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Sylvan Springs Alabama Map

Explore Sylvan Springs, 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 Sylvan Springs, Alabama

How to Use This Sylvan Springs, Alabama Map

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

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	Sylvan Springs
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.53023
Longitude	-87.031197
Population	1,653
Density	68.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	35118
Area Code	205, 256
County Seat	Birmingham
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Sylvan Springs, Alabama

Sylvan Springs is a locality in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,653. The population density is 68.7 people per km². Sylvan Springs is located at 33.5302°N, 87.0312°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sylvan Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35118.

Sylvan Springs anchors a landscape defined by the heavy, humid stillness of red-clay hills and the persistent, shadowed growth of bottomland hardwoods. It lies 4.6 miles north-northwest of Hueytown, AL (from Hueytown, AL: bearing 347°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northwest of Bessemer. Short Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by the thick vegetation that thrives in the moisture of Morris Hollow. Beyond the immediate canopy, the elevation rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Clarke Mountain, which rises against the horizon as a constant, quiet sentinel. Residents often gather at Sylvan Springs Park, where the afternoon light filters through the pine needles to gild the grass in a brief, amber glow before the sun dips below the uneven skyline. Even as the heat of the day lingers, the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and the quiet, pervasive humidity of the interior South.

Sylvan Springs traces its character to a legacy of industry and the slow, deliberate pace of life that persists far from the reach of the distant coastline. Much of the local identity is shaped by the transition from the rugged work of the interior to the quietude of residential life, where the proximity to Bayview Lake provides a cooling reprieve for those who live among these woodlands. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the region, marked by the steady movement of goods and the quiet maintenance of a life built on the foundations of earlier agrarian and industrial cycles. While the United States Reservation - Flat Top Experimental Forest remains a distant, preserved expanse of timberland, the immediate neighborhood reflects a more domestic history, where the labor of past generations has left a quiet, enduring mark upon the red soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sylvan Springs Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 101° E
Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 170° S
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 303° NW
Pleasant Grove Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 129° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 061° NE
Oak Grove Football Stadium (Stadium) — 8.4 mi, 240° SW
Oak Grove Baseball Stadium (Stadium) — 8.4 mi, 239° SW
Mulberry Fork Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 279° W
Ebsco Overlook (West) (Viewpoint) — 10.5 mi, 127° SE
MESH Collective Art (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 120° SE
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.3 mi, 160° S · 48 acres
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 092° E
Rainbow LED Tunnel (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 097° E
Steelworker (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 093° E
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 091° E
Sidewalk Cinema (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 095° E
Birmingham Premiere LUX Ciné GSX & Pizza Pub (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 119° SE
Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 094° E
Heaviest Corner on Earth (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 095° E
Alys Stephens Center (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 100° E
The Storyteller (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 098° E
Leslie Stephen Wright Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.5 mi, 109° E
Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 108° E
Studio By the Tracks (Arts Centre) — 18.8 mi, 089° E
Oak Mountain State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 134° SE
Old CCC Lakside Campsite ("Unit 1") (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 126° SE
Rickwood Caverns State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 022° N
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.5 mi, 183° S · 8,383 acres
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 34.7 mi, 351° N · 182k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 38.3 mi, 201° S · 395k acres

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