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Reform Alabama Map

Explore Reform, 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 Reform, Alabama

How to Use This Reform, Alabama Map

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

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.

CityReform
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyPickens County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude33.378451
Longitude-88.015301
Population1,520
Density73.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code35481
Area Code256
County SeatCarrollton
School DistrictPickens County School District

About Reform, Alabama

Reform is a locality in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,520. The population density is 73.3 people per km². Reform is located at 33.3785°N, 88.0153°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Reform is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35481.

Reform rises from the red-clay earth as a quiet testament to the persistence of the Alabama inland, where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of distant Cains Ridge. It lies 27.3 miles west-northwest of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 292°T), and is situated 19.0 miles east-southeast of New Hope. The landscape here is characterized by the slow, humid breath of the woods, where longleaf pines stand as sentinels over a terrain that slopes toward the low, muddy banks of Lubbub Creek. A mile from the center of Reform, the creek carves its path through the dense bottomland hardwood, while two miles away, Ewart Doughty Lake holds the stagnant, mirrored light of the afternoon, undisturbed by the passage of the hours. The air carries the heavy, sweet scent of pine needles and damp soil, a reminder that the ocean remains a distant abstraction, far removed from the thick, terrestrial reality of these inland plains.

Reform preserves a rhythm dictated by the land’s long history of agriculture and the methodical labor of its inhabitants, who have worked this soil through generations of change. The local economy persists in the quiet industry of the fields and the steady pulse of regional commerce, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. To walk the roads here is to feel the weight of a landscape that has witnessed the slow transformation of the South, marked by a cultural memory that lingers in the quiet porches and the way the evening light catches the dust on a passing truck. While the State-owned Submerged Lands wait thirteen miles away as a quiet refuge for the local flora and fauna, the people of Reform define their own space through a collective endurance, finding beauty in the stark, honest simplicity of a life lived in accordance with the seasons and the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 13.3 mi, 195° S
  • Sipsey River Complex (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 091° E
  • Lake Lowndes State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 283° W
  • Lake Lurleen State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 107° E
  • Old Bethany Cemetary (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 196° S
  • Fayette County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.2 mi, 040° NE
  • Shark Tooth Creek (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 193° S
  • Columbus Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 25.1 mi, 289° W
  • Memorial Bridge (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 114° SE
  • Kentuck Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 111° E
  • War Memorial (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 112° E
  • Virginia Shirley Studio-Gallery (Gallery) — 27.5 mi, 113° SE
  • Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 114° SE
  • Sunflower Bike Rack (Public Artwork) — 28.0 mi, 114° SE
  • Bama Belle (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 114° SE
  • Old Tavern (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 115° SE
  • Lorrie Lane Studio (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 114° SE
  • Queen City Fountain (Historic Ruins) — 28.5 mi, 113° SE
  • Allen Bales Theatre (Theatre) — 29.3 mi, 113° SE
  • Alabama Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 113° SE
  • Tuskaloosa Capitol Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 30.3 mi, 113° SE
  • Private (State Conservation Area) — 31.0 mi, 269° W
  • Woody Clements Stadium (Stadium) — 32.1 mi, 108° E
  • Mound C (Attraction) — 33.8 mi, 139° SE
  • Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 38.2 mi, 131° SE · 395k acres
  • Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.9 mi, 260° W · 97k acres
  • Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 44.4 mi, 262° W · 1,126 acres
  • William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 53.5 mi, 025° NE · 182k acres
  • Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.6 mi, 111° E · 8,383 acres
  • Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 69.9 mi, 027° NE · 26k acres

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About This Reform Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Reform, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.378451, -88.015301. 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 Reform includes the ZIP code (35481), telephone area code (256), county seat of Pickens County (Carrollton), and school district assignment (Pickens 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.