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Selmont-West Selmont Alabama Map

Explore Selmont-West Selmont, 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 Selmont-West Selmont, Alabama

How to Use This Selmont-West Selmont, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Selmont-West Selmont, 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 Selmont-West Selmont.

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	Selmont-West Selmont
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Dallas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.3784
Longitude	-87.0074
Population	2,158
Density	254.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	36703
Area Code	334
County Seat	Selma
School District	Dallas County School District

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About Selmont-West Selmont, Alabama

Selmont-West Selmont is a locality in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,158. The population density is 254.2 people per km². Selmont-West Selmont is located at 32.3784°N, 87.0074°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36703.

Selmont-West Selmont spreads across the dense, humid expanse of the Black Belt, where the earth is defined by a heavy, iron-rich clay that turns deep crimson under the persistent Southern sun. It lies 2.2 miles south-southeast of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 158°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south of Valley Grande. Sunlight here possesses a distinct, thick quality, filtering through the longleaf pines and bottomland hardwoods to cast long, still shadows that seem to hold their breath against the humid air. The landscape is marked by the quiet presence of Bethel Branch, which winds through the verdant undergrowth just a mile from the residential clusters, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Fall Line Hills creates a jagged line against the horizon some twenty-eight miles away. Residents often find their way toward the Millers Ferry Lock Recreation Area, a place where the stillness of the inland woods offers a respite from the steady, rhythmic pace of daily labor and the slow passage of clouds over the open fields.

Selmont-West Selmont bears the weight of a complex history, its identity shaped by the intersection of agricultural tradition and the profound, lingering echoes of civil rights struggles that once occupied the national conscience. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the land, with pecan orchards and peach groves standing as primary markers of the regional productivity that has sustained families for generations. A few miles to the east, the waters of Selma Hunting Club Lake provide a quiet focal point for the surrounding topography, reflecting the changing colors of the sky as the afternoon light wanes. Life in Selmont-West Selmont moves with a measured deliberation, where the social fabric is reinforced by long-standing connections to the soil and a quiet, persistent memory of the events that transformed the region into a cornerstone of American social change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Millers Ferry Lock Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 042° NE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 028° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 139° SE
Civil Rights Memorial Mural (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 343° N
Builders of Movements and Monuments (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 342° N
Amelia Boynton Robinson & Marie Foster (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 342° N
John Lewis (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 342° N
John D Taylor Ballfield Park (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 005° N
City Pool And Playground (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 010° N
Valley Creek Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 315° NW
Selma Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 339° N
Eastside-Pickard Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 342° N
Sturdivant Hall (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 332° NW
Tabernacle Baptist Church Guided Tours (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 341° N
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 234° SW
Old Cahawba Prairie Tract (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 236° SW
Dallas County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 186° S
R. E. Bob Woodruff Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 093° E
Lowndes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 092° E
Paul M. Grist State Park (State Park) — 14.4 mi, 001° N
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 15.0 mi, 350° N · 395k acres
P'Zazz Art Studio (Gallery) — 31.6 mi, 080° E
Prattaugan Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 080° E
Go To Church Or the Devil Will Get You! Sign (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 065° NE
Alabama Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 37.5 mi, 108° E
Lighthouse at Peach Park (Attraction) — 38.6 mi, 041° NE
Rosa Parks Library and Museum (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 090° E
Engle Gallery (Gallery) — 40.9 mi, 303° NW
W. A. Gayle Planetarium (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 091° E
Cahaba Critters Animal Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 43.1 mi, 359° N

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