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Vinegar Bend Alabama Map

Explore Vinegar Bend, 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 Vinegar Bend, Alabama

How to Use This Vinegar Bend, Alabama Map

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

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	Vinegar Bend
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.259093
Longitude	-88.367264
Population	178
Density	7.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	36584
Area Code	251
County Seat	Chatom
School District	Washington County School District

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About Vinegar Bend, Alabama

Vinegar Bend is a locality in Washington County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 178. The population density is 7.3 people per km². Vinegar Bend is located at 31.2591°N, 88.3673°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36584.

Vinegar Bend emerges from the dense, humid embrace of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood as a quiet crossroads where the earth turns to a stubborn, iron-rich red clay. It lies 34.6 miles north-northwest of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 332°T), and is situated 14.6 miles east-northeast of Leakesville. The Escatawpa River carves a dark, serpentine path through the landscape here, its waters moving with a heavy, deliberate grace beneath a canopy of oaks draped in gray Spanish moss. Six miles to the east, the rise of Big Sand Hill breaks the horizon, a solitary landmark in an otherwise level expanse of timberland and shadowed thickets. Sunlight filters through the pine needles in thin, sharp needles of gold, illuminating the dust that hangs suspended in the stagnant, humid air of the afternoon.

Vinegar Bend carries the weight of a history rooted in the timber trade, where the industry of the sawmill once dictated the slow, rhythmic pulse of daily life. While the echoes of the rail lines still linger in the local consciousness, the economy now leans toward the quiet cultivation of the land, far removed from the bustling commerce of the larger world. Those seeking the solitude of the wilderness often look toward the Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area ten miles away, a vast expanse of protected habitat that mirrors the untamed character of the surrounding woods. Life in Vinegar Bend persists with a steady, unadorned endurance, marked by the changing seasons and the persistent, slow drift of the river toward the southern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 128° SE
Mill Creek Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 13.1 mi, 164° S
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 236° SW
Citronelle Municpal Park (Local Park) — 13.2 mi, 170° S
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 14.9 mi, 290° W · 532k acres
Private (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 293° NW
Wiggins Stadium (Stadium) — 20.3 mi, 091° E
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 20.4 mi, 131° SE
Upper Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.6 mi, 103° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 197° S · 20k acres
Old Saint Stephens Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 28.3 mi, 044° NE
Leaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.9 mi, 236° SW · 993 acres
Fort Mims (Historic Castle / Fort) — 31.7 mi, 100° E
Waynesboro City Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 33.5 mi, 331° NW
Satsuma Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 33.7 mi, 147° SE
U.S. Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Plane (Monument) — 39.4 mi, 169° S
Old Steam Engine (Monument) — 39.8 mi, 162° S
SouthPaw (Public Artwork) — 40.6 mi, 164° S
Black Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.0 mi, 244° SW · 5,084 acres
Bay Minette Skatepark (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 127° SE
Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction (Attraction) — 43.6 mi, 155° SE
Oakleigh (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 155° SE
Phoenix Fire Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 154° SE
Tensaw River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 44.0 mi, 143° SE
Bell UH-1 (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 152° SE
Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 152° SE
Clarke County Museum (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 048° NE
Wind Creek Cinema (Cinema) — 53.5 mi, 101° E
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.1 mi, 196° S · 57k acres
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 63.4 mi, 203° SW · 213k acres

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