Explore Friendship, 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 Friendship, 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 Friendship.
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 | Friendship |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Cleveland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.224344 |
| Longitude | -93.00366 |
| Population | 158 |
| Density | 85.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 71860, 71665, 72027, 71923 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Rison |
| School District | Ouachita School District |
Friendship occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the soft, steady rise of timbered slopes and the patient endurance of the earth. It lies 17.5 miles south of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 188°T), and is situated 11.7 miles west-northwest of Star City. The air here holds the scent of damp pine needles and heavy, warming soil, a fragrance that clings to the skin during the humid afternoons. Brushy Creek meanders through the low ground, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy grace that reflects the changing canopy of hardwoods above. Light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows that stretch across the fields until the world seems to settle into a deep, velvet gray. Beyond the immediate thickets, the terrain remains unhurried and vast, offering a stillness that feels as old as the bedrock itself.
Friendship maintains a rhythm tied to the cycles of the earth and the modest industry of the surrounding woods. Local life persists in the quiet commerce of small-scale agriculture and the steady work of those who know the timber and the soil intimately. While the pace of the day is dictated by the sun rather than the clock, the proximity of Studdard Lake provides a necessary stillness for those who favor the water’s edge over the bustle of larger, distant centers. Travelers seeking a moment of respite often look toward Wayside Park, which serves as a measured transition between the wilder stretches of the region and the settled paths of the people. Through the turning of the seasons, the character of Friendship remains rooted in the simple, honest labor of a landscape that demands little but yields a profound sense of continuity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Friendship, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.224344, -93.00366. 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 Friendship includes the ZIP code (71860, 71665, 72027), telephone area code (870), county seat of Cleveland County (Rison), and school district assignment (Ouachita 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. |