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Steele Alabama Map

Explore Steele, 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 Steele, Alabama

How to Use This Steele, Alabama Map

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

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	Steele
State	Alabama (AL)
County	St. Clair County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.93982
Longitude	-86.201644
Population	992
Density	57.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35987
Area Code	334, 205
County Seat	Ashville
School District	St. Clair County School District

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About Steele, Alabama

Steele is a locality in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 992. The population density is 57.1 people per km². Steele is located at 33.9398°N, 86.2016°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Steele is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35987.

Steele occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth turns to a stubborn, iron-rich red clay that clings to the tires of passing trucks. It lies 9.2 miles west of Rainbow City, AL (from Rainbow City, AL: bearing 264°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southwest of Attalla. The landscape is defined by the steady, low-slung rise of Red Mountain, which looms four miles away to anchor the horizon in a deep, bruised gray. Nearby, the waters of Jake Creek carve a narrow path through the undergrowth, feeding the moisture into the air that sustains the dense, hardwood timber. Three miles out, the Chandler Mountain Macrosite preserves a wilder reach of the terrain, offering a glimpse of the dense vegetation that once blanketed this entire corridor before the roads were cut. Even in the height of summer, the light here does not glare; it filters through the canopy in thick, golden shafts that make the dust motes dance above the gravel shoulders of the back roads.

Steele carries the weight of a history built on the slow, deliberate work of the inland South, where the economy has shifted from the labor of the fields to the logistical hum of modern transit. The proximity to H Neely Henry Lake, just four miles from the center, provides a singular stillness to the region, drawing those who find solace in the heavy, humid air near the water. Life in Steele moves at the pace of the seasons, marked by the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, quiet endurance of its people. Further out, the depressions of Rocky Hollow collect the cool evening shadows, creating a distinct microclimate that cools the fields long after the sun has retreated. Here, the industry is not found in grand gestures, but in the steady maintenance of a life tied to the soil and the crossroads, a place that remains indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chandler Mountain Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 256° W
Siberton Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 054° NE
Vivian Lee Maddox Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 093° E
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 107° E
Antioch Cemetary (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 272° W
Noccalula Falls Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 055° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 057° NE
Main Battle Tank (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 056° NE
Fat Man's Squeeze (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 056° NE
Janney Furnace (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 134° SE
OBA Artwalk (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 272° W
Boaz 9 Cinema (Cinema) — 17.9 mi, 008° N
Mountain Air Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 002° N
Albertville Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 359° N
SMPA Artist House (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 356° N
Carlton Ward Theater (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 107° E
Coldwater Mountain (State Recreation Area) — 27.3 mi, 142° SE
Lake Guntersville State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 000° N
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 28.1 mi, 103° E · 395k acres
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.3 mi, 118° SE · 18k acres
Greyhound Mural (Public Artwork) — 28.8 mi, 132° SE
Chad Hawkins Stadium (Stadium) — 28.9 mi, 041° NE
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 29.8 mi, 295° NW
AmStar Stadium Cinema 12 (Cinema) — 31.3 mi, 136° SE
Mabrey Outlook (Viewpoint) — 31.6 mi, 000° N
ACTA Theater (Theatre) — 31.6 mi, 227° SW
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 31.8 mi, 275° W
Dugger Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.2 mi, 102° E · 8,947 acres
Cheaha Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.0 mi, 149° SE · 7,400 acres
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 56.9 mi, 057° NE · 752k acres

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