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Sumiton Alabama Map

Explore Sumiton, 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 Sumiton, Alabama

How to Use This Sumiton, Alabama Map

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

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	Sumiton
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Walker County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.755661
Longitude	-87.049999
Population	2,444
Density	181.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	35148, 35062
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Jasper
School District	Walker County School District

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About Sumiton, Alabama

Sumiton is a locality in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,444. The population density is 181.5 people per km². Sumiton is located at 33.7557°N, 87.0500°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sumiton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35148, 35062.

Sumiton emerges from the red-clay earth as a landscape of quiet, persistent transition where the land rises into the modest elevation of Turkey Hill. It lies 14.1 miles east-southeast of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 112°T), and is situated 3.0 miles northeast of Dora. Pinhook Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-country sluggishness that reflects the heavy, humid air of the Alabama interior. To the west, the topography dips into the cool, shadowed basin of Tucker Hollow, while the surface of Williams Lake mirrors the shifting colors of a late afternoon sky. The surrounding woods are marked by the stubborn resilience of longleaf pine, standing in dark, vertical lines that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated behind the horizon.

Sumiton maintains a character defined by the legacy of the coal industry, which once dictated the rhythm of daily life and shaped the local economy. Though the heavy machinery of the past has largely fallen silent, the traces of this labor remain in the weathered facades and the enduring, pragmatic spirit of the people. Residents move through their routines with a familiarity built over generations, often passing by the quiet expanse of Unknown Park where the grass grows thick and unmanicured. The proximity to the United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest provides a sense of vast, untamed space, grounding the locality in a tradition of land management and forestry that continues to influence the quiet, steady pace of existence here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 319° NW
Dora Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 234° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 152° SE
Minkin Fossil Site (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 299° NW
April 27, 2011 Tornado memeorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 271° W
Walker County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 286° W
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 053° NE
Mulberry Fork Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 217° SW
Blount Springs (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 050° NE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 19.2 mi, 346° N · 182k acres
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 20.7 mi, 197° S
Oak Grove Baseball Stadium (Stadium) — 20.8 mi, 197° S
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 139° SE
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 139° SE
Steelworker (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 139° SE
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 140° SE
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 140° SE
Water Based (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 128° SE
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 141° SE
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 22.7 mi, 142° SE
Blazer Circle (Viewpoint) — 22.7 mi, 141° SE
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 22.8 mi, 048° NE
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 24.9 mi, 127° SE
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 143° SE
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.0 mi, 144° SE
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 25.1 mi, 150° SE
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 33.3 mi, 152° SE
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 34.4 mi, 331° NW · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.8 mi, 335° NW · 26k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 52.6 mi, 195° S · 395k acres

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