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Smoke Rise Alabama Map

Explore Smoke Rise, 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 Smoke Rise, Alabama

How to Use This Smoke Rise, Alabama Map

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

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	Smoke Rise
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Tuscaloosa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.879942
Longitude	-86.824683
Population	1,661
Density	110.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	35475, 35180
Area Code	256, 205
County Seat	Tuscaloosa
School District	Blount County School District

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About Smoke Rise, Alabama

Smoke Rise is a locality in Tuscaloosa 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 emerges from the humid, red-clay expanse of the Alabama interior, where the land holds the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge. It lies 5.8 miles north of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 4°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north of Tuscaloosa. The landscape around Smoke Rise is defined by the dense, persistent presence of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood that cling to the uneven terrain, their needles filtering the light into a soft, amber glow during the late afternoon. Carroll Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the undergrowth just a mile away, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy grace toward the broader reaches of Lake Tuscaloosa. In the humid air, the shadows lengthen across the forest floor, marking a rhythm of growth that feels as ancient as the soil itself, where the persistent moisture of the woods gives way to the stillness of Holman Bottom six miles to the west.

Smoke Rise maintains a character shaped by the slow, steady pulse of a regional economy rooted in the legacy of timber and the quiet persistence of small-scale agriculture. Life in Smoke Rise moves with a measured cadence, occasionally punctuated by the distant, energetic hum of activity from Munny Sokol Park, where the local landscape finds its most public expression. The history of the area is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring texture of the back roads and the generational patience of those who work the land, reflecting a heritage of resilience that defines the broader regional identity. Whether one is watching the light shift over the pines or noting the simple, functional architecture that characterizes the local dwellings, Smoke Rise persists as a place of quiet observation, where the daily labor of residents remains tethered to the natural cycles of the inland South.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 266° W
Blount Springs (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 024° NE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 330° NW
Unknown Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 172° S
Baseball Field (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 176° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 175° S
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 7.8 mi, 031° NE
Turkey Creek Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 151° SE
Nectar Falls (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 060° NE
Saint Francis of Assisi (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 033° NE
Blountsville (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 052° NE
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 027° NE
Bent, not Broken (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 357° N
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 20.2 mi, 300° NW · 182k acres
OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 077° E
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 357° N
ACTA Theater (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 144° SE
Sportsman Lake (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 354° N
Trussville Childrens Theater (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 151° SE
Trussville Entertainment District (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 146° SE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 178° S
Legacy Arena (Stadium) — 24.6 mi, 178° S
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 24.7 mi, 164° S
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 178° S
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 25.3 mi, 178° S
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 34.8 mi, 167° S
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 36.6 mi, 306° NW · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.3 mi, 315° NW · 26k acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.6 mi, 351° N · 35k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 52.4 mi, 125° SE · 395k acres

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