Explore Spring Garden, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Spring Garden, 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 Spring Garden.
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 | Spring Garden |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Cherokee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.972965 |
| Longitude | -85.555756 |
| Population | 216 |
| Density | 36.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 35217, 36272 |
| Area Code | 205, 334 |
| County Seat | Centre |
| School District | Cherokee County School District |
Spring Garden emerges from the Alabama landscape as a quiet confluence of deep-rooted timber and red-clay earth, where the light at dusk settles heavy and gold against the tree lines. It lies 16.2 miles northeast of Jacksonville, AL (from Jacksonville, AL: bearing 47°T), and is situated 4.7 miles northeast of Piedmont. Beyond the immediate clearing, the terrain rises toward the rugged silhouette of Brown Mountain, while the persistent, quiet currents of Glade Branch wind through the undergrowth just a mile away. The environment is defined by the dense, persistent reach of the nearby Talladega National Forest, which anchors the horizon and dictates the humid, pine-scented breath of the afternoons. To the northwest, the land dips into the shaded quiet of Lanie Hollow, creating a topography that feels both ancient and settled, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.
Spring Garden sustains a rhythm shaped by the long-standing agricultural traditions of the region, where the soil has been worked for generations to yield the quiet bounty of the fields. The economy remains tethered to this land, echoing a history built upon the steady labor of those who cleared the woods and established the early homesteads. While the quietude of the present day suggests a slow transition, the influence of the nearby landscape remains constant, with the cooling presence of Williams Lake providing a distant, reflective stillness to the north. Life here moves with the patience of the seasons, a deliberate pace that honors the endurance of the local character and the persistent, unadorned beauty of the inland woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spring Garden, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.972965, -85.555756. 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 Spring Garden includes the ZIP code (35217, 36272), telephone area code (205, 334), county seat of Cherokee County (Centre), and school district assignment (Cherokee County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |