Sylvan Springs Alabama Map

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.

About This Sylvan Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sylvan Springs, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.53023, -87.031197. 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 Sylvan Springs includes the ZIP code (35118), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of Jefferson County (Birmingham), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).

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.