Explore New Hope, 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 New Hope, 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 New Hope.
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 | New Hope |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Randolph County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.537972 |
| Longitude | -86.412372 |
| Population | 2,889 |
| Density | 128.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 36278, 36346, 35242, 35760 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| County Seat | Wedowee |
| School District | Madison County School District |
New Hope stretches across a verdant expanse where the slow, persistent current of the Henson Branch carves a quiet path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 31.0 miles southeast of Oxford, AL (from Oxford, AL: bearing 130°T), and is situated 12.5 miles north-northwest of Roanoke. The local geography is defined by a heavy, humid air that clings to the bottomland hardwoods and longleaf pines, while the surface of New Hope Lake reflects the shifting, bruised colors of a darkening sky. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of Backbone Ridge rises as a jagged, indigo barrier against the fading light, grounding the valley in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate. The soil here, a deep and stubborn red clay, dictates the pace of the landscape, holding the moisture of recent rains long after the sun has retreated behind the trees.
Agriculture and the steady, unassuming labor of the land have long anchored the economy of New Hope, shaping a culture that values the endurance of the seasons over the frantic pulse of industrial centers. Remnants of a rural past remain visible in the quietude of the fields, though the influence of modern industry has slowly altered the way residents interact with their surroundings. Those seeking the wilder edges of the region might venture toward the State-owned Submerged Lands to observe the unmanaged growth of the thickets, or travel to witness the rush of High Shoals Falls, where the water fractures against the stone in a constant, rhythmic percussion. Life in New Hope moves with the deliberate weight of a place that understands its own history, where the memory of earlier generations lingers in the rustle of the pines and the persistent, unhurried flow of the local waters.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Hope, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.537972, -86.412372. 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 New Hope includes the ZIP code (36278, 36346, 35242), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Randolph County (Wedowee), and school district assignment (Madison 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. |