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Indian Bay Arkansas Map

Explore Indian Bay, 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 Indian Bay, Arkansas

How to Use This Indian Bay, Arkansas Map

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

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.

CityIndian Bay
StateArkansas (AR)
CountyMonroe County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude34.382879
Longitude-91.06706
Population15
Density15.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code72069
Area Code870
County SeatClarendon
School DistrictClarendon School District

About Indian Bay, Arkansas

Indian Bay is a locality in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 15. The population density is 15.2 people per km². Indian Bay is located at 34.3829°N, 91.0671°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 72069.

Indian Bay occupies a low-lying expanse where the heavy, humid breath of the bottomlands dictates the rhythm of the day. It lies 46.0 miles south-southwest of Forrest City, AR (from Forrest City, AR: bearing 200°T), and is situated 16.8 miles east-northeast of DeWitt. The landscape surrounding Indian Bay dissolves into the intricate, water-logged veins of the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge, where the soil stays perpetually dark and yielding under a dense canopy of hardwoods. Waters Bayou remains a silent, still partner to the land, its surface often catching the amber light of late afternoon in a way that turns the water into polished copper. The air here holds a weight that feels ancient, thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, while the flat terrain stretches toward the horizon, interrupted only by the occasional rise of timber or the slow, deliberate movement of the Indian Bay riverbed as it carves its path through the silt.

Human presence in Indian Bay lingers as a quiet adjustment to the overwhelming dominance of the wild, surviving in the margins of a landscape that claims everything eventually. The economy has long been tethered to the cycles of the timber and the seasonal pulse of the refuge, where the land serves as a vital sanctuary for migratory life rather than a site of intensive industry. History is not written in grand monuments but in the way the locals navigate the seasonal floods and the persistent, muddy character of the terrain that keeps the pace of life slow and deliberate. Far to the west, the subtle contours of Big Island provide a distant reference point for those who know how to read the topography of the basin. The people here share a deep, quiet familiarity with the shifting moods of the water, accepting that Indian Bay exists not as a place to be conquered, but as a place to be inhabited with a patient, watchful respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — locality lies within · 314k acres
  • St. Charles Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 262° W
  • Ethel (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 228° SW
  • Pine City/Headwater Swamp Fee (Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 357° N
  • Wayside Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 033° NE
  • Pine City Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 349° N
  • Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 003° N
  • Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.8 mi, 184° S · 945 acres
  • Wilbur D. Mills Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.1 mi, 210° SW
  • Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.1 mi, 326° NW · 148k acres
  • St. Francis National Forest (National Forest) — 27.6 mi, 044° NE · 21k acres
  • Lily Peter Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 066° NE
  • Father Pere Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 068° E
  • Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 28.7 mi, 069° E
  • Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 29.1 mi, 068° E
  • Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 070° E
  • Coolidge (Monument) — 29.3 mi, 068° E
  • Stumpy Point Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 30.4 mi, 055° NE · 1,519 acres
  • Charlie Capps WMA (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 36.4 mi, 170° S
  • Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 36.9 mi, 178° S
  • Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 48.4 mi, 156° SE
  • Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 52.0 mi, 150° SE
  • Saracen Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 52.8 mi, 257° W
  • Torii Hunter Softball Complex (Stadium) — 54.9 mi, 261° W
  • Torii Hunter Baseball Complex (Stadium) — 54.9 mi, 261° W
  • Arkansas Flag Plaza (Attraction) — 57.7 mi, 020° N
  • Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 67.1 mi, 180° S
  • E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 67.6 mi, 179° S
  • University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 69.4 mi, 218° SW

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About This Indian Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Indian Bay, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.382879, -91.06706. 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 Indian Bay includes the ZIP code (72069), telephone area code (870), county seat of Monroe County (Clarendon), and school district assignment (Clarendon 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.