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Henagar Alabama Map

Explore Henagar, 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 Henagar, Alabama

How to Use This Henagar, Alabama Map

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

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.

CityHenagar
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyDeKalb County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude34.630641
Longitude-85.730918
Population2,292
Density39.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code35978
Area Code334, 205
County SeatFort Payne
School DistrictDeKalb County School District

About Henagar, Alabama

Henagar is a locality in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,292. The population density is 39.1 people per km². Henagar is located at 34.6306°N, 85.7309°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Henagar is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35978.

Henagar rises from the red-clay plateau where the South Sauty Creek carves a quiet, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 13.5 miles north-northwest of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 348°T), and is situated 15.4 miles east of Scottsboro. The landscape unfolds in a series of wooded ridges and open, sun-drenched fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Little Mountain. During the late afternoon, the light here takes on a heavy, golden density, catching the fine dust of the back roads and turning the surrounding hardwood stands into silhouettes of deep, somber violet. Only three miles away, the shadow of Keith Hollow provides a cool, sheltered refuge from the summer heat, while the nearby Henagar Town Park offers a modest, manicured clearing where the pace of the wind seems to slow against the backdrop of the pines.

Henagar sustains itself through a blend of local enterprise and the steady, unpretentious labor that has defined this plateau for generations. The economy remains tethered to the land and the small-scale commerce that keeps the neighborhood functioning, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the water at Guntersville Lake, which sits eight miles away, as a point of regional gravity, though the rhythm of daily life is firmly rooted in the local soil. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the morning mist clings to the creek beds and the fields, a quiet endurance that mirrors the character of those who occupy these acres. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the persistent clarity of the air and the way the seasons mark their passage across the timber and the clay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Henagar Town Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 248° W
  • DeKalb County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 224° SW
  • Raccoon Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 341° N
  • Pisgah Civitan Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 292° W
  • Desoto State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 121° SE
  • Old Rock Schoolhouses (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 143° SE
  • Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 325° NW · 16k acres
  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 317° NW
  • Fort Payne Cinema (Cinema) — 11.3 mi, 170° S
  • Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 144° SE · 11k acres
  • Little River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 144° SE
  • Fort Payne Opera House (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 177° S
  • Fort Payne Depot and Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 177° S
  • The band Alabama (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 177° S
  • Alabama Fan Club and Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 180° S
  • Little River Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.6 mi, 160° S
  • Southern Scottsboro Depot (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 280° W
  • Mushroom Rock (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 162° S
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 046° NE
  • Neversink Pit (Nature Reserve) — 19.6 mi, 307° NW
  • Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 267° W · 532 acres
  • Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 23.8 mi, 349° N · 308 acres
  • South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 002° N
  • Beene Stadium (Stadium) — 26.0 mi, 003° N
  • Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 26.1 mi, 128° SE · 752k acres
  • Lodge Museum of Cast Iron (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 003° N
  • John Sumach Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 26.8 mi, 334° NW
  • Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 27.2 mi, 197° S
  • Cathedral Caverns State Park (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 262° W
  • Georgia 4th Cavalry (Monument) — 29.9 mi, 056° NE

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About This Henagar Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Henagar, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.630641, -85.730918. 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 Henagar includes the ZIP code (35978), telephone area code (334, 205), county seat of DeKalb County (Fort Payne), and school district assignment (DeKalb 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.