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Maytown Alabama Map

Explore Maytown, 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 Maytown, Alabama

How to Use This Maytown, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.549954
Longitude	-87.000043
Population	316
Density	44.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35005, 35224
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Birmingham
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Maytown, Alabama

Maytown is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 316. The population density is 44.8 people per km². Maytown is located at 33.5500°N, 87.0000°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Maytown is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35005, 35224.

Maytown occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, winding course of Mulga Creek carves a path through the red-clay earth. It lies 5.9 miles north of Hueytown, AL (from Hueytown, AL: bearing 0°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northwest of Bessemer. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the longleaf pines, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Clarke Mountain marks the horizon like a soft bruise against the sky. To the west, the quiet waters of Bayview Lake reflect the afternoon light, their surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of the wider world. Beyond the immediate reach of the township, the dense, untamed growth of the United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest creates a deep, verdant boundary, while the nearby terrain of Harden Hollow suggests a landscape shaped by slow erosion and the patient work of rain.

Maytown remains a place where the echoes of industrial history linger in the soil, tracing back to the days when coal and iron defined the labor of the region. The rhythm of daily life moves with the deliberate grace of those who have long worked the land, finding recreation in the shade of Sylvan Springs Park or watching the shadows lengthen over the fields. Economic shifts have softened the sharp edges of the past, leaving behind a community that values the slow turning of seasons and the enduring character of its residents. It is a place defined not by grand monuments, but by the subtle shift of light across the pines and the steady, quiet passage of time along the banks of Mulga Creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 345° N
Sylvan Springs Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 198° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 069° E
Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 206° SW
Pleasant Grove Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 168° S
Ebsco Overlook (West) (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 139° SE
MESH Collective Art (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 132° SE
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 10.6 mi, 238° SW
Oak Grove Baseball Stadium (Stadium) — 10.7 mi, 238° SW
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 099° E
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 099° E
Steelworker (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 100° E
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 105° E
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 11.3 mi, 103° E
Mulberry Fork Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 271° W
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 102° E
Heaviest Corner on Earth (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 102° E
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 108° E
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 170° S · 48 acres
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 12.2 mi, 129° SE
The Storyteller (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 106° E
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 13.4 mi, 117° SE
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 115° SE
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 17.0 mi, 093° E
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 141° SE
Old CCC Lakside Campsite ("Unit 1") (Historic Ruins) — 21.2 mi, 132° SE
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 019° N
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.0 mi, 186° S · 8,383 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 33.7 mi, 347° N · 182k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 40.3 mi, 203° SW · 395k acres

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