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Lester Alabama Map

Explore Lester, 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 Lester, Alabama

How to Use This Lester, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.982751
Longitude	-87.155534
Population	111
Density	22.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35954, 35647
Area Code	334, 205, 256
County Seat	Athens
School District	Limestone County School District

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About Lester, Alabama

Lester is a locality in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 111. The population density is 22.4 people per km². Lester is located at 34.9828°N, 87.1555°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lester is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35954, 35647.

Lester occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth shifts from the heavy clay of the lowlands into the subtle, upward tilt of the landscape. It lies 16.6 miles northwest of Athens, AL (from Athens, AL: bearing 322°T), and is situated 19.0 miles south of Weakley. Scarce Grease Branch carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters marking a steady line near the town’s edge, while the distant, jagged silhouette of White Ridge looms against the sky like a dormant sentinel. To the north, the elevation drops into the quietude of Booth Hollow, where the air holds a cooler, denser quality under the canopy of hardwoods. The light here during the late afternoon possesses a distinct, syrupy clarity, turning the fields a deep, bruised gold before the shadows lengthen across the dirt paths and unpaved shoulders.

Lester draws its endurance from the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of agricultural persistence that defines the surrounding acreage. While the economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, the proximity of Wheeler Reservoir six miles away provides a persistent, quiet pull on the local horizon, an expanse of water that anchors the regional geography. Residents often travel toward the State-owned Submerged Lands to find a landscape left to its own devices, a stark contrast to the managed rows of cotton and soy that characterize the nearby plains. The pace of life in Lester is measured not by the clock, but by the slow cooling of the red-clay ground and the way the evening wind carries the scent of pine and drying earth across the porch screens.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 153° SE
Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 117° SE
Blowing Springs Cave Tract (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 227° SW
Civil War Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 093° E
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 216° SW
Staturn 1B Rocket (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 097° E
Vietnam Veterans of America (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 097° E
Alabama Korean Veterans War Memorial (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 097° E
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 139° SE
Limestone County Confederate Soldiers Memorial (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 140° SE
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 16.2 mi, 140° SE
Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 140° SE
Courthouse Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.3 mi, 026° NE
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 139° SE
STAAR theater (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 025° NE
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 19.9 mi, 178° S · 2,094 acres
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 20.9 mi, 161° S · 4,011 acres
David Crockett (State Park) — 21.2 mi, 329° NW
Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed) (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 207° SW
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 155° SE · 35k acres
Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 129° SE
Lynnville Railroad Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 017° N
BE-4 Engine (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 123° SE
Laurel Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.4 mi, 335° NW
Shoals Community Theatre (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 247° SW
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.4 mi, 134° SE
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.4 mi, 245° SW · 2,106 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 39.1 mi, 196° S · 182k acres
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 42.2 mi, 194° S · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.6 mi, 200° S · 26k acres

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