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Big Flat Arkansas Map

Explore Big Flat, 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 Big Flat, Arkansas

How to Use This Big Flat, Arkansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Big Flat, 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 Big Flat.

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	Big Flat
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	Baxter County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.005073
Longitude	-92.404326
Population	88
Density	31.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	72617
Area Code	479
County Seat	Mountain Home
School District	Mountain View School District

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About Big Flat, Arkansas

Big Flat is a locality in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 31.8 people per km². Big Flat is located at 36.0051°N, 92.4043°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Big Flat is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72617.

Big Flat occupies a quiet elevation where the terrestrial architecture is defined by the steady, persistent passage of Roasting Ear Creek. It lies 22.8 miles south of Mountain Home, AR (from Mountain Home, AR: bearing 183°T), and is situated 18.6 miles west-northwest of Mountain View. This terrain is characterized by a fractured, uneven topography where the land falls away into the shadows of Vickery Hollow, creating a landscape that demands a measured pace from those who traverse it. The light here clings to the limestone outcroppings during the late afternoon, turning the rough, gray stone into a pale, glowing substance that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after the heat has retreated from the valley floor. Massive stands of hardwood and pine dominate the horizon, their branches swaying in the heavy, humid air that settles over the region, marking the boundary between the cultivated clearings and the wild, untamed reaches of the Sylamore Wildlife Management Area.

Agriculture and timber have long dictated the rhythm of Big Flat, grounding the local economy in the tangible labor of extracting resources from the stubborn, rocky soil. The history of the settlement is a quiet one, written not in grand monuments but in the endurance of families who learned to navigate the seasonal flux of the creek and the dense, encroaching forest. While the distant, shimmering expanse of Norfork Lake offers a reprieve for those seeking the water, the daily life of Big Flat remains anchored to the immediate, wooded ridges where the silence is broken only by the movement of wildlife or the distant hum of a truck on a gravel road. It is a place of deliberate isolation, where the complexity of the world is filtered through the thick canopy of trees, leaving the residents to cultivate a life that values the slow, circular habits of a countryside governed by the turning of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sylamore Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 273° W
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 118° SE · 1.1M acres
Wayside Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 085° E
Leatherwood Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.5 mi, 039° NE · 17k acres
Barkshead National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 055° NE · 5,852 acres
Buffalo National River (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.9 mi, 346° N · 89k acres
Buffalo National River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.9 mi, 346° N · 35k acres
Loafer's Glory (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 297° NW
North Sylamore Creek, Arkansas Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.5 mi, 085° E · 3,765 acres
Rock Garden (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 023° NE
Sinkhole Icebox (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 301° NW
Livingston National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 094° E · 8,758 acres
Sylamore Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 11.1 mi, 078° E
Trail Head Lower Wilderness. (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 341° N
Jimmie White Memorial (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 097° E
Hicks Hotel and Store (Historic Ruins) — 12.3 mi, 314° NW
Blanchard Springs Caverns (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 103° E
Pileated Point (Viewpoint) — 13.0 mi, 272° W
Devil’s Backbone Road Cut—Geology (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 237° SW
Paper Airplane Donald's Imagination (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 002° N
Shirley Centennial Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 169° S
Moore CCC Camp (Historic Ruins) — 36.8 mi, 244° SW
AMC Classic Harrison 8 (Cinema) — 43.1 mi, 293° NW
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 43.8 mi, 347° N · 1.5M acres
Ozark Medieval Fortress (Historic Castle / Fort) — 47.2 mi, 309° NW
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 52.9 mi, 067° NE
Hardy History Museum (Museum) — 55.8 mi, 067° NE
Sorrells Stadium at Lemley Field (Stadium) — 60.4 mi, 210° SW
John McConnell Stadium (Stadium) — 63.0 mi, 183° S
Town Square Amphitheatre Stage & Water-and-Fire Show (Theatre) — 63.1 mi, 315° NW

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