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Goodwater Alabama Map

Explore Goodwater, 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 Goodwater, Alabama

How to Use This Goodwater, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.065675
Longitude	-86.053301
Population	1,291
Density	76.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35072
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Rockford
School District	Coosa County School District

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About Goodwater, Alabama

Goodwater is a locality in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,291. The population density is 76.8 people per km². Goodwater is located at 33.0657°N, 86.0533°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Goodwater is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35072.

Goodwater rises from the red-clay earth of central Alabama, a place where the heavy, humid air settles into the hollows and lingers like a held breath. It lies 10.2 miles northwest of Alexander City, AL (from Alexander City, AL: bearing 326°T), and is situated 13.7 miles east-southeast of Sylacauga. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Camp Branch, which cuts a narrow, winding path through the brush just a mile away, its banks thick with the tangled roots of bottomland hardwoods. To the north, the distant outline of Hillabee Ridge breaks the horizon, a muted blue spine against the sky, while the quiet stillness of Baker Creek Lagoon provides a glassy, reflective surface for the afternoon light. Sunlight here has a peculiar, syrupy quality, turning the longleaf pines into dark, vertical sentinels that guard the edges of the fields against the encroaching shadows of dusk.

Goodwater maintains a steady, internal rhythm, grounded in the legacy of a regional economy that once hummed with the pulse of the timber trade and the seasonal labor of the soil. The proximity to the Hollins Wildlife Management Area, a mere five miles away, keeps the woods dense and the wildlife abundant, serving as a reminder of the wilder, untamed character that persists just beyond the porch lights. While the decades have shifted the focus of local industry, the influence of the surrounding countryside remains absolute, dictating the pace of life and the way the seasons color the daily routine. There is a quiet resilience in the architecture of the streets, where the iron-rich dust of the back roads settles onto the pavement, mapping the movement of those who have stayed to work the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hollins Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 348° N
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 4.9 mi, 350° N · 395k acres
Catie Radney's Studio (Arts Centre) — 10.2 mi, 145° SE
Charles E Bailey Sportplex (Local Recreation) — 10.5 mi, 156° SE
Airplane Monument (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 155° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 122° SE
Falling Star (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 303° NW
Wind Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 153° SE
Gantt's Quarry Observation Point (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 297° NW
Coosa Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 254° W
Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.3 mi, 031° NE · 7,400 acres
Bell UH-1 (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 046° NE
Talladega College Sign (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 352° N
Talladega College Entrance Gate (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 352° N
Cheaha State Park (State Park) — 29.6 mi, 015° N
Restaurant Overlook (Viewpoint) — 31.8 mi, 026° NE
Highest Point in Alabama (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 026° NE
Kelly Fitzgerald Art Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 194° S
Dixie Art Colony Foundation (Gallery) — 37.5 mi, 194° S
Marcia Weber Art Objects (Gallery) — 37.5 mi, 194° S
Rumbling Water Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 37.7 mi, 194° S
Wetumpka Depot Players (Arts Centre) — 37.7 mi, 194° S
AmStar Stadium Cinema 12 (Cinema) — 40.1 mi, 019° N
Fort Jackson (Historic Ruins) — 40.5 mi, 197° S
Greyhound Mural (Public Artwork) — 42.9 mi, 017° N
Old CCC Ridgeline Campsite ("Unit 2") (Historic Ruins) — 43.3 mi, 297° NW
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.8 mi, 021° N · 18k acres
Tuskegee National Forest (National Forest) — 46.3 mi, 146° SE · 11k acres
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.6 mi, 272° W · 8,383 acres
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 57.8 mi, 025° NE · 8,947 acres

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