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Lake View Alabama Map

Explore Lake View, 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 Lake View, Alabama

How to Use This Lake View, Alabama Map

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

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	Lake View
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Tuscaloosa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.28067
Longitude	-87.137496
Population	3,560
Density	653.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35111
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Tuscaloosa
School District	Tuscaloosa County School District

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About Lake View, Alabama

Lake View is a locality in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,560. The population density is 653.9 people per km². Lake View is located at 33.2807°N, 87.1375°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lake View is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35111.

Lake View emerges from the heavy, humid air of the Alabama interior, defined by the quiet persistence of Rockcastle Creek as it carves a path through the dense woodland. It lies 8.5 miles west-southwest of McCalla, AL (from McCalla, AL: bearing 237°T), and is situated 9.2 miles northeast of Vance. The landscape is characterized by a low, rhythmic topography where the earth shifts from the deep, iron-rich red clay of the roadside to the damp, shaded banks of Catfish Lake. Only two miles distant, the prominence of West Red Mountain anchors the horizon, its silhouette rising steadily against the afternoon light, while the terrain slopes gradually into the expanse of Jones Valley. During the stillness of dusk, the longleaf pines cast elongated, spindly shadows that stretch across the forest floor, marking the slow transition of the day into a humid, star-dusted evening.

History clings to the red-dusted soil of Lake View, bearing the quiet weight of an industrial legacy that once shaped the broader region. The proximity to Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park serves as a reminder of the furnaces and iron production that historically tethered the local economy to the earth’s mineral wealth. While the clamor of past ironworking has faded into the quietude of modern suburban life, the pace remains dictated by the steady movement of the seasons and the cycle of the inland climate. Residents move through their days with an awareness of the surrounding bottomland hardwoods, where the air retains a lingering, earthy dampness that seems to slow the passage of time. It is a place where the memory of earlier labor persists in the quiet, undisturbed expanses of the landscape, grounding the present in the persistent, unchanging rhythm of the woods and water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 118° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 342° N
Woodstock Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 180° S
William R. Ireland, Sr. - Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 165° S
Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 226° SW
Cahaba River - Shelby County Park (Local Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 127° SE
Cahaba River Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 131° SE
Mercedes Benz Logo (Public Artwork) — 9.7 mi, 229° SW
West Blocton (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 173° S
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 057° NE · 48 acres
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.9 mi, 161° S · 8,383 acres
Oak Grove Softball Field (Stadium) — 12.9 mi, 355° N
Oak Grove Baseball Stadium (Stadium) — 13.0 mi, 355° N
Old Lock 14 (Viewpoint) — 15.6 mi, 271° W
Mulberry Fork Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 328° NW
The Gallery (Gallery) — 19.9 mi, 127° SE
Stewards of the Centennial Capsule (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 128° SE
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 20.0 mi, 202° S · 395k acres
Cahaba Critters Animal Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.3 mi, 161° S
Sixmile Male & Female Academy (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 158° S
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 058° NE
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 084° E
Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 080° E
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.6 mi, 057° NE
Tuskaloosa Capitol Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 23.6 mi, 257° W
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 057° NE
Alabama Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 259° W
Allen Bales Theatre (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 259° W
Old CCC Lakside Campsite ("Unit 1") (Historic Ruins) — 24.2 mi, 079° E
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 50.2 mi, 351° N · 182k acres

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