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Redstone Arsenal Alabama Map

Explore Redstone Arsenal, 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 Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

How to Use This Redstone Arsenal, Alabama Map

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

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	Redstone Arsenal
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Madison County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.687763
Longitude	-86.661172
Population	837
Density	14.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	35808
Area Code	256
County Seat	Huntsville
School District	Madison County School District

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About Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

Redstone Arsenal is a locality in Madison County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 837. The population density is 14.8 people per km². Redstone Arsenal is located at 34.6878°N, 86.6612°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 35808.

Redstone Arsenal occupies a sprawling expanse of North Alabama where the humid air hangs heavy and still, pressing against the broad leaves of bottomland hardwoods. It lies 4.4 miles west-southwest of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 237°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of Madison. The terrain here is defined by a deep, iron-rich earth, where the drainage of McDonald Creek carves a quiet path through the landscape toward the Tennessee River valley. To the north, the distant outline of Chunn Hill provides a steady, blue-gray anchor to the horizon, while the local topography remains largely shaped by the interplay of limestone and dense, persistent vegetation. Near the Fox Health Center Basketball Court, the light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet quality, casting long shadows that seem to stretch across the open fields and into the surrounding thickets of pine.

Redstone Arsenal serves as a profound center of gravity for aerospace and missile technology, its identity forged through decades of intense scientific inquiry and defense development. The economy here functions with a singular, disciplined focus, drawing researchers and engineers who navigate a world of classified precision far removed from the agrarian echoes of the region’s past. Life within these boundaries moves with the deliberate pace of a place preoccupied by the mechanics of the future, yet it remains tethered to the physical reality of the land, from the quiet waters of Lady Ann Lake to the persistence of the red-clay soil. Even within this environment of rigorous industry, the simple geometry of the Fox Health Center Basketball Court remains a focal point for the daily lives of those who work under the quiet watch of the surrounding hills, tethered by a shared sense of purpose.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Skylab Vehicle Cluster (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 011° N
U.S. Army Nike Hercules (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 011° N
U.S. Army Roland (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 011° N
U.S. Army Missile Recovery Submarine Perry PC-3A1 (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 011° N
Metro Kiwanis Sportsplex (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 059° NE
Linton Field (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 112° E
UAH Stone Geode (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 023° NE
Brahan Spring Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 072° E
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 197° S · 35k acres
The Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 062° NE
Queen Kel The Creator (Arts Centre) — 4.1 mi, 062° NE
Buffalo Soldiers Memorial (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 039° NE
Ricky's Rocket (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 088° E
Lynx Gallery (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 042° NE
Eggbeater Jesus (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 061° NE
The Burger Factory (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 042° NE
Mrs. Nadine Meslon Yeager (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 057° NE
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.1 mi, 243° SW
Mill Creek Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.4 mi, 291° W
Monte Sano Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 065° NE
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 067° NE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 193° S
Blevins Gap Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 100° E
Certain Recreation Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 107° E
Hotel Monte Sano (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 062° NE
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 038° NE
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 038° NE
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 267° W · 4,011 acres
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 092° E · 406 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 34.2 mi, 231° SW · 182k acres

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