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Madison Alabama Map

Explore Madison, 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 Madison, Alabama

How to Use This Madison, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.710533
Longitude	-86.76228
Population	56,933
Density	724.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35020, 36117, 35756
Area Code	334, 251, 256
County Seat	Birmingham
School District	Madison City School District

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About Madison, Alabama

Madison is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of 56,933. The population density is 724.0 people per km². Madison is located at 34.7105°N, 86.7623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Madison is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35020, 36117, 35756.

Madison occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of red clay and the subtle shifts of an inland horizon, where the land eases into the broad, unassuming expanse of Jones Valley. It lies 3.1 miles north-northeast of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 17°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Birmingham. Valley Creek meanders through the periphery of the terrain, carving a modest path that reflects the changing sky, while the silhouette of West Red Mountain rises to the south to anchor the view. The air holds a specific weight here, thick with the moisture of a continental climate that softens the edges of the afternoon, casting a long, amber glow over the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy tree lines. Residents often find that the light at dusk settles with a strange, heavy clarity, turning the local foliage into deep silhouettes against a sky that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the rise.

Madison serves as a modern intersection of aerospace industry and agricultural heritage, drawing its current rhythm from the precision of technical enterprise that has replaced the older, slower cycles of the plow. The legacy of the region remains visible in the architecture of the older streets, though the economy has pivoted toward the high-tech corridors that define the modern regional landscape. Leisure finds a place at the Roosevelt City Recreation Center, where the pace of the afternoon slows to a human scale, offering a contrast to the rapid development that characterizes the broader valley. Even as the town expands, the memory of the soil remains, a quiet acknowledgment of a place that balances its forward-looking ambitions with the steady, unyielding earth beneath it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mill Creek Greenway Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 225° SW
Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 0.8 mi, 342° N
Palmer Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 204° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 320° NW
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.0 mi, 168° S
BE-4 Engine (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 066° NE
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.0 mi, 219° SW · 35k acres
Helicopter (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 121° SE
Lockheed A-12 'Oxcart' (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 090° E
U.S. Army Corporal (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 090° E
UAH Stone Geode (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 080° E
Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 301° NW
Buffalo Soldiers Memorial (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 077° E
Lynx Gallery (Gallery) — 9.0 mi, 078° E
The Burger Factory (Historic Ruins) — 9.2 mi, 078° E
The Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 9.4 mi, 088° E
Queen Kel The Creator (Arts Centre) — 9.4 mi, 088° E
Pig, In Memoriam (Public Artwork) — 9.7 mi, 004° N
Mrs. Nadine Meslon Yeager (Viewpoint) — 10.0 mi, 084° E
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 257° W · 4,011 acres
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 085° E
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 065° NE
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 065° NE
Hotel Monte Sano (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 080° E
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 258° W · 2,094 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 31.1 mi, 222° SW · 182k acres

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