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Section Alabama Map

Explore Section, 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 Section, Alabama

How to Use This Section, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.581644
Longitude	-85.984942
Population	756
Density	63.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35646, 35771
Area Code	256
County Seat	Tuscumbia
School District	Jackson County School District

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About Section, Alabama

Section is a locality in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 756. The population density is 63.8 people per km². Section is located at 34.5816°N, 85.9849°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Section is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35646, 35771.

Section occupies a high, expansive plateau where the soil turns a deep, rusted iron color and the air carries the heavy, humid weight of the inland summer. It lies 11.3 miles east-southeast of Muscle Shoals, AL (from Muscle Shoals, AL: bearing 106°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east-southeast of Florence. The landscape around Section unfolds in a series of quiet, deliberate slopes that eventually drop away toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Peanut Ridge. Near the center of the terrain, the still, dark surface of Nichols Pond reflects the shifting clouds, while the nearby State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a wilder, untamed patch of green. Only a mile away, the quiet flow of Town Creek carves its way through the earth, a constant, rhythmic presence that has shaped the drainage of the fields for generations.

History in Section remains grounded in the slow, persistent labor of the land, where the economy has long drawn its strength from the cycles of the harvest and the small-scale commerce of the ridge. Life moves with the deliberate pace of those who watch the seasons, from the bright, dusty heat of harvest to the cool, amber light that settles over Abernathy Bottom in the late autumn. Travelers might find their way to the nearby wonder of The Fall Off, where the water descends in a sudden, sharp break, marking the edge of the plateau with a singular, echoing sound. There is a quiet, enduring quality to the afternoons here, an atmosphere defined not by grand monuments, but by the steady, unadorned work of the people who tend the local acreage and keep the pulse of Section beating in the quietude of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 278° W
Jackson County Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 334° NW
Goosepond Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 265° W
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 292° W · 16k acres
Scottsboro Boys Mural (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 336° NW
Southern Scottsboro Depot (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 335° NW
Buck's Pocket State Park (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 202° S
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 284° W · 532 acres
Jim Lynn Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 205° SW
Pisgah Civitan Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 049° NE
DeKalb County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 092° E
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 221° SW
Cathedral Caverns State Park (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 268° W
Neversink Pit (Nature Reserve) — 15.2 mi, 355° N
James D. Martin - Skyline Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 358° N
Alabama Fan Club and Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 125° SE
Fort Payne Opera House (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 122° SE
Fort Payne Depot and Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 122° SE
Fort Payne Cinema (Cinema) — 18.2 mi, 115° SE
Mabrey's Rock of Ages (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 224° SW
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.2 mi, 290° W · 406 acres
Old Rock Schoolhouses (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 102° E
Honeycomb Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 247° SW
Bethel Spring Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.6 mi, 276° W
Little River Canyon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 22.0 mi, 105° E · 11k acres
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 23.5 mi, 164° S
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 211° SW
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 213° SW
Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 28.3 mi, 200° S
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 37.3 mi, 109° E · 752k acres

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