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Union Alabama Map

Explore Union, 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 Union, Alabama

How to Use This Union, Alabama Map

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

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

Latitude	32.99381
Longitude	-87.907179
Population	180
Density	84.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	36280, 36279, 36853, 35462
Area Code	251, 256
County Seat	Ashland
School District	Greene County School District

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About Union, Alabama

Union is a locality in Clay County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 84.7 people per km². Union is located at 32.9938°N, 87.9072°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Union is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36280, 36279, 36853.

Union anchors itself firmly within the red-clay landscape where Shinbone Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the heavy, humid earth. It lies 12.2 miles south-southeast of Oxford, AL (from Oxford, AL: bearing 163°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Lineville. This inland terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Shinbone Ridge, while the dense, verdant canopy of the Talladega National Forest encroaches upon the town’s eastern edges. The air here holds a thick, vegetative weight, especially at dusk when the light turns a bruised, copper hue and settles over the quiet surface of Lake Henry. Beyond the town limits, the land folds into the low, sheltered expanse of Shinbone Valley, where the soil remains dark and damp, supporting a stubborn, enduring growth of longleaf pine and hardwoods that have defined this geography for generations.

Union traces its character to the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and the quiet influence of the regional timber industry. The proximity to the Talladega National Forest serves as a constant reminder of the wilder, uncultivated expanses that define the local identity, offering a contrast to the cleared fields where pecan orchards once stood as the primary economic engine. Residents often traverse the Odum Trail to reach the deeper woods, moving through a landscape that feels unchanged by the frantic pace of the wider world. Life in Union is marked by a profound sense of continuity, where the memory of those who worked these fields resides in the very texture of the roads and the way the afternoon heat vibrates against the weathered wood of older structures.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 329° NW
Civil Rights Marker (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 172° S
Shark Tooth Creek (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 282° W
Sipsey River Complex (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 022° N
Old Bethany Cemetary (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 287° W
Mound Q (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
Mound O (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
Mound P (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
Burial Mound (Viewpoint) — 15.8 mi, 087° E
Tanglewood - University of Alabama's J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 125° SE
Firefighter (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 066° NE
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 22.3 mi, 090° E · 395k acres
Lake Lurleen State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 031° NE
Old Tavern (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 052° NE
Rick Rush (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 052° NE
Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 052° NE
Lorrie Lane Studio (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 053° NE
Virginia Shirley Studio-Gallery (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 051° NE
Bama Theatre (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 053° NE
Kentuck Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 047° NE
Queen City Fountain (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 052° NE
M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.6 mi, 156° SE
Alabama Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 054° NE
David K. Nelson (Demopolis) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.8 mi, 169° S
Reed Brake Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 29.1 mi, 097° E
Lake Lowndes State Park (State Park) — 37.2 mi, 324° NW
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.6 mi, 085° E · 8,383 acres
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.2 mi, 292° W · 97k acres
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 54.3 mi, 292° W · 1,126 acres
Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 60.0 mi, 287° W · 67k acres

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