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Kensett Arkansas Map

Explore Kensett, 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 Kensett, Arkansas

How to Use This Kensett, Arkansas Map

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

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	Kensett
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	White County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.231752
Longitude	-91.667636
Population	1,400
Density	289.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	72082
Area Code	870
County Seat	Searcy
School District	Riverview School District

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About Kensett, Arkansas

Kensett is a locality in White County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,400. The population density is 289.7 people per km². Kensett is located at 35.2318°N, 91.6676°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kensett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72082.

Kensett occupies a quiet expanse of land where the flat, moisture-rich earth of the lowlands meets the transition toward the higher ground of the interior. It lies 4.1 miles east-southeast of Searcy, AR (from Searcy, AR: bearing 109°T), and is situated 7.8 miles southwest of Bald Knob. Black Creek winds its path through the outskirts, its dark, slow-moving currents reflecting the heavy, humid sky and the dense canopy of hardwoods that cling to the banks. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon is anchored by the faint, blue-gray silhouette of Hogpen Ridge, which sits five miles away, reminding the observer of the more rugged topography that defines the broader region. Cowen Park provides a modest clearing of green space within the immediate vicinity, offering a place where the light at dusk settles in long, golden bars across the grass, softening the edges of the surrounding fields. Doniphan Lake sits only a mile away, a quiet mirror for the shifting clouds that drift over the plains, holding the stillness of the afternoon in its glassy, shadowed depths.

Kensett grew from the intersections of iron and soil, its development tethered to the rhythmic expansion of the railroad that once dictated the pulse of commerce and migration through this part of the state. The economy has historically leaned upon the fertility of the surrounding bottomlands and the steady output of local timber and agriculture, industries that have shaped the practical, industrious character of the people who reside here. While the pace of modern life shifts elsewhere, the day-to-day existence in Kensett remains grounded in the cycle of the seasons, from the early spring arrival of dogwood blooms to the heavy, heat-hazed afternoons of harvest time. The legacy of the mid-century tracks still hums beneath the surface of local memory, even as the town finds its own quiet equilibrium in the present, far removed from the clamor of larger urban centers. People here recognize a certain dignity in the labor of the land, maintaining a steady, deliberate gait that mirrors the slow, purposeful movement of the water in Black Creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cowen Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 254° W
Action at Whitney’s Lane (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 335° NW
Searcy City Lake Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 286° W
Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.5 mi, 070° E · 31k acres
Searcy Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 262° W
Cracked Tree (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 289° W
Anthony and Wright Administration Auditorium (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 287° W
Thelma Fae Smith and Curtis H. Sykes (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 288° W
Uncle Bud (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 288° W
155 Mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 318° NW
Ulrey Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 3.7 mi, 284° W
Searcy Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 289° W
Bee Rock (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 321° NW
Rock Garden (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 281° W
Beeler Ferry (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 324° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 041° NE
Copperas Springs (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 249° W
Henry Gray/hurricane Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 097° E
Steve N. Wilson/raft Creek (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 139° SE
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.6 mi, 134° SE · 148k acres
Bayou Desarc (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 149° SE
Junk Car (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 315° NW
John McConnell Stadium (Stadium) — 45.6 mi, 258° W
Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 45.8 mi, 245° SW
Shirley Centennial Museum (Museum) — 46.9 mi, 309° NW
Fellowship Hall Sound (Gallery) — 48.0 mi, 226° SW
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 49.9 mi, 331° NW · 1.1M acres
Cantrell Gallery (Gallery) — 50.5 mi, 232° SW
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 65.6 mi, 257° W · 1.8M acres
Leatherwood Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 67.8 mi, 325° NW · 17k acres

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