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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	Morgan 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	Decatur
School District	Greene County School District

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About Union, Alabama

Union is a locality in Morgan 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 emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet gathering of structures defined by the persistent, meandering course of Rocky Branch, which carves its way through the landscape with a rhythmic, low-slung grace. It lies 11.3 miles east of Hartselle, AL (from Hartselle, AL: bearing 85°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south of Triana. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to suspend the afternoon in a golden amber, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Cedar Ridge. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain descends into the quiet, shaded depths of Nelson Hollow, where the moisture lingers and the canopy of hardwood trees thickens against the sky. The nearby waters of Blue Hole offer a reflective, glass-like stillness that contrasts with the constant, muted chatter of the creek, grounding the geography in a cycle of slow, seasonal transition.

Union carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the patterns of the land have dictated the pace of labor and the character of its people for generations. The economy remains tethered to the slow yield of the soil and the quiet endurance of agriculture, reflecting a history that values the deep, unyielding connection between the worker and the furrowed row. While the proximity to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge provides a sanctuary for migratory life that drifts above the pines, the town itself maintains a steady, deliberate pulse, marked by the simple, enduring architecture of a place that has learned to accommodate its own slow evolution. It is a location of subtle distinctions, where the memory of past struggles and the quiet work of the present exist in a balanced, unspoken dialogue, defined not by grand gestures but by the persistence of its own quiet identity.

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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