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Onycha Alabama Map

Explore Onycha, 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 Onycha, Alabama

How to Use This Onycha, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.225693
Longitude	-86.276024
Population	167
Density	81.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36467
Area Code	251
County Seat	Andalusia
School District	Covington County School District

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About Onycha, Alabama

Onycha is a locality in Covington County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 167. The population density is 81.4 people per km². Onycha is located at 31.2257°N, 86.2760°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Onycha is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36467.

Onycha draws its quiet character from the slow, persistent movement of Flat Creek, which carves a path through the red-clay earth just beyond the reach of the main thoroughfares. It lies 26.2 miles west-southwest of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 255°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southwest of Opp. The landscape here is defined by a dense, humid embrace of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood, where the sunlight filters through thick canopies to illuminate the damp, iron-rich soil. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the subtle rise of Red Wash Hill, casting long, bruised shadows over the fields as the afternoon heat begins to wane. The air in Onycha remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine resin, a humid atmosphere that settles over the timberland and the nearby wilderness of the Pritchett Tract, where the stillness is broken only by the occasional rustle of brush or the distant, rhythmic call of a hawk circling the timber.

The history of Onycha is written in the slow cycles of agriculture and the transition of the regional economy from timber harvesting to the quiet persistence of rural trade. Settlers once cleared these woods to make room for small-scale cultivation, and today the legacy of that labor remains evident in the way the land is partitioned and worked. While the bustle of larger centers feels worlds away, the pulse of this place is measured by the seasonal harvest of pecans and the steady maintenance of forest tracks that lead toward the solitude of Geneva State Forest. Life here maintains an intentional, measured pace, far removed from the intensity of urban sprawl, finding its center of gravity in the maintenance of family plots and the shared stewardship of the surrounding woods. Even the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Jackson serves as a reminder of the proximity of deep, inland waters that anchor the geography of this quiet Alabama corner.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hardin Street Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 025° NE
Pritchett Tract (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 345° N
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 017° N
Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 018° N
Pavilions Channell Lee Stadium And Track (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 017° N
Frank Jackson State Park (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 358° N
Geneva State Forest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 115° SE
Geneva State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 115° SE
Panther Creek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 172° S
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 087° E
Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 9.3 mi, 234° SW · 85k acres
Covington County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 296° NW
Three Notch Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 295° NW
Bethel Church (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 344° N
Britton Hill (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 181° S
Volcano School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 19.0 mi, 333° NW
TJ Weevil (Public Artwork) — 24.7 mi, 079° E
Boll Weevil Monument (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 076° E
Southern Broadway (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 076° E
Bell UH-1D Huey (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 071° E
Bell UH-1C Huey (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 076° E
Bell UH-1H Huey (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 081° E
Uniquely Clever LLC (Arts Centre) — 36.1 mi, 164° S
Walton County Heritage Museum (Museum Depot) (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 165° S
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 38.5 mi, 202° S · 576k acres
Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 316° NW
Pike Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 44.5 mi, 022° N
Conecuh River Depot (Museum) — 44.6 mi, 022° N
Mattie Kelley Visual Arts Gallery (Museum) — 49.0 mi, 194° S
Mattie Kelley Performing Arts Cntr. (Theatre) — 49.0 mi, 194° S

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