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Bella Vista Arkansas Map

Explore Bella Vista, 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.

Interactive Map of Bella Vista, Arkansas

How to Use This Bella Vista, Arkansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bella Vista, 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 Bella Vista.

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.

CityBella Vista
StateArkansas (AR)
CountyBenton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.466641
Longitude-94.266317
Population30,104
Density256.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes72715, 72714
Area Code479
County SeatBentonville
School DistrictBentonville Public Schools

About Bella Vista, Arkansas

Bella Vista is a locality in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of 30,104. The population density is 256.6 people per km². Bella Vista is located at 36.4666°N, 94.2663°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bella Vista is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72715, 72714.

Bella Vista commands a landscape defined by the ancient, weathered rise of the Ozark plateau where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers against the woodland canopy. It lies 8.3 miles north-northwest of Bentonville, AR (from Bentonville, AR: bearing 334°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north of Centerton. The terrain surrounding Bella Vista reveals itself in the quiet geometry of Pinion Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early and the air carries the damp, cool scent of undisturbed earth. To the east, the silhouette of the Whittenburg Hills creates a jagged ink-line against the horizon, anchoring the visual field in a permanent, rugged posture. Water finds its way through this limestone country via Little Sugar Creek, a narrow ribbon that cuts through the topography with persistent, seasonal resolve. Nearby, the stillness of Lake Norwood mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a glassy surface that breaks only when the evening breeze begins to stir the hardwoods.

Development in Bella Vista followed the purposeful expansion of a planned recreational retreat, transforming former timber tracts into a residential landscape that prioritizes the natural contours of the soil. The local economy maintains a steady, deliberate pulse, shifting away from its origins as a vacation destination toward a stable base of service industries and remote enterprise. Residents often look toward the nearby Huckleberry Ridge State Forest as a reminder of the vast, unmanaged timberlands that once defined the regional commerce of Northwest Arkansas. Even as the modern street grids grow, the infrastructure remains secondary to the underlying geography, respecting the deep, rocky basins that dictate where construction may safely take root. Commerce here moves with a pragmatic, quiet efficiency, favoring long-term endurance over the frantic cycles of larger metropolitan hubs.

Bella Vista holds a character shaped by its transformation from a private development into an independent municipality with a distinct, deliberate social cohesion. Visitors and residents alike gravitate toward the Pendergrass Cave Fee to witness the geological complexity that lies beneath the surface of the karst topography. The cultural life of Bella Vista often unfolds in private gatherings and community-led initiatives that celebrate the autonomy of those who choose to live away from the crowded centers of the state. While the area maintains a modest profile, it has occasionally served as a quiet sanctuary for figures like the author Samuel Hopkins Adams, who found in these hills a reprieve from the clamor of the eastern literary world. The pace of daily existence remains measured, defined by the seasonal turn of dogwood and redbud blossoms that mark the transition between the humid summers and the sharp, clear winters.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lake Bella Vista Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 142° SE
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 139° SE
  • Green Bike Tower (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 141° SE
  • Slaughter Pen Bike Trail (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 144° SE
  • Powell Towersite (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 038° NE
  • Crystal Bridges Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 149° SE
  • Founding of Benton County (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 144° SE
  • Helen’s Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 150° SE
  • Huckleberry Ridge Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 344° N
  • Bentonville Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 8.7 mi, 154° SE
  • Donald E. White Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 145° SE
  • Big Sugar Creek State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 356° N
  • KCS Caboose Number 383 (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 253° W
  • Leetown Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 11.9 mi, 097° E
  • Rogers Experimental House (Arts Centre) — 12.4 mi, 138° SE
  • Frisco Caboose (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 139° SE
  • Beaver Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.0 mi, 130° SE
  • Beaver Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 129° SE
  • Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 294° NW
  • KCS Anderson Depot (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 322° NW
  • Wild Wilderness Drive Thru Safari (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.4 mi, 228° SW
  • Hobbs State Park / Conservation Management Area (State Park) — 18.1 mi, 127° SE
  • Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.7 mi, 201° S · 252 acres
  • Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 19.7 mi, 188° S · 1.1M acres
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 20.4 mi, 084° E · 1.5M acres
  • Exeter Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 20.6 mi, 055° NE
  • Comic Book & Superhero Toy Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 164° S
  • Longwell Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 347° N
  • Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 069° E
  • Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.4 mi, 247° SW · 8,813 acres

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About This Bella Vista Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bella Vista, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.466641, -94.266317. 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 Bella Vista includes the ZIP code (72715, 72714), telephone area code (479), county seat of Benton County (Bentonville), and school district assignment (Bentonville Public Schools).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.