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Joppa Alabama Map

Explore Joppa, 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 Joppa, Alabama

How to Use This Joppa, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.297873
Longitude	-86.556102
Population	556
Density	110.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	35087, 35016
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Cullman
School District	Cullman County School District

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About Joppa, Alabama

Joppa is a locality in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 556. The population density is 110.4 people per km². Joppa is located at 34.2979°N, 86.5561°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35087, 35016.

Joppa emerges from the red-clay landscape where the winding path of Joppa Creek dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the earth. It lies 18.5 miles east-northeast of Cullman, AL (from Cullman, AL: bearing 63°T), and is situated 3.7 miles west-southwest of Arab. The terrain here defines itself through a series of quiet, uneven elevations that eventually yield to the more prominent silhouette of Dividing Ridge on the horizon. Moisture hangs heavy in the air, feeding the dense thickets of bottomland hardwood that cling to the creek banks, while the humid atmosphere softens the edges of every fence line and pasture. In the stillness of the afternoon, the light takes on a bruised, golden quality, illuminating the fine dust kicked up by passage along the back roads and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields until they vanish into the cooling woods.

Joppa persists as a quiet center of agricultural life, where the rhythm of the seasons remains the primary clock for those who work the soil. The economy reflects a long-standing reliance on the land, with small-scale farming and local timber providing the steady, unadorned livelihood that has sustained families for generations. A few miles away, the expanse of Guntersville Lake offers a vast, shimmering contrast to the enclosed intimacy of the nearby woodlands, while the rugged isolation of Section Hollow provides a sanctuary for local wildlife. Residents often gather at Thompson Eidson Park to mark the passage of time, finding a shared sense of belonging in the simple maintenance of the grounds. Though the world beyond this horizon continues its restless shifting, Joppa retains a stubborn, grounded character, anchored by the slow movement of the creek and the enduring memory of those who first cleared the brush to make a home in the pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thompson Eidson Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 063° NE
Arab City Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 071° E
Baileyton Good Time DragStrip (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 221° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 180° S
Dane Estes Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 202° S
Federal Raid (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 185° S
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 209° SW
Ebenezer Hearn (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 187° S
Honeycomb Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 049° NE
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 244° SW
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 18.3 mi, 204° SW
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 074° E
Huntsville Speedway (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 004° N
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 248° W
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 095° E
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.5 mi, 331° NW · 35k acres
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 096° E
Mabrey Outlook (Viewpoint) — 21.5 mi, 071° E
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 23.2 mi, 293° NW
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 23.7 mi, 296° NW
Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 23.8 mi, 107° E
Bethel Spring Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.3 mi, 027° NE
Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 258° W
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 004° N
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.0 mi, 028° NE · 406 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 31.6 mi, 270° W · 182k acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 32.1 mi, 045° NE · 16k acres
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 316° NW · 4,011 acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.1 mi, 272° W · 26k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 56.9 mi, 123° SE · 395k acres

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