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Thomaston Alabama Map

Explore Thomaston, 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 Thomaston, Alabama

How to Use This Thomaston, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	32.266531
Longitude	-87.625283
Population	326
Density	62.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36783
Area Code	334
County Seat	Linden
School District	Marengo County School District

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About Thomaston, Alabama

Thomaston is a locality in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 326. The population density is 62.5 people per km². Thomaston is located at 32.2665°N, 87.6253°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Thomaston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36783.

Thomaston emerges from the dense, humid embrace of the Alabama interior, where the landscape is defined by the persistent accumulation of red clay and the quiet encroachment of longleaf pine. It lies 36.6 miles west-southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 255°T), and is situated 21.3 miles southeast of Demopolis. Michigan Creek marks the proximity of the earth’s veins, carving a path through the lowlands just a mile from the center, while the stillness of Whitley Lake rests only two miles beyond the periphery. The horizon offers the faint, serrated suggestion of Beach Ridge in the distance, a blue-gray reminder of the geological scale that shapes this inland basin. Light here possesses a specific, heavy quality at dusk, caught in the Spanish moss that clings to the hardwoods, turning the air into a thick, golden medium that slows the passage of the afternoon.

Thomaston carries the weight of a long-settled agrarian history, its economy rooted in the silent productivity of the surrounding timber and field. The rhythms of life are dictated by the cycles of the soil, maintaining a pace that remains largely indifferent to the frantic velocity of the modern world. Residents often find their way toward the quietude of Chickasaw State Park, where the forest canopy provides a sanctuary from the heat of the sun-drenched plains. While the era of the plantation economy has faded into the archives of memory, the remnants of that past persist in the architecture and the deliberate, measured character of those who remain. Life in Thomaston is an exercise in continuity, a place where the seasons dictate the labor and the land dictates the soul.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chickasaw State Park (State Park) — 10.9 mi, 305° NW
Millers Ferry Lock Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 127° SE
William Dannelly Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 127° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 15.5 mi, 123° SE
Demopolis Parks & Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 17.3 mi, 329° NW
Warhouse Performing Arts Center (Cinema) — 21.2 mi, 325° NW
David K. Nelson (Demopolis) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 346° N
Warhouse Drive-In (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 320° NW
M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 355° N
Roland Cooper State Park (State Park) — 26.3 mi, 124° SE
Old Cahawba Prairie Tract (State Recreation Area) — 26.9 mi, 084° E
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 134° SE
Engle Gallery (Gallery) — 30.3 mi, 003° N
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 083° E
Bloch Park Athletic Memorial (Monument) — 35.4 mi, 074° E
Bloch Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 35.6 mi, 074° E
Sturdivant Hall (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 074° E
Selma Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 36.6 mi, 074° E
Tabernacle Baptist Church Guided Tours (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 073° E
Eastside-Pickard Auditorium (Theatre) — 36.7 mi, 074° E
Civil Rights Memorial Mural (Public Artwork) — 36.8 mi, 075° E
Clarke County Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 193° S
Tanglewood - University of Alabama's J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station (Nature Reserve) — 40.6 mi, 356° N
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 41.3 mi, 013° N · 395k acres
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 41.9 mi, 292° W
Simmons-Wright1884 Cafe (Attraction) — 48.7 mi, 283° W
Mound I (Attraction) — 50.9 mi, 360° N
Burial Mound (Viewpoint) — 51.1 mi, 359° N
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.7 mi, 030° NE · 8,383 acres
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 79.1 mi, 230° SW · 532k acres

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