Highland Arkansas Map

About Highland, Arkansas

Highland is a locality in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. Highland is located at 34.0354°N, 93.7721°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 72542.

Highland unfurls itself across a gentle rise, its landscape softened by the persistent green of Arkansas's Ouachita foothills. It lies 43.8 miles north-north-east of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 20°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-east of Nashville. Here, the earth breathes a humid, pine-scented sigh, and the sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, seems to bleed gold through the leaves of sturdy oaks and sweetgum trees. Houses, some weathered to a pleasing grey, others painted in cheerful, slightly faded hues, cluster along roads that wind with a natural, unforced grace, mirroring the slow, meandering paths of the small creeks that whisper through the surrounding woodlands. The air itself often carries a faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle and damp earth, a constant, quiet reminder of the rich, loamy soil that sustains both the wild growth and the cultivated gardens. This particular corner of Pike County, though seemingly serene, carries the echoes of its past in the very texture of its existence. Once, the hum of logging trucks might have been a more common sound, the forests yielding their bounty to fuel distant industries. Today, the rhythm of Highland is more measured, tied to the land’s enduring generosity in agriculture, with small farms and homesteads dotting the periphery, their fields a patchwork of corn and hay. The local economy, like the weather, can shift with the seasons, but there's a steadfastness to the people here, a quiet resilience born from generations who have learned to live in harmony with the land's cycles, finding their sustenance and their solace in the enduring beauty of Highland.

About This Highland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland, Arkansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 34.035388, -93.772127. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Highland and Pike County.

Detailed location data for Highland includes the ZIP code (71852), telephone area code (870, 501), county seat of Pike County (Murfreesboro), and school district assignment (Highland School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Highland is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.