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Hillsboro Alabama Map

Explore Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro, Alabama

How to Use This Hillsboro, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.642586
Longitude	-87.178489
Population	407
Density	83.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35761, 35643
Area Code	256
County Seat	Huntsville
School District	Lawrence County School District

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About Hillsboro, Alabama

Hillsboro is a locality in Madison County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 407. The population density is 83.5 people per km². Hillsboro is located at 34.6426°N, 87.1785°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hillsboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35761, 35643.

Hillsboro occupies a stretch of fertile earth where the light at dusk flattens against the fields, turning the long shadows of hardwoods into deep, bruised purples. It lies 10.4 miles northeast of Meridianville, AL (from Meridianville, AL: bearing 54°T), and is situated 7.1 miles southeast of Lincoln. The landscape around Hillsboro is defined by the slow persistence of Hester Creek, which carves a path through the soil a mile away, feeding the thirsty roots of the bottomland. Two miles to the east, the topography dips into the quiet seclusion of Jones Hollow, while the horizon to the south is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of Pea Ridge. Residents often seek the shaded quiet of New Market Recreation Center, a localized patch of green that offers a reprieve from the heat of the afternoon. Even the air feels heavy with the weight of the interior, far removed from any rising tide and saturated instead with the scent of damp clay and ripening crops.

Commerce in Hillsboro has long followed the rhythms of the soil, with the local economy anchored in the patient cycle of harvest and the quiet industry of the surrounding plains. The proximity of Jimmy Johnston Lake provides a steady, glassy stillness to the landscape, reflecting the changing colors of the sky as the seasons turn. History here is not a loud proclamation but a quiet accumulation, felt in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying acreage and the way the red-clay back roads hold the indentations of those who traveled them before. Life in Hillsboro moves with a deliberate gravity, unbothered by the frantic pace of the outside world, favoring the steady work of the farm and the enduring presence of the land. It is a place where the passage of time is marked by the shifting canopy of the trees and the slow, inevitable movement of water through the nearby creek beds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 360° N · 2,094 acres
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 032° NE
Veteran's Park Memorial Display (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 173° S
Trinity City Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 113° SE
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 068° E · 4,011 acres
Jack Allen Soccer Complex (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 124° SE
Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed) (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 280° W
Lest We Forget (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 101° E
Dragonfly (Public Artwork) — 11.9 mi, 105° E
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 099° E · 35k acres
Star Theater Historic Monument (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 210° SW
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 13.0 mi, 210° SW
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 322° NW
HA Alexander park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 211° SW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 13.6 mi, 180° S
Nance Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.7 mi, 310° NW
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 16.2 mi, 047° NE
Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 16.2 mi, 047° NE
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 046° NE
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 047° NE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 16.7 mi, 184° S · 182k acres
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 19.5 mi, 134° SE
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.6 mi, 207° SW · 10k acres
Historic Downtown Hartselle (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 134° SE
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 20.4 mi, 136° SE
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.1 mi, 218° SW · 26k acres
Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 mi, 077° E
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 mi, 088° E
Bee Branch Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 25.3 mi, 216° SW
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.4 mi, 282° W · 2,106 acres

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