Explore Lonsdale, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lonsdale, 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 Lonsdale.
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 | Lonsdale |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Garland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.544536 |
| Longitude | -92.808225 |
| Population | 103 |
| Density | 98.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72087 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Hot Springs |
| School District | Benton School District |
Lonsdale emerges from the dense, verdant timberland of Arkansas, where the persistent current of Tenmile Creek carves a quiet, winding path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 12.6 miles north of Malvern, AR (from Malvern, AR: bearing 1°T), and is situated 14.3 miles east-northeast of Hot Springs. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, thick with the scent of damp pine needles and the sharp, sweet decay of fallen leaves that carpet the forest floor. Sunbeams filter through the canopy in narrow, slanted shafts, illuminating the fine dust that dances above the undergrowth, while the terrain itself rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of soil and rock. Beyond the immediate reach of the woods, the horizon remains uncluttered, save for the faint, hazy silhouette of Goosepond Mountain standing watch in the distance, a silent sentinel over the sprawling, unhurried landscape.
History clings to Lonsdale in the weathered timber of old structures and the deep-rooted habits of those who work the land, turning the cycles of the seasons into a steady, predictable commerce. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the soil, drawing sustenance from the surrounding woodland and the modest patches of cultivated ground that dot the periphery. Just a short journey away, the stillness of Dawson Lake offers a reprieve from the daily labor, its waters mirroring the shifting colors of the sky as evening settles over the timber. Life in Lonsdale maintains a deliberate pace, colored by the proximity of the Middle Fork 2 SCA, where the preservation of the natural thickets ensures that the wild character of the region remains undisturbed by the relentless press of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lonsdale, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.544536, -92.808225. 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 Lonsdale includes the ZIP code (72087), telephone area code (870), county seat of Garland County (Hot Springs), and school district assignment (Benton 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. |