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Hayden Alabama Map

Explore Hayden, 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 Hayden, Alabama

How to Use This Hayden, Alabama Map

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

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.

CityHayden
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyBlount County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude33.894514
Longitude-86.744224
Population1,342
Density129.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes35079, 35180
Area Code205, 256
County SeatOneonta
School DistrictBlount County School District

About Hayden, Alabama

Hayden is a locality in Blount County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,342. The population density is 129.2 people per km². Hayden is located at 33.8945°N, 86.7442°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hayden is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35079, 35180.

Hayden occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, quiet movement of the Merrill Branch as it carves through the red-clay earth. It lies 16.0 miles northwest of Clay, AL (from Clay, AL: bearing 325°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northeast of Kimberly. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that settles over the canopy of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood, softening the sharp edges of the afternoon light. To the north, the silhouette of Hayden Mountain rises against the sky, a grounding presence that anchors the horizon. Just a few miles away, the terrain dips into the quiet shadows of Harrell Cove, where the woods grow dense and the ground stays cool even in the heat of midday. The land possesses a subtle, ancient gravity, as if the soil itself remembers the slow, deliberate passage of the seasons across this inland expanse.

Hayden maintains a pace of life that favors the steady labor of the fields and the quiet endurance of the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the residential streets, the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands provide a sanctuary for the native flora that characterizes this region of the South. Residents have long looked toward the waters of Inland Lake to mark the outer limits of their daily orbit, finding a consistent, mirrored depth in its surface. History here is found not in grand monuments, but in the enduring character of the people who work the surrounding peach and pecan country. Every evening, as the shadows lengthen across the dirt roads, the rhythm of Hayden slows into a stillness that feels both permanent and profoundly solitary.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 136° SE
  • Blount Springs (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 311° NW
  • Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 354° N
  • Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 260° W
  • Unknown Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 217° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 206° SW
  • Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 051° NE
  • Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 10.8 mi, 196° S
  • Saint Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 016° N
  • Blountsville (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 043° NE
  • Turkey Creek Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 169° S
  • Vietnam Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 078° E
  • OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 077° E
  • Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 014° N
  • ACTA Theater (Theatre) — 20.0 mi, 156° SE
  • Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 344° N
  • Trussville Entertainment District (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 158° S
  • Trussville Childrens Theater (Theatre) — 20.9 mi, 164° S
  • Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 342° N
  • William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 23.9 mi, 292° W · 182k acres
  • Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 24.8 mi, 175° S
  • Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 188° S
  • Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 25.9 mi, 189° S
  • Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 188° S
  • Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 330° NW
  • Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 35.0 mi, 175° S
  • Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 39.9 mi, 301° NW · 10k acres
  • Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.6 mi, 344° N · 35k acres
  • Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.0 mi, 310° NW · 26k acres
  • Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 49.3 mi, 129° SE · 395k acres

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About This Hayden Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hayden, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.894514, -86.744224. 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 Hayden includes the ZIP code (35079, 35180), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Blount County (Oneonta), and school district assignment (Blount 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.