Explore Green Forest, 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 Green Forest, 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 Green Forest.
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 | Green Forest |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Carroll County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.335347 |
| Longitude | -93.436019 |
| Population | 2,972 |
| Density | 465.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72638 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| County Seat | Berryville |
| School District | Green Forest School District |
Green Forest emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of the Ozark plateau as a quiet meeting point of hardwood timber and cleared pasture. It lies 19.7 miles west-northwest of Harrison, AR (from Harrison, AR: bearing 292°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east-southeast of Berryville. Yocum Creek winds its way through the local terrain, carving a path that defines the subtle drainage of the fields and providing a constant, low-frequency presence in the landscape. To the west, the silhouette of Miller Mountain rises against the sky, a steady guardian over the undulating slopes that reach toward the deeper shadows of Schriborough Canyon. The air here holds a particular clarity, often cooling rapidly at dusk as the moisture from the canopy settles over the grasses, and the light takes on a bruised, violet quality that turns the surrounding foliage into a dark, heavy velvet.
Green Forest carries the weight of a history built on the industry of the land, shifting from early agrarian roots to a modern economy sustained by specialized manufacturing and the processing of regional poultry. The local rhythm is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the shift of the sun, with the presence of Unknown Park offering a quiet, unadorned space for the quiet observation of native flora. While Table Rock Lake lies a short distance to the north, the focus of daily life remains tethered to the local roads and the industrious output of the workers who maintain the regional infrastructure. In the spaces between the storefronts and the industrial yards, there is a persistent, pragmatic character, where the architecture reflects a necessity for function over ornamentation and the community moves with the steady, deliberate pace of a place that knows its own boundaries well.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Green Forest, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.335347, -93.436019. 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 Green Forest includes the ZIP code (72638), telephone area code (479), county seat of Carroll County (Berryville), and school district assignment (Green Forest 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. |