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Briarcliff Arkansas Map

Explore Briarcliff, 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 Briarcliff, Arkansas

How to Use This Briarcliff, Arkansas Map

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

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

Latitude	36.275068
Longitude	-92.286268
Population	236
Density	40.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	72653
Area Code	479
County Seat	Mountain Home
School District	Norfork Schools

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About Briarcliff, Arkansas

Briarcliff is a locality in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 236. The population density is 40.5 people per km². Briarcliff is located at 36.2751°N, 92.2863°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Briarcliff is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72653.

Briarcliff occupies a rugged expanse of timbered ridges where the landscape rises in quiet, limestone-veined swells toward the shadow of Birdsong Mountain. It lies 6.9 miles southeast of Mountain Home, AR (from Mountain Home, AR: bearing 127°T), and is situated 29.6 miles north-northwest of Mountain View. Shoal Creek carves a winding, clear-water path through the terrain, its currents pulling away from the high ground to feed into the vast, still expanse of Norfork Lake. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and crushed pine needles, particularly during the humid transition of a late afternoon when the light thins to a pale, translucent gold. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the land folds into the deep, shaded quiet of Smith Hollow, where the undergrowth of hardwood and dogwood thickens against the rocky soil.

Briarcliff maintains a slow, deliberate pace of life defined by the seasonal rhythms of the Ozarks and the proximity of the Norfork Recreation Area. Economic activity remains tethered to the land and the quiet commerce of those drawn to the regional waters, with the surrounding woods and waterways dictating the character of the day-to-day. History here is marked by the steady, patient settlement of families who carved their lives out of the stubborn hillside, leaving a legacy of self-reliance that persists in the quietude of the current era. Residents often find their stillness in the shade of the forest or along the banks of the local streams, where the passage of time is measured more by the shift of shadows across the slopes than by the urgency of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Norfork Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 071° E
Norfork Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 068° E
Dr. Ray Stahl Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 297° NW
Sylamore Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 198° S
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 3.9 mi, 195° S · 1.1M acres
Clysta Willett Park (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 301° NW
Paper Airplane Donald's Imagination (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 296° NW
Mountain Home Farmer's Market (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 308° NW
Mountain Home High School A-7 Corsair (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 302° NW
Rock Garden (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 195° S
Buffalo National River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.8 mi, 223° SW · 35k acres
Buffalo National River (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.8 mi, 223° SW · 89k acres
Leatherwood Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.3 mi, 196° S · 17k acres
House Ruins (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 007° N
Trail Head Lower Wilderness. (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 232° SW
Barkshead National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 186° S · 5,852 acres
State Line (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 006° N
North Sylamore Creek, Arkansas Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.8 mi, 173° S · 3,765 acres
Hicks Hotel and Store (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 237° SW
Pileated Point (Viewpoint) — 26.7 mi, 227° SW
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 30.2 mi, 009° N · 1.5M acres
Grizzly Statue (Public Artwork) — 39.5 mi, 037° NE
Willie Lee (Historic Ruins) — 40.4 mi, 317° NW
Shirley Centennial Museum (Museum) — 42.8 mi, 182° S
Ozark Medieval Fortress (Historic Castle / Fort) — 44.5 mi, 285° W
Hardy History Museum (Museum) — 44.9 mi, 086° E
AMC Classic Harrison 8 (Cinema) — 46.2 mi, 268° W
Town Square Amphitheatre Stage & Water-and-Fire Show (Theatre) — 57.5 mi, 297° NW
Branson Hot Hits Theater (Theatre) — 57.6 mi, 296° NW
Historic Owen Theatre (Arts Centre) — 57.6 mi, 296° NW

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