Explore Mount Olive, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Olive, 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 Mount Olive.
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 | Mount Olive |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Butler County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.078454 |
| Longitude | -86.13304 |
| Population | 311 |
| Density | 14.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 36276, 35079, 35452, 35117 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| County Seat | Greenville |
| School District | Coosa County School District |
Mount Olive occupies a position of quiet permanence where the dense, humid air of the interior presses against the dark, iron-rich soil of the Alabama landscape. It lies 54.0 miles west-southwest of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 253°T), and is situated 11.9 miles north-northeast of Evergreen. Thick stands of longleaf pine anchor the topography, their needles creating a soft, amber carpet that muffles the steady progress of the wind. A mile from the center, the currents of Long Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the earth, while four miles away, the surface of Bennett Pond remains a flat, reflective plane that holds the evening light long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. The woods here possess a heavy, enduring stillness, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic snap of twigs or the sudden movement of shadows across the red clay.
Mount Olive carries the weight of a local economy built upon the steady labor of those who have long worked the land and the transit routes that connect it to the wider region. Beyond the residential lines, the State-owned Submerged Lands offer a rare, protected expanse of terrain that preserves the natural character of the environment against the encroaching pace of modern industry. The rhythm of daily life moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, reflecting a history defined by the transition from rural agricultural roots to a modern suburban identity. In the cooling hours of dusk, the transition of color across the sky highlights the stark contrast between the deep greens of the bottomland hardwoods and the pale, dusty gray of the local back roads, grounding the identity of the people in the soil they occupy.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Olive, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.078454, -86.13304. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Mount Olive includes the ZIP code (36276, 35079, 35452), telephone area code (256, 205), county seat of Butler County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Coosa County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |