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Skyline Alabama Map

Explore Skyline, 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 Skyline, Alabama

How to Use This Skyline, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	34.798524
Longitude	-86.12243
Population	834
Density	80.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35768
Area Code	256
County Seat	Scottsboro
School District	Jackson County School District

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About Skyline, Alabama

Skyline is a locality in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 834. The population density is 80.9 people per km². Skyline is located at 34.7985°N, 86.1224°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Skyline is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35768.

Skyline occupies a rugged plateau where the persistent flow of Pole Branch carves a quiet path through the earth, marking the transition between the high ground and the deep, shadowed creases of the landscape. It lies 10.8 miles north-northwest of Scottsboro, AL (from Scottsboro, AL: bearing 335°T), and is situated 27.3 miles east-northeast of Huntsville. To the distant west, the silhouette of Dean Ridge anchors the horizon, while the nearby expanse of James D. Martin - Skyline Wildlife Management Area provides a dense, wooded refuge for the local fauna. The light here often lingers in the late afternoon, catching the moisture in the air and turning the leaves of the hardwood trees a deep, burnished copper. Only a mile away, the surface of Hill Pond remains undisturbed, reflecting the sky with a clarity that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding woods.

Skyline bears the marks of a history rooted in the slow, deliberate work of the land, where the economy has long been tied to the rhythms of the forest and the stubborn patience of regional agriculture. Residents often look toward the depths of Big Hollow, a basin that has witnessed generations of families shaping their lives around the seasonal shifts of the soil and the timber harvest. The character of Skyline is defined by this quiet resilience, a quality that persists in the way the morning mist clings to the red clay roads before the sun asserts its heat. Life here moves with a steady, unforced cadence, shaped by the proximity of the wilderness and a community memory that values the substance of the land over the clamor of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

James D. Martin - Skyline Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 259° W
The Rock Zoo (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 094° E
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 316° NW
Neversink Pit (Nature Reserve) — 6.5 mi, 089° E
Sharp Bingham Mountain Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 260° W
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 187° S · 16k acres
Southern Scottsboro Depot (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 150° SE
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.6 mi, 182° S · 532 acres
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.1 mi, 231° SW · 406 acres
Bear Hollow Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 000° N
Madison County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 273° W
Cathedral Caverns State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 200° S
John Sumach Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 040° NE
Pisgah Civitan Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 120° SE
Cycleway (Viewpoint) — 19.6 mi, 202° S
Russell Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 20.6 mi, 055° NE · 308 acres
Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 261° W
Wernher von Braun Planetarium (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 261° W
Alabama A&M Agribition Center (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 267° W
Hotel Monte Sano (Historic Ruins) — 23.6 mi, 261° W
North Alabama Railroad Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 268° W
David Wilson (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 276° W
Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 268° W
State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 268° W
Statue of William Hooper Councill (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 268° W
Honeycomb Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 207° SW
1989 Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 254° W
South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 059° NE
Beene Stadium (Stadium) — 27.5 mi, 058° NE
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 51.0 mi, 122° SE · 752k acres

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