Bay Arkansas Map

About Bay, Arkansas

Bay is a locality in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,876. The population density is 234.6 people per km². Bay is located at 35.7461°N, 90.5521°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72411.

Bay spreads across the flat, fertile expanse of the Arkansas lowlands, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the distant, hazy silhouette of Black Oak Ridge. It lies 10.5 miles southeast of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 131°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-northwest of Trumann. The landscape is defined by a rigorous geometry of agricultural fields, broken only by the thin, dark veins of irrigation and the slow, deliberate movement of Big Bay Ditch as it cuts through the silty earth. In the quiet hours before dusk, the light here possesses a heavy, amber quality that seems to cling to the tall grasses and the edges of the Maumelle Prairie, turning the air into a thick, golden medium that muffles the sound of passing trucks. While the terrain remains largely level, the atmosphere shifts with the seasons, moving from the humid, verdant intensity of summer to the stark, skeletal clarity of winter when the wind carries the scent of turned soil across the plains.

History in Bay remains tethered to the industrious rhythm of the plow and the harvest, a legacy that continues to shape the local economy through a quiet devotion to the land. Residents maintain a steady pace of life, moving between the demands of the fields and the modest gathering spaces that serve as the center of communal activity. Leisure often finds its way toward the Trumann Recreation Complex, where the local spirit finds expression in the simple utility of open greenspace, or toward the quiet, shaded perimeter of Craighead Forest Lake for a brief reprieve from the heat. The character of Bay is built upon this persistent, pragmatic connection to the soil, where the steady cycle of planting and reaping dictates the flow of the calendar and maintains a grounded, enduring sense of place.

About This Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bay, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.746057, -90.552143. 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 Bay includes the ZIP code (72411), telephone area code (501), county seat of Craighead County (Jonesboro), and school district assignment (Bay School District).

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.