Explore Carlisle, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carlisle, 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 Carlisle.
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 | Carlisle |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Lonoke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.795425 |
| Longitude | -91.740494 |
| Population | 2,033 |
| Density | 162.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72024 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Lonoke |
| School District | Carlisle School District |
Carlisle emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Arkansas Grand Prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to claim more than its fair share of the heavens. It lies 20.2 miles southeast of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 131°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east of Lonoke. Bayou Two Prairie meanders through the low-lying terrain just a mile away, its slow waters feeding the thirsty, heavy soil that defines the agricultural rhythm of the district. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Pfennighausen Ridge marks the limit of the view, a faint blue line against the summer haze. Local residents often retreat to the quiet shade of Wayside Park, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the stillness is broken only by the occasional rustle of hardwoods. Toward the evening, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the tranquil waters of Sniders Pond, creating a landscape that feels both ancient and deeply settled.
Agriculture serves as the heartbeat of Carlisle, with the rhythmic cycle of rice and soybean harvests dictating the tempo of the calendar. The prosperity of the land has drawn families to these plains for generations, their histories written into the very furrows of the dark, fertile dirt. While Pocket Prairie lies a few miles to the west, the local character remains defined by the persistence of the farming class and the steady, unpretentious commerce of the downtown corridor. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting the patience required to coax a living from the stubborn, heavy clay. Even as the seasons shift, the people of Carlisle maintain an enduring connection to the soil, finding a quiet pride in a way of life that remains tethered to the simple, honest labor of the harvest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carlisle, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.795425, -91.740494. 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 Carlisle includes the ZIP code (72024), telephone area code (870), county seat of Lonoke County (Lonoke), and school district assignment (Carlisle School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |