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Hughes Arkansas Map

Explore Hughes, 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.

Interactive Map of Hughes, Arkansas

How to Use This Hughes, Arkansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hughes, 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 Hughes.

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	Hughes
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	St. Francis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.949261
Longitude	-90.47149
Population	1,056
Density	180.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	72348
Area Code	501
County Seat	Forrest City
School District	West Memphis School District

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About Hughes, Arkansas

Hughes is a locality in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,056. The population density is 180.2 people per km². Hughes is located at 34.9493°N, 90.4715°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hughes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72348.

Hughes defines the flat, fertile expanse of the Arkansas delta, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a heavy, humid sky. It lies 18.5 miles east-southeast of Forrest City, AR (from Forrest City, AR: bearing 103°T), and is situated 10.5 miles northwest of Tunica Resorts. The landscape around Hughes is defined by an absolute, geometric flatness, broken only by the thin vertical silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional stand of hardwood timber. To the east, the moisture-laden air cools slightly toward the basin of Buck Island Number 53, while the dark, nutrient-rich soil keeps the earth perpetually hungry for the plow. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it presses against the fields, turning the late afternoon haze into a pale, bruised gold that clings to the stalks of cotton and soybean long after the machinery has gone silent.

Agriculture forms the singular pulse of the local economy, a cycle of sowing and reaping that dictates the tempo of life in Hughes. The proximity of Fifteenmile Bayou and the quiet stillness of Millseed Lake provide a necessary hydration to the vast, industrialized farmland that sustains the region. While the distant, hazy silhouette of Skidmore Ridge remains a mere suggestion on the far western edge of the world, the immediate reality for those living here is the stewardship of the land and the quiet maintenance of the infrastructure managed by the Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ar. History remains embedded in the very dirt, where the labor of generations has carved out a life from the silt, leaving behind a place that feels less like a collection of streets and more like a permanent, patient engagement with the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ar (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 318° NW · 1,326 acres
Lee County (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 258° W
Village Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 314° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.5 mi, 163° S
St. Francis National Forest (National Forest) — 19.1 mi, 217° SW · 21k acres
Presidents Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 062° NE
Robert E. Lee Monument (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 233° SW
William Hines Furbush Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 233° SW
To Fuller (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 068° E
Arkansas Flag Plaza (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 317° NW
Arkabutla Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 120° SE
Stumpy Point Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 22.2 mi, 198° S · 1,519 acres
Turkey Ridge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 25.2 mi, 201° S
Memphis Martyrs (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 061° NE
Elvis: The Entertainer Career Museum (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 075° E
Private Presley (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 075° E
Elvis Automobile Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 075° E
Memphis Flyway (Viewpoint) — 26.1 mi, 061° NE
Hound Dog II Jet (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 075° E
Graceland Mansion (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 075° E
Upstander (Public Artwork) — 26.7 mi, 061° NE
Halloran Centre Theater (Theatre) — 26.9 mi, 061° NE
Memphis Music Hall of Fame (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 061° NE
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 060° NE
The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 060° NE
Grind City Amphitheater (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 058° NE
Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 194° S
Crosstown Arts (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 061° NE
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 026° NE · 11k acres
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 68.6 mi, 017° N · 2,280 acres

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