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Leighton Alabama Map

Explore Leighton, 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 Leighton, Alabama

How to Use This Leighton, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.700923
Longitude	-87.528915
Population	665
Density	119.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35646
Area Code	256
County Seat	Tuscumbia
School District	Colbert County School District

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About Leighton, Alabama

Leighton is a locality in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 665. The population density is 119.0 people per km². Leighton is located at 34.7009°N, 87.5289°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Leighton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35646.

Leighton sits upon a broad expanse of red-clay earth that holds the heat of the afternoon sun long after the shadows have lengthened. It lies 8.4 miles east-southeast of Muscle Shoals, AL (from Muscle Shoals, AL: bearing 111°T), and is situated 10.8 miles southeast of Florence. The landscape around Leighton stretches toward the horizon with a quiet, persistent stillness, marked by the gentle depression of Abernathy Bottom three miles away and the distant, hazy silhouette of Peanut Ridge twelve miles to the south. Near the edge of the residential grid, the waters of Dry Creek trace a slow path through the woods, mirrored by the stagnant, reflective surface of Riley Pond just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape shifts toward the damp, protected terrain of the State-owned Submerged Lands, where the humidity clings to the hardwood leaves and the light at dusk turns the color of a bruised plum.

Agriculture and the steady rhythms of rural labor define the pulse of Leighton, a place where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the soil and the legacy of the surrounding farmland. The history of the area is etched into the very dirt of the crossroads, reflecting a past shaped by the endurance of those who worked the pecan groves and fields before the modern era took hold. Water from The Fall Off, located eight miles away, serves as a distant reminder of the region’s hidden geological depth, while the proximity to the State-owned Submerged Lands ensures that the wilder character of the terrain remains intact. Life in Leighton moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, where the sound of wind moving through the pines often carries more weight than the passing of hours.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 100° E
Airport Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 305° NW
Wilson Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.5 mi, 319° NW
Old Railroad Bed (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 305° NW
Steam Engine Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 305° NW
Old Railroad Bridge (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 305° NW
Lock Six Day Use Area (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 357° N
Waumanona Mound (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 308° NW
Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed) (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 103° E
Shoals Community Theatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 310° NW
Seven-mile Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 300° NW · 3,204 acres
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 046° NE
Norton Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 310° NW
Lillian C. Deibert (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 326° NW
Old Cypress Mill (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 306° NW
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.1 mi, 284° W · 2,106 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 17.3 mi, 182° S · 182k acres
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 091° E · 2,094 acres
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 20.3 mi, 139° SE
Freedom Hills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.1 mi, 270° W
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.9 mi, 172° S · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.2 mi, 167° S · 26k acres
Thomas State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 25.1 mi, 260° W
Old Car (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 166° S
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.3 mi, 100° E · 35k acres
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 32.5 mi, 077° E
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 077° E
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 077° E
Historic Downtown Hartselle (Attraction) — 38.2 mi, 117° SE
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 38.3 mi, 117° SE

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