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Stapleton Alabama Map

Explore Stapleton, 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 Stapleton, Alabama

How to Use This Stapleton, Alabama Map

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

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.

CityStapleton
StateAlabama (AL)
CountyBaldwin County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude30.742689
Longitude-87.793325
Population2,213
Density78.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes36578, 36527
Area Code251
County SeatBay Minette
School DistrictBaldwin County School District

About Stapleton, Alabama

Stapleton is a locality in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,213. The population density is 78.3 people per km². Stapleton is located at 30.7427°N, 87.7933°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36578, 36527.

Stapleton occupies a quiet expanse of inland territory where the Fish River marks the slow, deliberate pulse of the landscape. It lies 8.6 miles east-northeast of Spanish Fort, AL (from Spanish Fort, AL: bearing 57°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Bay Minette. The earth here is defined by a dense, persistent character, where longleaf pines rise above the red-clay soil and the heavy, humid air settles into the hollows of the terrain. Six miles to the north, the rounded profile of Stony Hill interrupts the horizon, while the terrain tilts toward the distant Bay Minette Basin. Sunlight in Stapleton possesses a specific, syrupy quality during the late afternoon, catching the Spanish moss that clings to the hardwoods and casting long, amber shadows across the rural roads that thread through the pines.

Stapleton maintains a quiet independence, its economy long sustained by the rhythm of agriculture and the stewardship of the surrounding timberland. The presence of the State-owned Submerged Lands provides a protected anchor for the local ecology, ensuring that the wilder, wooded edges of the region remain undisturbed by the encroaching pace of modern development. Life in Stapleton moves with the unforced patience of the river, far removed from the geography of the coast, as residents navigate the intersection of tradition and the quiet demands of the current day. Even when the heat of the season presses down, the land retains a sense of permanence, defined by the slow growth of pecan groves and the steady, unremarkable flow of the water nearby.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 246° SW
  • W. L. Holland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 288° W
  • Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 300° NW
  • Tensaw River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.9 mi, 272° W
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 006° N
  • Gator Boardwalk (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 229° SW
  • Meaher State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 237° SW
  • Bay Minette Skatepark (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 002° N
  • Bayfront Beach (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 224° SW
  • Battleship Memorial Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 253° W
  • Anchor (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 253° W
  • The Fallen Guardians Monument (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 253° W
  • Vietnam Veterans of America (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 253° W
  • Marine Corps (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 253° W
  • Live Oak Landing (State Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 344° N
  • Joe Cain (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 256° W
  • Phoenix Fire Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 256° W
  • Oakleigh (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 255° W
  • Fairhope Museum of History (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 203° SW
  • Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 18.5 mi, 181° S
  • John Snook Telephone Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 163° S
  • Island Fire Glass Art Gallery and Espresso Bar (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 226° SW
  • Fort Mims (Historic Castle / Fort) — 30.4 mi, 355° N
  • Wind Creek Cinema (Cinema) — 31.0 mi, 037° NE
  • Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.9 mi, 176° S · 20k acres
  • Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 37.5 mi, 143° SE · 213k acres
  • Wiggins Stadium (Stadium) — 37.9 mi, 339° N
  • Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 242° SW · 31k acres
  • Fort McRee (Historic Ruins) — 40.4 mi, 135° SE
  • De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 51.1 mi, 290° W · 532k acres

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About This Stapleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stapleton, Alabama. Coordinates: 30.742689, -87.793325. 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 Stapleton includes the ZIP code (36578, 36527), telephone area code (251), county seat of Baldwin County (Bay Minette), and school district assignment (Baldwin 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.