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Mellwood Arkansas Map

Explore Mellwood, 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 Mellwood, Arkansas

How to Use This Mellwood, Arkansas Map

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

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

Latitude	34.219826
Longitude	-90.950388
Population	21
Density	9.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	72367
Area Code	501
County Seat	Helena-West Helena
School District	Marvell School District

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About Mellwood, Arkansas

Mellwood is a locality in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 21. The population density is 9.1 people per km². Mellwood is located at 34.2198°N, 90.9504°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 72367.

Mellwood anchors itself upon the fertile, low-lying plains where the dark, sluggish waters of Bee Bayou carve a slow path through the heavy silt. It lies 21.7 miles west of Clarksdale, MS (from Clarksdale, MS: bearing 274°T), and is situated 29.6 miles southwest of Helena-West Helena. Heavy, humid air hangs over the landscape during the summer months, thick enough to muffle the sound of a distant tractor or the call of a crow moving between the hardwood stands. To the west, the horizon remains flat and unbroken, save for the occasional shadow cast by the distant trees that mark the approach to the Big Island basin. When the light fades, the atmosphere in Mellwood turns a deep, bruised purple, reflecting off the quiet surface of Desoto Lake just a short distance away, where the water remains still and glassy under the weight of the evening.

Generations of families have tied their livelihoods to the productivity of this soil, cultivating vast tracts of land that stretch toward the horizon in a pattern of seasonal green and gold. The economy relies heavily on the rhythm of the harvest and the steady, quiet work of the fields, a heritage that remains visible in the weathered barns and the modest, sturdy architecture of the local dwellings. For those seeking the wilder edges of the territory, the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge offers a sprawling sanctuary of bottomland hardwoods and migratory pathways just six miles away. Life in Mellwood moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, defined not by the rush of modern transit, but by the slow, seasonal pulse of the earth and the enduring presence of the bayou.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.3 mi, 271° W · 314k acres
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 10.3 mi, 219° SW · 945 acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 146° SE · 20k acres
Ethel (State Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 289° W
St. Charles Battle Monument (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 315° NW
Trusten Holder (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 218° SW
Wilbur D. Mills Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 230° SW
The Crossroads (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 094° E
Charlie Capps (State Recreation Area) — 23.8 mi, 180° S
Arkansas River Pool 2 (Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 237° SW
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 26.0 mi, 190° S
Father Pere Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 29.3 mi, 042° NE
Lily Peter Auditorium (Theatre) — 29.4 mi, 040° NE
Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 29.5 mi, 043° NE
Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 044° NE
Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 30.0 mi, 043° NE
St. Francis National Forest (National Forest) — 30.0 mi, 035° NE · 21k acres
Stumpy Point Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 33.8 mi, 033° NE · 1,519 acres
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 158° S
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 150° SE
Cane Creek State Park (State Park) — 49.6 mi, 246° SW
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 56.2 mi, 186° S
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 56.7 mi, 186° S
Saracen Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 58.2 mi, 270° W
Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 58.6 mi, 187° S
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 60.2 mi, 144° SE
Torii Hunter Baseball Complex (Stadium) — 61.0 mi, 273° W
Florewood River Plantation Museum (Museum) — 62.7 mi, 140° SE
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 63.9 mi, 138° SE
University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 65.8 mi, 229° SW

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