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Lake City Arkansas Map

Explore Lake 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 Lake City, Arkansas

How to Use This Lake City, Arkansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake 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 Lake 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	Lake City
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	Craighead County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.81937
Longitude	-90.453905
Population	2,326
Density	285.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	72437
Area Code	501
County Seat	Jonesboro
School District	Riverside School District

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About Lake City, Arkansas

Lake City is a locality in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,326. The population density is 285.5 people per km². Lake City is located at 35.8194°N, 90.4539°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lake City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72437.

Lake City emerges from the expansive, fertile plains of northeastern Arkansas, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Saint Francis River as it winds through the lowlands. It lies 15.2 miles east of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 97°T), and is situated 8.8 miles northeast of Bay. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Black Oak Ridge rising five miles to the west. Within the immediate landscape, the Saint Francis Sunken Lands stretch out as a vast, watery wilderness, a complex expanse of cypress and tupelo that swallows the light at dusk in deep, indigo shadows. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and heavy, humid growth, while the light at the end of the day turns the flat fields into a bruised, golden copper, illuminating the quiet persistence of the vegetation.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic heartbeat of Lake City, where the economy is bound to the seasonal cycles of the surrounding soil and the irrigation provided by the local waterways. History here is written in the furrows of the land and the quiet resilience of those who cultivate the heavy silt, laboring under a sky that feels immense and watchful. While Craighead Forest Lake lies fifteen miles distant and the Maumelle Prairie provides a subtle shift in the topography just four miles away, the character of the region remains rooted in the deep, alluvial quietude of the delta. Life in Lake City moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, shaped by the steady, enduring presence of the river and the labor required to sustain a livelihood in such a demanding, beautiful expanse of flatland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Saint Francis Sunken Lands (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 036° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.3 mi, 275° W
Bookout Plaza (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 276° W
Memorial Arch (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 277° W
Arkansas State University Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 277° W
Craighead Forest Park (Local Park) — 13.6 mi, 259° W
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 275° W
Paragould War Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 353° N
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 082° E · 22k acres
Lake Frierson State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 306° NW
Crowley's Ridge State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 323° NW
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 143° SE
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.4 mi, 068° E · 2,280 acres
Big Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 082° E
Pentecostal Church (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 147° SE
Dyess Colony Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 140° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ar (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.9 mi, 272° W · 1,326 acres
Shady Grove Church (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 085° E
William Brewer/scatter Creek (State Conservation Area) — 22.4 mi, 341° N
John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 009° N
Jones outdoor Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 35.9 mi, 038° NE
Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 41.6 mi, 020° N
Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 020° N
Arkansas Flag Plaza (Attraction) — 47.4 mi, 199° S
Grind City Amphitheater (Theatre) — 50.4 mi, 153° SE
Sky High Ride & Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 51.1 mi, 154° SE
Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage Center (Museum) — 51.1 mi, 154° SE
Memphis Riverboats (Attraction) — 51.8 mi, 155° SE
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 59.9 mi, 342° N · 1.5M acres
Irish Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 71.0 mi, 329° NW · 17k acres

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