Explore Ohatchee, 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 Ohatchee, 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 Ohatchee.
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 | Ohatchee |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Calhoun County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.789759 |
| Longitude | -86.029062 |
| Population | 1,157 |
| Density | 76.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 36271 |
| Area Code | 334 |
| County Seat | Anniston |
| School District | Calhoun County School District |
Ohatchee anchors itself upon a landscape defined by the persistent, winding presence of Ohatchee Creek, which carves a path through the red-clay earth toward the broader waterways of the region. It lies 11.0 miles west-northwest of Saks, AL (from Saks, AL: bearing 302°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Southside. Low, timbered ridges rise in the distance, framing the horizon where the Ohatchee Mountains cast long, hazy shadows during the swelter of mid-afternoon. To the west, the flat expanse of the Alexandria Valley offers a contrast to the dense stands of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood that populate the immediate terrain. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, often broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of cicadas that seem to vibrate in harmony with the heat radiating from the ground. Just two miles away, the vast, placid waters of Logan Martin Lake mirror the shifting sky, providing a quiet, cooling anchor for the surrounding woodlands.
History in Ohatchee remains tied to the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and the steady endurance of those who first cleared the thickets along the creek banks. The local economy relies on this connection to the land, where the labor of the day is often dictated by the seasonal requirements of pecan groves and the maintenance of small-scale industry. Residents find a distinct sense of place near the State-owned Submerged Lands, where the preservation of natural habitat allows for a glimpse into the wilder character of the interior. As dusk arrives, the light turns a bruised, deep gold, filtering through the moss-draped branches and illuminating the quiet roads that connect Ohatchee to the wider, inland expanse. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual darkening of the timber line and the cooling of the creek’s surface as the stars begin to emerge.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ohatchee, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.789759, -86.029062. 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 Ohatchee includes the ZIP code (36271), telephone area code (334), county seat of Calhoun County (Anniston), and school district assignment (Calhoun 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. |