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Rosa Alabama Map

Explore Rosa, 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 Rosa, Alabama

How to Use This Rosa, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	33.992756
Longitude	-86.500325
Population	376
Density	34.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35121, 35031
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Oneonta
School District	Blount County School District

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About Rosa, Alabama

Rosa is a locality in Blount County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 376. The population density is 34.6 people per km². Rosa is located at 33.9928°N, 86.5003°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rosa is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35121, 35031.

Rosa occupies a quiet expanse of Alabama where the Calvert Prong Little Warrior River carves a deliberate path through the red-clay earth. It lies 20.5 miles north-northeast of Clay, AL (from Clay, AL: bearing 14°T), and is situated 3.7 miles northwest of Oneonta. The landscape rises toward the slopes of Nevins Mountain, casting long, shifting shadows across the fields as the afternoon sun pulls the moisture from the soil. A few miles away, the quiet basin of Andy Branch Hollow holds the morning mist long after the light has reached the higher ground, while the expansive surface of Inland Lake remains a flat, dark mirror reflecting the overarching sky. The air here carries the weight of the interior, thick with the scent of pine needles and the damp, heavy earth that defines the character of the land.

Rosa maintains a steady pace, tethered to the rhythms of the seasons and the land that has supported generations of inhabitants. The local economy persists in the quiet labor of the fields and the steady work of those who look toward the nearby grounds of Oneonta for recreation and community gathering. History lingers in the way the local roads wind around the natural contours of the geography, following patterns established by those who first worked this stubborn, productive soil. The atmosphere is defined by a deep, enduring stillness, where the turning of the leaves and the seasonal migrations of local wildlife mark the passage of time more clearly than any clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Gamble School (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 149° SE
Oneonta (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 172° S
Woodland Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 150° SE
Blount County A County Older Than The State (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 156° SE
Flame of Freedom (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 156° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 006° N
OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 157° SE
Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 262° W
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 292° W
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 13.3 mi, 311° NW
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 266° W
Baileyton Good Time DragStrip (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 340° N
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 249° W
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 303° NW
Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 24.2 mi, 054° NE
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 304° NW
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 039° NE
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 041° NE
ACTA Theater (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 193° S
Noccalula Falls Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.3 mi, 083° E
Noccalula Falls Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 27.6 mi, 083° E
Trussville Childrens Theater (Theatre) — 28.1 mi, 197° S
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 29.8 mi, 031° NE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 35.8 mi, 278° W · 182k acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.1 mi, 341° N · 35k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 45.1 mi, 148° SE · 395k acres
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.4 mi, 112° E · 18k acres
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.7 mi, 102° E · 8,947 acres
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 50.0 mi, 286° W · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.2 mi, 295° NW · 26k acres

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