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Mentone Alabama Map

Explore Mentone, 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 Mentone, Alabama

How to Use This Mentone, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.563209
Longitude	-85.589704
Population	319
Density	28.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35984
Area Code	334, 205
County Seat	Fort Payne
School District	DeKalb County School District

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About Mentone, Alabama

Mentone is a locality in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 28.7 people per km². Mentone is located at 34.5632°N, 85.5897°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mentone is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35984.

Mentone occupies a high, singular plateau where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers against the canopy of longleaf pine. It lies 11.9 miles northeast of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 38°T), and is situated 19.6 miles west-southwest of LaFayette. The air here remains thin and cool, drifting over the rugged landscape toward the shadows of Polecat Hollow, four miles distant. At Mentone Brow Park, the earth simply ceases, dropping away to reveal a vast, textured expanse of woodland that stretches toward the horizon. Two miles away, the water of DeSoto Falls spills over the ancient stone, a white ribbon of constant motion in an otherwise still forest. Below the plateau, the quiet presence of Big Wills Creek marks the land, its winding course carving a path through the dense, deep-green vegetation of the region.

Mentone carries the weight of a quiet history, its identity rooted in a legacy of summer retreats and the slow, deliberate pace of mountain life. The local economy relies on the steady interest of those seeking the solace of the woods, supported by small-scale commerce and the preservation of traditional crafts that echo the industrious spirit of earlier generations. While High Point stands nineteen miles away as a distant marker of the terrain, the immediate vicinity remains dominated by the texture of red-clay back roads and the seasonal cycle of the hardwoods. Life moves with an unpretentious gravity here, anchored by the proximity to Guntersville Lake, which sits sixteen miles away, providing a reflective expanse that balances the verticality of the plateau. In every season, the atmosphere of Mentone is defined by the shifting colors of the canopy and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a landscape that has long since learned to hold its own counsel.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Desoto State Park (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 171° S
Little River Canyon Megasite (Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 205° SW
Valley Head High School Athletic Fields (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 275° W
Mentone Brow Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 357° N
Valley Head Town Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 285° W
Old Rock Schoolhouses (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 216° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 158° S
Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 184° S · 11k acres
Little River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 186° S
Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 065° NE
Fort Payne Cinema (Cinema) — 8.8 mi, 223° SW
Fort Payne Depot and Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 222° SW
Fort Payne Opera House (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 222° SW
The band Alabama (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 222° SW
Dekalb Theatre (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 222° SW
Little River Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.0 mi, 190° S
Alabama Fan Club and Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 222° SW
Mushroom Rock (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 190° S
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 132° SE · 752k acres
Cloudland Canyon State Park (State Park) — 18.3 mi, 019° N
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 19.2 mi, 313° NW · 16k acres
Floyd Springs (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 111° E
Southern Scottsboro Depot (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 287° W
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 26.6 mi, 217° SW
Georgia 4th Cavalry (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 038° NE
West Rome High Marker (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 134° SE
Neversink Pit (Nature Reserve) — 28.9 mi, 305° NW
John's Mountain WMA (Nature Reserve) — 29.3 mi, 093° E
Martha Berry Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 130° SE
Chieftains Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 129° SE

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