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Petrey Alabama Map

Explore Petrey, 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 Petrey, Alabama

How to Use This Petrey, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	31.848764
Longitude	-86.207738
Population	67
Density	35.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	36049, 36062
Area Code	334, 251
County Seat	Luverne
School District	Crenshaw County School District

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About Petrey, Alabama

Petrey is a locality in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 35.2 people per km². Petrey is located at 31.8488°N, 86.2077°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Petrey is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36049, 36062.

Petrey occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama land where the low, sun-drenched horizon is broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Gopher Ridge. It lies 14.2 miles west-northwest of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 281°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north-northeast of Luverne. Blue Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the red-clay earth nearby, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid air that clings to the bottomland hardwoods and longleaf pines. A mile from the center, The Beaver Pond holds a stillness that seems to suspend the afternoon, its surface occasionally disturbed by the movement of small creatures in the reeds. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields to a deep, resonant copper that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the trees.

Petrey maintains a rhythm governed by the slow cycles of the soil and the legacy of agricultural industry that has defined the region for generations. The modest landscape is punctuated by the quiet persistence of family plots and the memory of those who worked the peach and pecan groves when the seasons allowed. While the vast, protected expanses of the State-owned Submerged Lands lie miles away, the immediate surroundings of Petrey remain tied to the quiet labor of the land and the endurance of its people. Life moves with a measured, unadorned patience, leaving the air heavy with the scent of damp earth and the steady, unremarkable beauty of a place that asks for nothing more than to be seen as it truly is.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 124° SE
HHS F-16 Fighter Jet (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 319° NW
Pike Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 098° E
Conecuh River Depot (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 098° E
Murphree Park (Local Park) — 13.8 mi, 100° E
Pike County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 119° SE
Crenshaw County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 196° S
Troy Miracle League Field & Playground (Local Park) — 15.9 mi, 111° E
Troy Sportsplex (Local Recreation) — 16.1 mi, 111° E
Pike County Pocosin Complex (State Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 102° E
Sunrise Prayer Monument (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 262° W
New Hope Church (Historic Ruins) — 26.4 mi, 206° SW
New Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 26.4 mi, 206° SW
Alabama Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.4 mi, 336° NW
Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 245° SW
Frank Jackson State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 185° S
Alabama Shakespeare Festival at Carolyn Blount Theatre (Theatre) — 34.6 mi, 359° N
W. A. Gayle Planetarium (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 353° N
Wall of Tolerance (Public Artwork) — 36.9 mi, 351° N
Liberty Bell Replica (Monument) — 36.9 mi, 352° N
Davis Theatre (Theatre) — 36.9 mi, 351° N
Rosa Parks Library and Museum (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 351° N
Escapology Montgomery (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 351° N
Harriott II Riverboat (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 350° N
Bell UH-1D Huey (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 150° SE
Barbour Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 40.9 mi, 078° E
Blue Springs State Park (State Park) — 42.3 mi, 106° E
Bell UH-1C Huey (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 143° SE
Conecuh National Forest (National Forest) — 48.3 mi, 196° S · 85k acres
Tuskegee National Forest (National Forest) — 50.7 mi, 038° NE · 11k acres

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