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Bowman Arkansas Map

Explore Bowman, 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 Bowman, Arkansas

How to Use This Bowman, Arkansas Map

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

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	Bowman
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	Craighead County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.816835
Longitude	-90.496228
Population	75
Density	18.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	71653, 72437
Area Code	870, 501
County Seat	Jonesboro
School District	Riverside School District

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About Bowman, Arkansas

Bowman is a locality in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 75. The population density is 18.6 people per km². Bowman is located at 35.8168°N, 90.4962°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71653, 72437.

Bowman emerges from the flat, industrious stretch of the Arkansas lowlands where the Big Bay Ditch carves a deliberate, muddy path through the soil. It lies 11.9 miles east of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 96°T), and is situated 7.3 miles southeast of Brookland. The horizon remains broad and unbroken, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Black Oak Ridge rising eight miles to the west like a sleeper’s spine. To the east, the terrain yields to the low-lying expanse of the Saint Francis Sunken Lands, a vast, watery wilderness that breathes a humid, heavy stillness into the afternoon air. Sunlight here has a way of thickening as it hits the silt, turning the evening sky into a bruised plum color that settles over the fields long before the crickets begin their rhythmic, metallic chorus.

Bowman sustains itself on the quiet, insistent labor of the earth, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of every passing season. The history of the area is written in the furrows of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of agricultural grit that has remained the primary engine of the local economy for generations. While the nearby Maumelle Prairie offers a stark, grassy contrast to the worked fields, the people of Bowman find their own sanctuary in the quietude of the land, far from the frantic hum of larger centers. Life here moves with a deliberate gravity, anchored by the knowledge that twelve miles away, the waters of Craighead Forest Lake hold the stillness of the deep woods, providing a cool reprieve from the relentless, sun-drenched intensity of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Saint Francis Sunken Lands (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 063° NE
Brookland Baseball Fields (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 324° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 277° W
Bookout Plaza (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 278° W
Memorial Arch (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 280° W
Arkansas State University Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 279° W
Craighead Forest Park (Local Park) — 11.3 mi, 257° W
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.8 mi, 277° W
Lake Frierson State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 311° NW
Paragould War Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 001° N
Crowley's Ridge State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 330° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ar (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 273° W · 1,326 acres
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 082° E · 22k acres
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 137° SE
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.7 mi, 070° E · 2,280 acres
Pentecostal Church (Historic Ruins) — 21.8 mi, 142° SE
William Brewer/scatter Creek (State Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 347° N
Big Lake (State Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 082° E
Dyess Colony Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 135° SE
Shady Grove Church (Historic Ruins) — 23.5 mi, 085° E
John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 014° N
Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 37.6 mi, 041° NE
Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 42.6 mi, 023° NE
Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 42.7 mi, 023° NE
Arkansas Flag Plaza (Attraction) — 46.6 mi, 196° S
Grind City Amphitheater (Theatre) — 51.4 mi, 150° SE
Sky High Ride & Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 52.1 mi, 151° SE
Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage Center (Museum) — 52.1 mi, 151° SE
Memphis Riverboats (Attraction) — 52.7 mi, 152° SE
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 59.4 mi, 345° N · 1.5M acres

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