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Gordon Alabama Map

Explore Gordon, 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 Gordon, Alabama

How to Use This Gordon, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.141292
Longitude	-85.096596
Population	294
Density	38.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36343
Area Code	334
County Seat	Dothan
School District	Houston County School District

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About Gordon, Alabama

Gordon is a locality in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 294. The population density is 38.9 people per km². Gordon is located at 31.1413°N, 85.0966°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gordon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36343.

Gordon reveals itself through a heavy, humid stillness where the longleaf pines cast thin, sharp shadows across the red-clay earth. It lies 18.3 miles east-southeast of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 108°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-southeast of Ashford. The landscape remains defined by an ancient, quiet persistence, anchored by the slow, deliberate movement of Howards Mill Creek as it cuts through the dense bottomland hardwoods. Sunlight in Gordon takes on a syrupy quality during the late afternoon, thickening as it filters through the Spanish moss that clings to the oak limbs like tattered lace. A mile to the west, the State-owned Submerged Lands provide a sanctuary for the local flora, maintaining a wild, unmanicured margin that separates the quiet fields from the deeper thickets of the interior.

Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of life in Gordon, where the soil holds the memory of generations of peach and pecan cultivation. The economy remains tethered to the land, moving with the seasonal cycles that govern the small-scale harvests and the quiet maintenance of the surrounding timber tracts. History here is not found in grand monuments but in the subtle shifts of the terrain and the way the evening air settles into the hollows. While Open Pond remains a distant glimmer in the memory of those seeking the water, the true character of Gordon persists in the modest, sturdy architecture of its older buildings and the patient cadence of its inhabitants as they navigate the humid, red-dusted roads at the close of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 011° N
George W. Andrews Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 011° N
Omussee Creek Mound (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 354° N
Old Cabin Jail Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 355° N
Coheelee Creek Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 003° N
Seminole Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 154° SE
Lake Seminole Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 153° SE
Mayhaw Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 073° E
Union Primitive Baptist Church (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 097° E
Bell Cobra (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 128° SE
Schnitzer Pig (Public Artwork) — 16.6 mi, 290° W
Oktahatko (Historic Ruins) — 17.5 mi, 215° SW
Bell UH-1H Huey (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 288° W
World's Smallest City Block (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 289° W
Tocktoethla (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 158° S
Swamp Gravy - Georgia's Official Folk-Life Theater (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 084° E
Florida Caverns State Park (State Park) — 23.2 mi, 201° S
Kolomoki Mounds State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 024° NE
Caverns Visitors Center (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 199° S
Jackson County Blue Springs and Merritts Mill Pond (State Recreation Area) — 24.0 mi, 186° S
Sugar Mill (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 198° S
Chipola River Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 24.8 mi, 197° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 056° NE · 1,786 acres
View point (Viewpoint) — 34.3 mi, 005° N
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 45.4 mi, 205° SW · 576k acres
Southern Broadway (Theatre) — 46.3 mi, 285° W
Calynne & Lou Hill Gallery (Gallery) — 66.4 mi, 136° SE
Mission Theater (Cinema) — 66.4 mi, 136° SE
Uniquely Clever LLC (Arts Centre) — 66.9 mi, 245° SW
Nomad's Art Gallery (Gallery) — 67.7 mi, 134° SE

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