Alabama Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Alabama for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 3 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Alabama map
Every picture sits at its real location in Alabama, with a one-line fact beside it. Montgomery, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Little River Canyon: One of the deepest canyon systems in the East.
- Tennessee River: This major river flows across northern Alabama.
- Conecuh National Forest: Protects 84,000 acres of coastal pine woods.
- Mobile-Tensaw Delta: Second largest delta in the lower 48 states.
- Gaineswood Mansion: A grand Greek Revival home built 1843-1861.
- Boll Weevil Monument: Erected in 1919 to honor an agricultural pest.
- USS Alabama: A historic World War II battleship in Mobile.
- Civil Rights Memorial: Honors those who died in the movement.
What Alabama makes and grows
- Space Rocket: Huntsville is known as Rocket City, USA.
- Iron and Steel: Birmingham was a major iron producer by 1900.
- Peanut Farming: Alabama grows over 400 million pounds a year.
State symbols
- Yellowhammer: The only state bird that is a woodpecker.
- Camellia: This winter-blooming flower is from Asia.
- Longleaf Pine: This tree can grow up to 100 feet tall.
- Sylacauga Marble: This pure white marble is the state rock.
- Black Bear: This large mammal can run up to 30 mph.
Alabama key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Yellowhammer State
- Capital
- Montgomery
- Largest city
- Huntsville
- Became a state
- December 14, 1819 (22nd)
- State bird
- Yellowhammer
- State flower
- Camellia
- State tree
- Southern Longleaf Pine
- Motto
- We dare defend our rights
Cities shown
- Montgomery (capital)
- Huntsville
- Birmingham
- Mobile
- Tuscaloosa
- Dothan
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.