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New Union Alabama Map

Explore New Union, 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 New Union, Alabama

How to Use This New Union, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.134791
Longitude	-86.228174
Population	1,019
Density	32.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	35956
Area Code	334, 205
County Seat	Gadsden
School District	Etowah County School District

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About New Union, Alabama

New Union is a locality in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,019. The population density is 32.3 people per km². New Union is located at 34.1348°N, 86.2282°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35956.

New Union rises from the red-clay earth, defined by the persistent, winding path of Carl Creek as it carves a slow furrow through the landscape. It lies 5.8 miles southwest of Boaz, AL (from Boaz, AL: bearing 218°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south of Albertville. The horizon is punctuated by the steady, silent presence of Aurora Mountain, a sentinel that oversees the transition from the dense woodlands to the clearing where the community resides. Light here has a peculiar, heavy quality in the late afternoon, catching the iron-rich dust of the back roads and turning the air into a hazy, copper-colored veil. Beyond the immediate thickets of hardwood, the land slopes toward the distant reaches of Little Cove, where the shadows stretch long and thin across the fields as the sun dips behind the treeline.

New Union maintains a quiet posture, built upon a foundation of agricultural labor that has long defined the local economy, though the rhythmic thrum of modern industry now hums in the periphery. Generations have worked this soil, leaving a legacy that remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture of the older houses and the enduring patterns of the seasonal harvest. While the bustle of larger centers feels a world away, the residents find their own pace, often looking toward the waters of Guntersville Lake for the stillness that only such vast, inland expanses can provide. The proximity to State-owned Submerged Lands serves as a quiet reminder of the wilder, unmanaged spaces that persist just outside the reach of the plow, ensuring that the character of New Union remains tethered to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 241° SW
Boaz Softball Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 028° NE
Boaz Neighborhood Center (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 031° NE
Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 043° NE
Mountain Air Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 014° N
Albertville Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 9.5 mi, 001° N
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 001° N
Bailey School (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 239° SW
Noccalula Falls Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.3 mi, 120° SE
Fat Man's Squeeze (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 119° SE
Main Battle Tank (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 120° SE
Noccalula Falls Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 13.5 mi, 119° SE
Noccalula Statue (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 119° SE
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 14.4 mi, 007° N
Mabrey's Rock of Ages (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 003° N
OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 227° SW
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 22.1 mi, 068° E
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 25.6 mi, 268° W
Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 153° SE
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 26.9 mi, 258° W
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 32.1 mi, 250° W
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 32.1 mi, 013° N · 16k acres
Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 32.3 mi, 070° E · 11k acres
Bethel Spring Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.8 mi, 347° N
Carlton Ward Theater (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 128° SE
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 35.0 mi, 124° SE · 395k acres
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.6 mi, 135° SE · 18k acres
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.4 mi, 119° SE · 8,947 acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 316° NW · 35k acres
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 52.3 mi, 070° E · 752k acres

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