Explore Homewood, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Homewood, 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 Homewood.
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 | Homewood |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Monroe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.45855 |
| Longitude | -86.80965 |
| Population | 26,414 |
| Density | 1232.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 35209, 36480, 35229 |
| Area Code | 251, 205 |
| County Seat | Monroeville |
| School District | Homewood City School District |
Homewood unfurls across a landscape of undulating red clay and dense, verdant canopy, where the quiet passage of Baileys Creek defines the low-lying contours of the terrain. It lies 47.1 miles northeast of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 36°T), and is situated 19.5 miles southwest of Monroeville. The air here holds a heavy, humid sweetness, particularly as the amber light of late afternoon catches the waxy leaves of bottomland hardwoods and the towering needles of longleaf pines. Four miles to the east, the silhouette of Jenny Bell Hill rises against the sky, providing a fixed point in the shifting, sun-dappled greenery. Residents move through the day with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the subtle cooling that arrives when the shadows lengthen across the neighborhood streets and the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands begin to exhale the damp, earthy scent of a region anchored deep within the continent.
Homewood evolved from a collection of early twentieth-century settlements into a distinct municipality shaped by the growth of surrounding industrial centers and the steady expansion of academic and professional life. The local economy thrives on a blend of service-oriented commerce and a vibrant sense of civic identity, with retail corridors and community hubs that reflect a commitment to maintaining a walkable, connected environment. History is felt in the preservation of architectural styles that bridge the transition from quiet mid-century residential expansion to the modern, bustling character of the current day. While the region is removed from the expansive vistas of the north or the distant, humid stretches toward the southern border, the proximity to the quiet, inland expanse of Flag Lake and the deeper, rugged corridors of Jumping Gully provides a sense of geographic scale that grounds the identity of Homewood in the enduring soil of the interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Homewood, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.45855, -86.80965. 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 Homewood includes the ZIP code (35209, 36480, 35229), telephone area code (251, 205), county seat of Monroe County (Monroeville), and school district assignment (Homewood City 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |