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North Courtland Alabama Map

Explore North Courtland, 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 North Courtland, Alabama

How to Use This North Courtland, Alabama Map

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

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	North Courtland
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Lawrence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.680023
Longitude	-87.305717
Population	483
Density	281.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35618
Area Code	256
County Seat	Moulton
School District	Lawrence County School District

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About North Courtland, Alabama

North Courtland is a locality in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 483. The population density is 281.7 people per km². North Courtland is located at 34.6800°N, 87.3057°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. North Courtland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35618.

North Courtland emerges from the flat, heavy earth of the Tennessee Valley as a quiet intersection of red-clay roads and open, sun-drenched fields. It lies 19.8 miles east-southeast of Muscle Shoals, AL (from Muscle Shoals, AL: bearing 105°T), and is situated 13.4 miles north of Moulton. The air here holds a dense, humid stillness that seems to press against the longleaf pine and bottomland hardwoods, while the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of Peanut Ridge. To the west, the landscape dips into the quiet seclusion of Campground Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early against the rising terrain. Just a mile away, the slow, murky pulse of Big Nance Creek meanders through the landscape, feeding the nearby basin of Stovall Pond, where the water often takes on the color of polished copper under the late afternoon light.

North Courtland carries the weight of a complex history, its identity shaped by the labor of the soil and the enduring echoes of the civil-rights movement that remain etched in the local consciousness. The local economy finds its roots in the surrounding agricultural expanse, where the seasonal cycles of pecan and peach orchards dictate the pace of daily life. Beyond the fields, the landscape is marked by the presence of State-owned Submerged Lands, a protected expanse that preserves the natural character of the region five miles out. Even the distant, rushing sound of The Fall Off provides a subtle, rhythmic contrast to the town's measured existence, reminding those who live in North Courtland of the constant, quiet movement of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed) (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 251° W
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 008° N
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 088° E · 2,094 acres
Joe Wheeler State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 353° N
Nance Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 328° NW
Veteran's Park Memorial Display (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 135° SE
Blowing Springs Cave Tract (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 001° N
Coca Cola Historic Mural (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 177° S
Star Theater Historic Monument (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 177° S
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 13.9 mi, 177° S
HA Alexander park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 179° S
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 088° E · 4,011 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 16.8 mi, 187° S · 182k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 156° SE
Lest We Forget (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 104° E
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 103° E · 35k acres
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 20.1 mi, 185° S · 10k acres
The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 20.8 mi, 066° NE
Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 20.9 mi, 066° NE
Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 065° NE
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.0 mi, 197° S · 26k acres
Gulf Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 066° NE
Waumanona Mound (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 290° W
Bee Branch Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 24.3 mi, 198° S
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 26.7 mi, 127° SE
Historic Downtown Hartselle (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 127° SE
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 280° W · 2,106 acres
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 27.5 mi, 129° SE
Old Car (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 192° S
Freedom Hills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.7 mi, 269° W

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