Explore Grimes, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grimes, 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 Grimes.
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 | Grimes |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Dale County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.299875 |
| Longitude | -85.450289 |
| Population | 573 |
| Density | 176.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 36350, 35453, 36303 |
| Area Code | 256, 334 |
| County Seat | Ozark |
| School District | Dale County School District |
Grimes occupies a modest, quiet expanse where the humid air hangs heavy and thick, clinging to the longleaf pines that define the horizon. It lies 6.6 miles north-northwest of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 329°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-southwest of Headland. The landscape surrounding Grimes unfolds in a steady, deliberate progression of red-clay soil and dense bottomland hardwood, creating a terrain that feels both ancient and settled. A mile to the west, the quiet flow of Murphy Mill Branch carves a path through the earth, its dark waters reflecting the shifting canopy above. When the light dips low at dusk, the atmosphere takes on a bronze, syrupy quality, illuminating the Spanish moss that drapes from the branches like frayed lace. Four miles out, the quietude of Baumans Pond Park provides a sanctuary of stillness, while Lake Arthur sits seven miles distant, its surface often mirroring the vast, unblemished sky of this inland basin.
Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of life in Grimes, anchoring the community to the cycles of the peach and pecan harvests that thrive in the rich, iron-heavy dirt. The economic pulse here is measured not in rapid expansion, but in the slow, consistent cultivation of the land, a practice that has persisted through the decades. History is felt in the architecture of the older storefronts and the quietude of the back roads, where the memory of past eras lingers in the shade of the trees. Life in Grimes moves with a deliberate, singular pace, favoring the steady work of the fields and the endurance of its residents over the clamor of modern industry. Whether one is passing through or staying, there is a palpable sense of gravity to the place, a feeling that the land itself holds the quiet, unwritten records of those who have labored here since the beginning.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grimes, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.299875, -85.450289. 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 Grimes includes the ZIP code (36350, 35453, 36303), telephone area code (256, 334), county seat of Dale County (Ozark), and school district assignment (Dale 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |