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Hobson Alabama Map

Explore Hobson, 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 Hobson, Alabama

How to Use This Hobson, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.488725
Longitude	-88.150928
Population	100
Density	13.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	35224, 36274, 36518
Area Code	334, 251
County Seat	Wedowee
School District	Washington County School District

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About Hobson, Alabama

Hobson is a locality in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 13.1 people per km². Hobson is located at 31.4887°N, 88.1509°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35224, 36274, 36518.

Hobson emerges from the dense, tangled thickets of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood where the air holds the heavy, humid weight of the inland basin. It lies 33.7 miles southeast of Oxford, AL (from Oxford, AL: bearing 133°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-northwest of Roanoke. Rollins Creek carves a dark, persistent path through the red-clay soil, its current muted by the overhanging canopy that filters the afternoon light into shifting patterns of copper and amber. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Backbone Ridge defines the horizon, providing a distant anchor to the otherwise flat, pine-shadowed horizon. A mile from the center, the still, tea-colored waters of McManus Pond serve as a quiet mirror for the sky, while five miles away, the persistent rush of High Shoals Falls echoes through the timber, marking a dramatic break in the otherwise steady, terrestrial calm of the landscape.

Hobson maintains an economy tied closely to the slow cycles of the timber harvest and the small-scale cultivation of pecan groves that have stood for generations on the outskirts of the settlement. The pace of life here is defined by the red-clay back roads that bloom with dust in the dry months and cling to the tires like iron filings after a thunderstorm. While the State-owned Submerged Lands remain a quiet sanctuary for local flora and fauna seven miles out, the character of Hobson itself is shaped by the enduring memory of those who worked the land under the heat of the southern sun. There is a particular, solitary dignity in the way the local life unfolds, marked by the smell of damp earth and the quiet persistence of people who have learned to measure time by the turning of the seasons rather than the fleeting pressures of the world beyond the ridge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old Saint Stephens Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 056° NE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 032° NE
Wildlife Game Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 065° NE
Washington County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 309° NW
Fred T. Stimpson Community Hunting Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.5 mi, 110° E
Bladon Springs State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 351° N
Wiggins Stadium (Stadium) — 17.8 mi, 155° SE
Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 185° S
World War I Monument (1924) (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 055° NE
Clarke County Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 055° NE
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 27.0 mi, 262° W · 532k acres
Fort Mims (Historic Castle / Fort) — 28.2 mi, 139° SE
Waynesboro City Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 31.8 mi, 295° NW
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 226° SW
Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 309° NW
Satsuma Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 44.5 mi, 173° S
Bay Minette Skatepark (Attraction) — 47.1 mi, 153° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.2 mi, 206° SW · 20k acres
Wind Creek Cinema (Cinema) — 47.7 mi, 124° SE
Leaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.7 mi, 229° SW · 993 acres
A Celebration of Reading (Public Artwork) — 48.8 mi, 087° E
Atticus Finch Monument (Monument) — 48.8 mi, 087° E
Tensaw River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 53.0 mi, 165° S
Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction (Attraction) — 55.6 mi, 174° S
Phoenix Fire Museum (Museum) — 55.7 mi, 173° S
Oakleigh (Museum) — 56.1 mi, 175° S
Anchor (Attraction) — 56.2 mi, 172° S
Black Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 61.1 mi, 236° SW · 5,084 acres
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.6 mi, 191° S · 31k acres
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 78.6 mi, 307° NW · 180k acres

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