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Mount Olive Alabama Map

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.

Interactive Map of Mount Olive, Alabama

How to Use This Mount Olive, Alabama Map

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	Lauderdale 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	Florence
School District	Coosa County School District

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About Mount Olive, Alabama

Mount Olive is a locality in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 311. The population density is 14.4 people per km². Mount Olive is located at 33.0785°N, 86.1330°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36276, 35079, 35452.

Mount Olive stretches across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of First Creek, which traces a path through the red-clay earth and dense stands of timber. It lies 19.9 miles west of Athens, AL (from Athens, AL: bearing 276°T), and is situated 20.4 miles east of Florence. The terrain is marked by the low, shadowed depression of Slop Hollow, where the humidity clings to the heavy leaves of bottomland hardwoods during the stagnant heat of summer afternoons. Far to the horizon, the silhouette of Peters Ridge breaks the flat expanse of the sky, serving as a silent sentinel over the fields. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the dust of the back roads into a fine, metallic gold that settles over the canopy of longleaf pines.

Mount Olive maintains a rhythm dictated by the steady cycles of the land, drawing sustenance from an economy deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions of the region. Residents often find their way toward the expanse of Wheeler Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the clouds, or spend their leisure time wandering the trails of Joe Wheeler State Park. Life in Mount Olive avoids the clamor of the modern transit corridor, favoring the slow, deliberate pace of a place that remembers its own history in the quiet growth of its fields and the steady flow of its local waters. The character of the people is as resilient as the soil, shaped by a heritage that values the weight of a handshake and the seasonal labor required to coax a living from the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hollins Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 342° N
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 4.3 mi, 342° N · 395k acres
Falling Star (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 313° NW
Gantt's Quarry Observation Point (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 304° NW
Coosa Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 249° W
Charles E Bailey Sportplex (Local Recreation) — 13.7 mi, 140° SE
Airplane Monument (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 139° SE
Catie Radney's Studio (Arts Centre) — 14.0 mi, 132° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 17.2 mi, 197° S
Wind Creek State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 141° SE
Talladega College Sign (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 002° N
Talladega College Entrance Gate (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 003° N
Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.2 mi, 040° NE · 7,400 acres
Bell UH-1 (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 054° NE
Cheaha State Park (State Park) — 30.3 mi, 024° NE
Peach Water Tower (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 245° SW
Pulpit Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.3 mi, 033° NE
Kelly Fitzgerald Art Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 186° S
Dixie Art Colony Foundation (Gallery) — 37.5 mi, 186° S
Marcia Weber Art Objects (Gallery) — 37.6 mi, 186° S
Rumbling Water Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 37.8 mi, 187° S
Wetumpka Depot Players (Arts Centre) — 37.8 mi, 186° S
Old CCC Ridgeline Campsite ("Unit 2") (Historic Ruins) — 38.8 mi, 298° NW
Christian Camp Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 38.8 mi, 298° NW
AmStar Stadium Cinema 12 (Cinema) — 41.1 mi, 026° NE
Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 41.5 mi, 295° NW
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.9 mi, 027° NE · 18k acres
Tuskegee National Forest (National Forest) — 49.7 mi, 142° SE · 11k acres
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.0 mi, 271° W · 8,383 acres
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 59.1 mi, 029° NE · 8,947 acres

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