Explore Etowah, 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 Etowah, 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 Etowah.
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 | Etowah |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Mississippi County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.715758 |
| Longitude | -90.230682 |
| Population | 254 |
| Density | 16.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 72428, 72370 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| County Seat | Blytheville |
| School District | Manila School District |
Etowah occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Mississippi Delta where the earth is defined by the deep, dark fertility of its alluvial soil. It lies 22.3 miles southwest of Blytheville, AR (from Blytheville, AR: bearing 232°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northeast of Lepanto. The horizon here is vast and unobstructed, a wide-angle view of agricultural fields that seem to dissolve into the hazy, humid sky at the edges of the world. Water shapes the periphery of this landscape, with the Left Hand Chute of Little River winding through the nearby lowlands, its progress slow and deliberate against the heavy silt. To the west, the subtle depressions of the Tyronza Sunk Lands create a mosaic of damp, shadowed ground, while the distant, untamed expanse of the Saint Francis Sunken Lands serves as a sprawling reminder of the region’s original, water-logged wilderness. The light at dusk here is thick and golden, catching the dust kicked up from field roads and turning the air into a shimmering, amber haze that settles over the crops like a heavy blanket.
Etowah draws its identity from the rhythms of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of those who work the black loam. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and yield, a legacy of settlement that transformed dense timberland into one of the most productive agricultural corridors in the region. History here is written in the furrows of the fields and the sturdy, pragmatic architecture of small-scale commercial buildings that have weathered decades of changing seasons. Life moves according to the demands of the soil, maintaining a steady, unadorned pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of larger urban centers. While the landscape is largely defined by the quiet industry of the plow, the proximity to natural features like the Saint Francis Sunken Lands suggests a lingering wildness just beyond the fences, a silent backdrop to the daily commerce and the simple, enduring persistence of the people who call Etowah home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Etowah, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.715758, -90.230682. 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 Etowah includes the ZIP code (72428, 72370), telephone area code (501), county seat of Mississippi County (Blytheville), and school district assignment (Manila 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. |