette of Ruffner Mountain rises five miles distant. Sunlight at dusk catches the iron-rich dust of the back roads, casting a copper glow over the landscape that seems to suspend the afternoon in amber. Residents move with a deliberate, measured pace, observing the changing light as it filters across the fields, while the distant, shadowed reaches of Poplar Spring Hollow suggest a deeper, wilder topography waiting beyond the immediate view.

Glencoe carries the weight of a long-settled interior, its character defined by the remnants of an industrial past that once anchored the local economy to the land itself. The presence of Irondale Furnace Park serves as a quiet reminder of earlier labor, marking a site where the earth was worked and shaped by generations who understood the value of the soil. Life in Glencoe remains tethered to these rhythms, eschewing the frantic speed of larger centers for a steadier, more predictable cycle of days. Those who live here often look toward the nearby serenity of The Narrows, finding in its calm surface a reflection of the town’s own enduring, unpretentious spirit, where the history of the region is felt in the simple persistence of the people who call this place home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hollingsworth Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 044° NE
  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 262° W
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 360° N
  • Jack Lowe, Sr. Field (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 335° NW
  • Twin Bridges Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 337° NW
  • Spirit of American Citizenship (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 316° NW
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 320° NW
  • Iroquois (Huey) Helicopter (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 320° NW
  • Noccalula Falls Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 321° NW
  • Fat Man's Squeeze (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 321° NW
  • Noccalula Falls Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.2 mi, 319° NW
  • Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 205° SW
  • Carlton Ward Theater (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 129° SE
  • Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 13.9 mi, 120° SE · 395k acres
  • Rose Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 14.1 mi, 113° SE · 161 acres
  • Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 145° SE · 18k acres
  • Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 mi, 114° SE · 8,947 acres
  • Greyhound Mural (Public Artwork) — 20.9 mi, 164° S
  • Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 21.4 mi, 323° NW
  • Coldwater Mountain (State Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 167° S
  • Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 21.5 mi, 010° N
  • AmStar Stadium Cinema 12 (Cinema) — 23.9 mi, 165° S
  • Mountain Air Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 326° NW
  • Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 27.0 mi, 031° NE · 11k acres
  • Albertville Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 325° NW
  • SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 323° NW
  • OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 31.1 mi, 270° W
  • Highest Point in Alabama (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 167° S
  • Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.7 mi, 170° S · 7,400 acres
  • Alabama Fan Club and Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 019° N

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About This Glencoe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glencoe, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.948339, -85.933606. 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 Glencoe includes the ZIP code (35213, 35903), telephone area code (205, 334), county seat of Jefferson County (Birmingham), and school district assignment (Etowah 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.