Smoke Rise Alabama Map

About Smoke Rise, Alabama

Smoke Rise is a locality in Blount County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,661. The population density is 110.5 people per km². Smoke Rise is located at 33.8799°N, 86.8247°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 35475, 35180.

Smoke Rise unfolds across a landscape of persistent, red-clay ridges where the Double Branch carves a quiet, winding path through the dense undergrowth. It lies 16.0 miles north of Gardendale, AL (from Gardendale, AL: bearing 358°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north of Kimberly. Bryant Mountain looms a single mile to the horizon, its silhouette sharpening against the amber light of late afternoon as the shadows deepen into The Sink, a nearby basin that gathers the evening mist. The air here carries the heavy, humid weight of the inland interior, smelling of damp earth and the resinous scent of pines that have long anchored this terrain. Beyond the immediate thickets, the terrain remains rugged and untamed, offering a stark, quiet beauty that shifts with the slow passage of the sun across the canopy.

History in Smoke Rise is written in the slow reclamation of the land, where the remnants of earlier industry have long since surrendered to the encroaching hardwood forest. Local life moves with the deliberate pace of a region defined by its proximity to the subterranean limestone passages of Rickwood Caverns State Park, which draw those curious about the intricate, dripping architecture hidden beneath the surface. While the economy remains modest and tethered to the rhythms of the surrounding woodland, the residents maintain a deep connection to the geography that separates them from the more crowded corridors of the state. Only eleven miles away, the expansive waters of Lewis Smith Lake offer a different kind of stillness, reflecting the vast, unbroken sky that hangs over this quiet corner of the Alabama interior.

About This Smoke Rise Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smoke Rise, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.879942, -86.824683. 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 Smoke Rise includes the ZIP code (35475, 35180), telephone area code (256, 205), county seat of Blount County (Oneonta), and school district assignment (Blount County School District).

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.