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Lawson Arkansas Map

Explore Lawson, 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 Lawson, Arkansas

How to Use This Lawson, Arkansas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.196795
Longitude	-92.482925
Population	260
Density	30.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	71730, 71750
Area Code	870
County Seat	El Dorado
School District	El Dorado School District

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About Lawson, Arkansas

Lawson is a locality in Union County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 30.5 people per km². Lawson is located at 33.1968°N, 92.4829°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71730, 71750.

Lawson emerges from the landscape as a quiet assembly of frame houses and shaded lanes spread across the undulating earth of the southern plains. It lies 10.6 miles east of El Dorado, AR (from El Dorado, AR: bearing 94°T), and is situated 18.2 miles southeast of Smackover. Dry Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the surrounding woodlands three miles away, its waters often sluggish beneath the heavy, humid air of midsummer. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Pigeon Hills barely break the horizon, offering a faint, jagged edge to the sky that deepens into a bruised purple during the twilight hour. The quality of light here is singular; as evening descends, it catches the dust motes and the needles of the loblolly pines, casting a warm, honeyed glow that seems to suspend the day in a lingering, golden pause.

Lawson persists as a place where the memory of the timber and oil booms still haunts the architecture of its modest storefronts and gravel-shouldered roads. The local economy maintains a steady, deliberate pace, tied closely to the land and the quiet industry of the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, nine miles distant, where the bottomland hardwoods provide a sanctuary that feels far removed from the mechanical hum of modern life. Even the water of Grapevine Lake, seven miles to the west, reflects a stillness that defines the regional temper, a patient endurance that asks little of the traveler and offers a profound, unspoken clarity to those who stay long enough to hear the pines whispering in the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.0 mi, 080° E · 147k acres
Mattocks Park (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 268° W
Lions Club Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 286° W
Moro Bay State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 048° NE
El Dorado Confederate Monument (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 276° W
Bayou D'loutre (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 190° S
Lower Ouachita Terraces Fee (Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 097° E
Huey P Long Border Marker Park (State Park) — 14.4 mi, 153° SE
Louisiana Tech University (Recreation Easement) — 16.6 mi, 162° S
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 21.0 mi, 204° SW
Beryl Anthony/lower Ouachita (State Conservation Area) — 22.2 mi, 118° SE
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 22.8 mi, 218° SW · 607k acres
Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.0 mi, 133° SE · 109k acres
Camden Confederate Monument (Monument) — 33.5 mi, 323° NW
McCollum-Chidester House Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 322° NW
Lincoln Parish Museum (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 191° S
Gilbert Center (Arts Centre) — 46.9 mi, 191° S
Sarah and A.L. Williams Champions Plaza (Public Artwork) — 47.0 mi, 192° S
Family Sculpture (Monument) — 47.2 mi, 055° NE
Howard Auditorium (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 192° S
University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 055° NE
Mascur Museum (Museum) — 53.3 mi, 156° SE
Hoo-Hoo International Office & Hoo-Hoo Museum (Museum) — 63.0 mi, 323° NW
Gurdon Light (Attraction) — 65.8 mi, 323° NW
Arkadelphia Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 71.7 mi, 333° NW
Rosemary Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 71.9 mi, 333° NW
Vining Arena (Stadium) — 72.3 mi, 333° NW
Poverty Point World Heritage Site (Museum) — 73.6 mi, 121° SE
Saracen Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 75.9 mi, 023° NE
Torii Hunter Baseball Complex (Stadium) — 77.9 mi, 020° N

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