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West Point Alabama Map

Explore West Point, 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 West Point, Alabama

How to Use This West Point, Alabama Map

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

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	West Point
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Calhoun County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.238761
Longitude	-86.963925
Population	584
Density	63.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	36265, 35670, 35057
Area Code	256, 205
County Seat	Anniston
School District	Cullman County School District

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About West Point, Alabama

West Point is a locality in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 584. The population density is 63.0 people per km². West Point is located at 34.2388°N, 86.9639°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 36265, 35670, 35057.

West Point defines itself through the persistent, low-slung rhythm of the red-clay earth and the quiet passage of Rabes Branch, which carves a narrow, cooling vein through the landscape. It lies 3.6 miles northwest of Jacksonville, AL (from Jacksonville, AL: bearing 309°T), and is situated 6.6 miles northeast of Alexandria. The horizon is punctuated by the steady, dark silhouettes of the Big Pine Hills, standing guard two miles to the west, while the land itself dips toward the humid, sheltered basin of Maxwell Cove. Moisture clings to the air here, feeding the dense thickets of hardwoods that transition into pine stands, their needles casting a fine, rust-colored mulch across the forest floor. A mile away, the surface of Boozer's Lake catches the slanted afternoon light, acting as a polished mirror for the shifting clouds that drift over the inland expanse, far removed from the reach of any distant tides.

West Point maintains a steady, industrious character, anchored by a local economy that has long favored the patient cultivation of the soil and the methodical labor of small-scale commerce. The Jacksonville Community Center stands as a focal point for the collective life of the neighborhood, providing a common ground where the cadence of daily routines finds a place to settle and endure. History here is felt rather than recited, embedded in the architecture of modest homes and the way the roads follow the natural contours of the terrain, avoiding the arrogance of a straight line. Life in West Point moves with an unpretentious gravity, a deliberate pace where the changing of the seasons is marked by the deepening color of the foliage and the cooling of the evening air against the porch screens.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Crooked Creek Civil War Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 219° SW
Clarkson Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 215° SW
Hurricane Creek Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 050° NE
Unknown Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 094° E
Sportsman Lake Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 119° SE
Cullman Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 118° SE
Colonel Cullman (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 121° SE
Cullman County Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 121° SE
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 8.3 mi, 271° W · 182k acres
Heritage Park (Local Recreation) — 8.7 mi, 130° SE
Bent, not Broken (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 130° SE
Falkville (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 020° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.8 mi, 155° SE
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 12.7 mi, 120° SE
J.P. Cain Stadium (Stadium) — 13.4 mi, 008° N
Historic Downtown Hartselle (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 007° N
The Burleson Center (Arts Centre) — 14.5 mi, 007° N
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.3 mi, 003° N · 35k acres
Walter Cotton Gin (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 116° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 320° NW
Baileyton Good Time DragStrip (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 088° E
Bangor Cave (Historic Ruins) — 21.6 mi, 146° SE
Sipsey Fork West Fork, Alabama Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.7 mi, 263° W · 10k acres
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.5 mi, 283° W · 26k acres
Star Theater (Historical) (Cinema) — 25.1 mi, 312° NW
HA Alexander park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 311° NW
Old Car (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 277° W
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 359° N · 4,011 acres
Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 28.9 mi, 346° N · 2,094 acres
Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.3 mi, 023° NE

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