Magazine Arkansas Map

About Magazine, Arkansas

Magazine is a locality in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 740. The population density is 157.3 people per km². Magazine is located at 35.1509°N, 93.8069°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Magazine is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72943.

Magazine sits upon a landscape where the earth rises in quiet, heavy folds, defined by the presence of Donathan Ridge standing as a silent sentry four miles to the south. It lies 36.4 miles east-southeast of Van Buren, AR (from Van Buren, AR: bearing 123°T), and is situated 6.5 miles east of Booneville. The soil here holds the warmth of the sun long after the light has retreated, and the air carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles from the nearby Blue Mountain Recreation Area. A mile from the center, Prairie Branch carves a thin, reflective line through the lowlands, its waters moving with a deliberate, unhurried purpose that mimics the slow pace of the afternoon. When the shadows lengthen, the horizon softens, blurring the edges of the fields and the distant treeline into a singular, bruised gray that settles over the valley floor.

Magazine emerged from a history of hard labor and the steady rhythm of agricultural life, its foundations built by those who understood the temperamental yield of the Arkansas soil. The local economy remains tethered to the land, an inheritance of work that values the fiber of the crop and the endurance of the equipment as much as the profit they bring. Five miles away, the expanse of Blue Mountain Lake offers a vast, shimmering stillness that contrasts with the daily toil, while the distance to the rugged paths of the Magazine Hiking Trail serves as a reminder of the vast, untamed reaches of the Whiteoak Valley nearby. Life here is measured in the changing color of the leaves and the reliable return of the seasons, a quiet existence that finds its strength in the simple, unbroken continuity of the work at hand.

About This Magazine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Magazine, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.150925, -93.806865. 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 Magazine includes the ZIP code (72943), telephone area code (479), county seat of Logan County (Booneville), and school district assignment (Magazine Schools).

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.