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Mosses Alabama Map

Explore Mosses, 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 Mosses, Alabama

How to Use This Mosses, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	32.188758
Longitude	-86.679435
Population	834
Density	67.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36040
Area Code	334, 251
County Seat	Hayneville
School District	Lowndes County School District

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About Mosses, Alabama

Mosses is a locality in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 834. The population density is 67.9 people per km². Mosses is located at 32.1888°N, 86.6794°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mosses is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36040.

Mosses occupies a quiet expanse of the Black Belt, where the earth is stained a deep, rusted iron color and the air holds a persistent, heavy warmth. It lies 23.5 miles south-southwest of Prattville, AL (from Prattville, AL: bearing 212°T), and is situated 25.5 miles west-southwest of Montgomery. The landscape here is defined by low-slung agricultural fields and dense stands of timber that seem to absorb the afternoon heat, creating a stillness that feels heavy and deliberate. To the north, the faint, hazy outlines of the Fall Line Hills suggest a change in the topography that never quite reaches these flatter plains. A few miles away, the quiet surface of Powers Pond reflects the sky in a mirror of dark glass, while the sluggish, winding course of Rambo Branch draws a thin, verdant line through the brush. The light at dusk here has a peculiar, bruised quality, turning the longleaf pines into silhouettes that stand guard over the silent, red-clay back roads.

Mosses maintains a character forged by the slow, cyclical demands of the land and the weight of a complex history that lingers in the architecture of the older buildings. Local life is tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the harvest of pecans and the tending of fields remain central to the identity of the people who reside here. The proximity to the Lowndes Wildlife Management Area ensures that the surrounding woods remain a sanctuary for the local fauna, preserving a wildness that persists despite the encroachment of modern transit. While the pace of the days is measured and modest, there is a profound depth to the silence of the evening, a reminder that Mosses is a place where time is not so much measured by the clock as it is felt in the steady, patient growth of the forest and the enduring memory of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lowndes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 353° N
Viola Liuzzo Memorial (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 022° N
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 6.2 mi, 334° NW · 20 acres
R. E. Bob Woodruff Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 337° NW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 10.6 mi, 000° N
Millers Ferry Lock Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 325° NW
Alabama Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.6 mi, 084° E
Robert E Radford Momorial (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 304° NW
Dallas County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 275° W
Craig Field WW2 Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 304° NW
P'Zazz Art Studio (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 033° NE
Prattaugan Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 033° NE
Wright Flyer (Replica) (Public Artwork) — 23.7 mi, 055° NE
Selma Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 307° NW
Davis Theatre (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 059° NE
Rosa Parks Library and Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 059° NE
Harriott II Riverboat (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 058° NE
Escapology Montgomery (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 058° NE
Sturdivant Hall (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 307° NW
Tabernacle Baptist Church Guided Tours (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 308° NW
W. A. Gayle Planetarium (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 061° NE
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 290° W
Old Cahawba Prairie Tract (State Recreation Area) — 26.6 mi, 289° W
Paul M. Grist State Park (State Park) — 32.9 mi, 328° NW
Fort Jackson (Historic Ruins) — 33.0 mi, 048° NE
Roland Cooper State Park (State Park) — 33.9 mi, 256° W
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 35.2 mi, 323° NW · 395k acres
Rumbling Water Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 36.5 mi, 049° NE
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.1 mi, 340° N · 8,383 acres
Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 69.7 mi, 183° S · 85k acres

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