Grove Hill Alabama Map

About Grove Hill, Alabama

Grove Hill is a locality in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,818. The population density is 92.5 people per km². Grove Hill is located at 31.6987°N, 87.7729°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grove Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36480, 36107, 36451.

Grove Hill rises upon a plateau of deep red clay, its landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of silt and the persistent shade of longleaf pines. It lies 63.8 miles north-northeast of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 16°T), and is situated 15.4 miles north-northeast of Jackson. Beneath the heavy, humid air of the interior, the terrain shifts into a series of broken ridges that slope toward the low-lying basin of Bob Branch, a modest waterway that defines the southern edge of the immediate topography. To the north, the ground swells toward the modest elevation of Orange Hill, where the horizon is often blurred by the haze of summer heat. The land here does not rush; it waits, marked by the slow, deliberate growth of bottomland hardwoods and the occasional, sudden clarity of light that turns the pines into pillars of dark, burnished bronze as the day concludes.

Grove Hill serves as a seat of governance and commerce for the surrounding timber and agricultural interests, maintaining a character forged in the slow transition from plantation economies to modern forestry. The rhythm of the days is dictated by the steady movement of logging trucks and the seasonal cycles of pecan orchards, while the proximity of Scotch Wildlife Management Area offers a vast, untamed buffer of forest that keeps the wider world at bay. History is not a distant relic here but a living weight, visible in the weathered architecture and the quiet, persistent memory of those who shaped the region’s social foundations. Though Coffeeville Lake lies twenty-two miles to the west, drawing the occasional visitor to its banks, the heart of the locality remains tethered to the red-dusted roads and the unhurried, grounded life that persists in the shade of the forest canopy.

About This Grove Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grove Hill, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.69867, -87.772868. 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 Grove Hill includes the ZIP code (36480, 36107, 36451), telephone area code (334, 251), county seat of Clarke County (Grove Hill), and school district assignment (Clarke County School District).

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.