Explore Acorn, Arkansas, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Acorn, Arkansas. 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 Arkansas 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 Acorn.
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 | Acorn |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Polk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.642882 |
| Longitude | -94.201044 |
| Population | 376 |
| Density | 36.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 71953 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Mena |
| School District | Ouachita River School District |
Acorn sits where the Ouachita River carves a deliberate, slow-moving path through the dense, verdant timberland of the region. It lies 52.5 miles south-southeast of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 168°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-northeast of Mena. Beyond the riverbank, the terrain rises into modest, weathered elevations that define the local topography, with the distant, silent mass of Round Top Mountain looming three miles to the horizon. The air here holds the weight of deep woods and damp earth, particularly near the edges of the Ouachita National Forest, which begins its sprawling reach just a mile away. Light catches the shifting canopy of pine and hardwood during the late afternoon, casting long, fractured shadows across the landscape that seem to hold the day in a state of quiet suspension.
Acorn persists as a place where the economy remains tethered to the timber and the soil, reflecting a history of hard-won subsistence and modest industry. The nearby presence of Basin Hollow and the still waters of Ward Lake offer a geography that has dictated the rhythm of local life for generations, favoring those who find solace in the solitude of the brush. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the Ouachita River, unbothered by the frantic pulse of larger transit corridors. It is a locality defined by its relationship to the surrounding forest, where the transition from the labor of the day to the cooling, indigo dusk feels like a fundamental, recurring truth of the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Acorn, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.642882, -94.201044. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Acorn includes the ZIP code (71953), telephone area code (870), county seat of Polk County (Mena), and school district assignment (Ouachita River School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |