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Gurley Alabama Map

Explore Gurley, 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 Gurley, Alabama

How to Use This Gurley, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.702471
Longitude	-86.37433
Population	816
Density	88.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35133, 35748
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Huntsville
School District	Madison County School District

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About Gurley, Alabama

Gurley is a locality in Madison County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 816. The population density is 88.7 people per km². Gurley is located at 34.7025°N, 86.3743°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gurley is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35133, 35748.

Gurley emerges from the red clay earth where the Shanty Branch cuts a narrow, winding path through the landscape. It lies 12.1 miles east of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 99°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-northeast of Owens Cross Roads. The Shanty Branch moves with a persistent, low murmur, carving its way through the dense vegetation that defines the local terrain. Gurley Mountain rises abruptly just a mile away, its silhouette casting long, cooling shadows over the valley floor as the afternoon sun begins to dip. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, often thick with the scent of pine and damp soil, while the nearby Negro Hollow creates a natural basin that traps the evening mist. Those seeking a quiet expanse of green often find their way to the Madison County Recreation Center, where the open fields offer a reprieve from the encroaching thickets of hardwood.

Gurley carries the quiet weight of a place that has long measured time by the cycles of the harvest rather than the frantic pace of the outside world. The economy remains anchored to the land, an extension of the broader regional tradition of agriculture that has defined these plains for generations. Life in Gurley moves with an unpretentious gravity, marked by the steady labor of those who work the fields and the slow change of seasons that turns the foliage from deep emerald to a scorched, dusty brown. While Woodland Lake sits twelve miles distant, the people here look inward to their own immediate woods and hollows, finding a grounded sense of belonging in the soil they cultivate. It is a place where the history of the region is felt in the texture of the back roads and the persistent, slow growth of the timber that anchors the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Madison County Recreation Center (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 194° S
Meridian Arts Gallery (Public Artwork) — 1.1 mi, 250° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 276° W
Roy B. Whitaker Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 122° SE
Esslinger Hollow (Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 213° SW
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.7 mi, 116° SE · 406 acres
J.D. & Annie S. Hays Nature Preserve (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 230° SW
Bethel Spring Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.4 mi, 174° S
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 283° W
Madison County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 352° N
Wernher von Braun Planetarium (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 293° NW
Certain Recreation Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.5 mi, 246° SW
James D. Martin - Skyline Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 051° NE
Hotel Monte Sano (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 287° W
View point (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 274° W
Alabama A&M Agribition Center (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 301° NW
1989 Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 266° W
North Alabama Railroad Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 300° NW
Ricky's Rocket (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 266° W
Eternal Flame (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 278° W
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 105° E · 16k acres
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 297° NW
Cathedral Caverns (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 135° SE
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 297° NW
Queen Kel The Creator (Arts Centre) — 12.7 mi, 274° W
The Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 274° W
Huntsville Speedway (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 225° SW
The Burger Factory (Historic Ruins) — 13.3 mi, 281° W
Lynx Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 280° W
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 251° W · 35k acres

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