Explore Stockton, 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 Stockton, 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 Stockton.
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 | Stockton |
| State | Alabama (AL) |
| County | Baldwin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.001245 |
| Longitude | -87.873929 |
| Population | 557 |
| Density | 23.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 36507, 36579 |
| Area Code | 251 |
| County Seat | Bay Minette |
| School District | Baldwin County School District |
Stockton emerges from the heavy, humid air of the inland forest as a landscape defined by the deliberate growth of longleaf pines and the intricate, tangled shadows of bottomland hardwoods. It lies 17.4 miles northeast of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 46°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-northwest of Bay Minette. The earth here carries a deep, iron-rich hue, where red-clay paths wind toward the quiet stillness of Briar Lake, a mile distant, and the murky, slow-moving currents of Aikin Creek. Light filters through the dense canopy in muted, golden shafts, catching the grey, trailing beards of Spanish moss that sway in the humid breath of the afternoon. Toward the horizon, the land holds its breath, waiting for the distant silhouette of Stony Hill to anchor the view, while nearby, the protected reaches of State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a wild, untamed solitude that feels entirely removed from the clamor of the modern world.
History in Stockton remains etched into the quiet architecture of the region, where the economy has long leaned on the timber and agricultural yields of the soil, producing pecans that ripen under the persistent sun. The Basin lies eight miles away, a reminder of the geologic shifts that shaped this interior expanse, while the pace of life maintains a singular, unhurried cadence, governed by the seasons rather than the clock. Residents move with a recognition of the land’s weight, honoring a past that is as complex as the root systems beneath their feet. In Stockton, the day concludes not with the announcement of a bell, but with the cooling of the red clay and the transition of the sky into a bruised, violet twilight that settles over the trees.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stockton, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.001245, -87.873929. 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 Stockton includes the ZIP code (36507, 36579), 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 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. |