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Paint Rock Alabama Map

Explore Paint Rock, 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 Paint Rock, Alabama

How to Use This Paint Rock, Alabama Map

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

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	Paint Rock
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.660644
Longitude	-86.328874
Population	182
Density	162.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35764
Area Code	256
County Seat	Scottsboro
School District	Jackson County School District

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About Paint Rock, Alabama

Paint Rock is a locality in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 182. The population density is 162.3 people per km². Paint Rock is located at 34.6606°N, 86.3289°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Paint Rock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35764.

Paint Rock anchors itself firmly along the banks of the Paint Rock River, where the slow, deliberate current carves a path through the humid landscape of the Tennessee River valley. It lies 15.4 miles east-southeast of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 108°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-northeast of New Hope. The earth here is defined by a deep, iron-rich red clay that clings to the tires of passing trucks and the roots of bottomland hardwoods, while the shadow of Keel Mountain looms two miles to the west, its silhouette darkening as the afternoon sun retreats. Beneath the canopy of longleaf pines, the air often hangs heavy with a stillness that seems to suspend time, broken only by the occasional rustle of wildlife emerging from the State-owned Submerged Lands. Sunlight at dusk catches the silt of the river, turning the water into a ribbon of tarnished copper that snakes through the quiet expanse of Webb Hollow.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the seasons have long dictated the pulse of Paint Rock, where the legacy of the land is measured in the quiet industry of fields and the persistence of those who work them. The economy remains tethered to the fertility of the river basin, a stark contrast to the distant, modern world that feels a great distance from these wooded stretches. Residents often look toward Woodland Lake for quiet relief, though the true character of the locality is found in the way the light catches the gnarled bark of trees and the persistent, unhurried flow of the riverbed. History here is not pinned to markers, but felt in the way the day begins and ends, a cycle of labor and rest that defines the daily life of Paint Rock far more than any fleeting trend.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 089° E
Roy B. Whitaker Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 012° N
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.9 mi, 056° NE · 406 acres
Madison County Recreation Center (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 305° NW
Bethel Spring Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.9 mi, 209° SW
Esslinger Hollow (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 269° W
Meridian Arts Gallery (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 305° NW
J.D. & Annie S. Hays Nature Preserve (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 265° W
Cathedral Caverns State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 136° SE
James D. Martin - Skyline Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 046° NE
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 091° E · 16k acres
Cycleway (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 153° SE
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 295° NW
Certain Recreation Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 267° W
Wernher von Braun Planetarium (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 301° NW
Hotel Monte Sano (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 296° NW
Huntsville Speedway (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 241° SW
1989 Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 279° W
Honeycomb Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 180° S
Ricky's Rocket (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 278° W
Alabama A&M Agribition Center (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 305° NW
North Alabama Railroad Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 305° NW
Eternal Flame (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 287° W
Queen Kel The Creator (Arts Centre) — 15.7 mi, 284° W
The Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 284° W
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 302° NW
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 302° NW
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.3 mi, 264° W · 35k acres
The Burger Factory (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 289° W
Southern Scottsboro Depot (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 086° E

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