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Midway Alabama Map

Explore Midway, 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 Midway, Alabama

How to Use This Midway, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	32.076373
Longitude	-85.524417
Population	421
Density	49.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	36861, 36042, 36728, 36053
Area Code	334, 251
County Seat	Birmingham
School District	Bullock County School District

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About Midway, Alabama

Midway is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 421. The population density is 49.1 people per km². Midway is located at 32.0764°N, 85.5244°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Midway is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36861, 36042, 36728.

Midway rests upon a low, quiet plateau where the earth turns to a stubborn, iron-rich red clay that clings to the boots of anyone who walks the fields. It lies 9.2 miles west-southwest of Gardendale, AL (from Gardendale, AL: bearing 238°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-northwest of Birmingham. The Venison Branch slips through the landscape like a silver thread, carrying the runoff of heavy summer rains toward the deeper basins while the humidity hangs heavy in the longleaf pines. To the west, the dark silhouette of Cat Mountain marks the horizon, while the quiet waters of Bayview Lake offer a stillness that mirrors the thick, humid air of the afternoon. Nearby, the dense canopy of the United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest provides a cool, shadowed refuge from the sun, and the low depression of Cougar Hollow creates a natural divide in the terrain. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised purple quality, softening the sharp edges of the landscape until the day dissolves into the chirrup of insects and the cooling of the soil.

Midway holds a memory of labor and persistence that remains etched into the rhythm of the local economy, which still draws its strength from the cycles of the earth and the cultivation of pecan orchards. Residents often gather at Blackwell Park to watch the shadows lengthen, a space that serves as a necessary anchor for the community amidst the slow turning of seasons. The history of the region is heavy with the weight of the past, marked by a quiet resilience that has defined the character of the people for generations. While industry has shifted over time, the fundamental connection to the land—to the rhythm of the harvest and the maintenance of the timber—continues to dictate the pace of life. Nothing moves with haste here; instead, there is a steady, deliberate movement that favors the patient observation of a changing climate and the preservation of a singular, inland way of existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Midway Confederate Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 073° E
Wehle Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 122° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 234° SW
Barbour Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 161° S
Elhew Field Station (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 133° SE
Wehle Nature Center (Recreation Easement) — 5.0 mi, 130° SE
Barbour County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 147° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.2 mi, 291° W
Civil War Statue (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 162° S
Walter F. George Lake (Recreation Area) — 18.0 mi, 102° E
Lakepoint Resort State Park (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 103° E
Tuskegee National Forest (National Forest) — 24.5 mi, 344° N · 11k acres
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.6 mi, 102° E · 48 acres
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 337° NW
Beginning of the George Washington Carver Nutrition Trail (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 336° NW
Blue Springs State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 178° S
Shiloh Church (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 028° NE
Conecuh River Depot (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 238° SW
Pike Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 238° SW
Home (Historic Castle / Fort) — 35.6 mi, 034° NE
Founders' Oak (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 004° N
Cam Newton (Public Artwork) — 36.3 mi, 003° N
Civil War Cannon Lathe (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 004° N
University Seal (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 004° N
Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 39.4 mi, 057° NE
Giant Screen Theater at the National Infantry Museum (Cinema) — 39.6 mi, 057° NE
Golden Park (Stadium) — 40.5 mi, 050° NE
A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 40.8 mi, 050° NE
National Civil War Naval Museum (Museum) — 40.8 mi, 051° NE
Opelika Community Theatre (Theatre) — 41.0 mi, 014° N

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