Junction City Arkansas Map
Explore Junction City, 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 Junction City, Arkansas
How to Use This Junction City, Arkansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Junction City, 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 Junction City.
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 | Junction City |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Union County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.01625 |
| Longitude | -92.724324 |
| Population | 503 |
| Density | 171.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 71749 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | El Dorado |
| School District | Junction City School District |
About Junction City, Arkansas
Junction City is a locality in Union County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 503. The population density is 171.0 people per km². Junction City is located at 33.0162°N, 92.7243°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Junction City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71749.Junction City occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent flow of Beaver Creek carves a path through the dense, verdant woodlands of southern Arkansas. It lies 13.6 miles south-southwest of El Dorado, AR (from El Dorado, AR: bearing 194°T), and is situated 34.4 miles north of Ruston. The landscape here is defined by low, pine-heavy terrain that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Swamp Ridge on the horizon. Sunlight catches the thick humidity of the afternoon, turning the air into a shimmering, amber-hued veil that hangs heavy over the forest floor. Five miles away, the still waters of Harper Reservoir offer a cooling contrast to the deep, tangled woods of the nearby Kisatchie National Forest, where the scent of damp earth and pine needles dominates the breeze.
Junction City remains a place where the echoes of the timber and oil industries still resonate within the quiet rhythm of daily life. Historically, the settlement grew from the intersection of rail lines and regional commerce, though today it maintains a slower, more deliberate pace of existence. The economy continues to draw from the surrounding hardwood forests and the legacy of the land, while the people move with a thoughtful, measured grace that reflects the gravity of the soil beneath them. Even as the modern world shifts, the persistent, quiet growth of the trees and the steady, unobserved movement of the creek serve as the true measure of time in Junction City.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 4.5 mi, 218° SW · 607k acres
- Corney Bayou (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 207° SW
- Summerfield Springs Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 237° SW
- Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 262° W
- Summerfield Springs (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 232° SW
- Bayou D'loutre (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 096° E
- El Dorado Confederate Monument (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 015° N
- Louisiana Tech University (Recreation Easement) — 18.8 mi, 101° E
- New Lake D'arbonne State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 140° SE
- Lake Claiborne State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 209° SW
- Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 058° NE · 147k acres
- Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.1 mi, 096° E · 109k acres
- Sarah and A.L. Williams Champions Plaza (Public Artwork) — 33.6 mi, 173° S
- Lincoln Parish Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 171° S
- Gilbert Center (Arts Centre) — 33.9 mi, 172° S
- Howard Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 172° S
- Steam Engine (Monument) — 34.1 mi, 172° S
- Steel Gurder Trainer (Monument) — 34.2 mi, 172° S
- McCollum-Chidester House Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 350° N
- Brown Auditorium (Theatre) — 50.7 mi, 132° SE
- Mascur Museum (Museum) — 50.8 mi, 136° SE
- Saline Bayou, Louisiana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 61.2 mi, 191° S · 6,090 acres
- Krewe of Gemini (Arts Centre) — 67.0 mi, 240° SW
- Mardi Gras Museum (Museum) — 67.0 mi, 240° SW
- Hoo-Hoo International Office & Hoo-Hoo Museum (Museum) — 67.1 mi, 339° N
- Hay Ride (Attraction) — 67.2 mi, 252° W
- Derelict Tram (Attraction) — 68.4 mi, 240° SW
- Shreveport Aquarium (Aquarium) — 68.6 mi, 240° SW
- Old Railroad Equitment (Attraction) — 68.9 mi, 240° SW
- Track Speeder (Attraction) — 69.2 mi, 240° SW
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About This Junction City Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Junction City, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.01625, -92.724324. 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 Junction City includes the ZIP code (71749), telephone area code (870), county seat of Union County (El Dorado), and school district assignment (Junction City 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. |
