Explore Dardanelle, 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 Dardanelle, 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 Dardanelle.
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 | Dardanelle |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Yell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.223141 |
| Longitude | -93.157953 |
| Population | 4,517 |
| Density | 478.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72834 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| County Seat | Danville |
| School District | Dardanelle Public Schools |
Dardanelle defines itself by the slow, deliberate movement of the Arkansas River, which traces a path of deep, sediment-rich water past the town’s threshold. It lies 4.1 miles south-southwest of Russellville, AR (from Russellville, AR: bearing 200°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-southwest of Pottsville. The air here holds a heavy, humid sweetness, thick with the scent of damp earth and the pervasive stillness of the inland plains. To the north, the distant silhouette of Mc Cray Ridge provides a jagged, charcoal-colored boundary against the sky, while the low-lying terrain gives way to the expansive, quiet basin of Hickerson Hollow. Within the immediate landscape, River Front Park offers a space where the transition between the managed earth and the wild, overgrown banks of the river becomes seamless. Only two miles away, the surface of Lake Dardanelle reflects the changing hues of the afternoon sun, a vast mirror of gray and gold that anchors the horizon.
Dardanelle carries the weight of a long-settled existence, where the economy has shifted from the early necessity of river commerce to the quiet endurance of agriculture and local trade. The history of Dardanelle remains etched into the character of its streets, where the pace is governed by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of industry. Residents often gather near the river, observing the way the light catches the moving water, a daily ritual that connects the contemporary life of the locality to the older, simpler rhythms of the region. There is a particular clarity in the way the sunlight strikes the redbud and dogwood trees in early spring, illuminating the woods that have witnessed the slow evolution of the community for generations. This sense of permanence is quiet and unassuming, felt most acutely in the way the shadows lengthen across the fields as the day concludes.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dardanelle, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.223141, -93.157953. 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 Dardanelle includes the ZIP code (72834), telephone area code (479), county seat of Yell County (Danville), and school district assignment (Dardanelle 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 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. |