Explore Mountainburg, 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 Mountainburg, 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 Mountainburg.
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 | Mountainburg |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Crawford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.649625 |
| Longitude | -94.162407 |
| Population | 528 |
| Density | 138.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72946 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| County Seat | Van Buren |
| School District | Mountainburg Schools |
Mountainburg unfolds across the rugged terrain where the persistent flow of Frog Bayou carves a path through the dense, verdant undergrowth. It lies 17.1 miles northeast of Van Buren, AR (from Van Buren, AR: bearing 36°T), and is situated 11.3 miles north-northeast of Alma. The landscape is defined by the sharp, rising shadows of Burr Ridge visible on the horizon, while the nearby Ozark National Forest offers a sprawling expanse of hardwood and pine that cools the midday air. Light filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles, illuminating the damp earth and the quiet, persistent moss that clings to the limestone outcrops. Only two miles away, the surface of Lake Shepherd Springs remains undisturbed, reflecting the heavy, humid sky and the deep greens of the surrounding wilderness.
History in Mountainburg is measured in the slow accumulation of decades, where the remnants of early transit routes still echo beneath the modern pace of life. The economy finds its footing in the quiet industry of the land, drawing from the timber and the seasonal rhythms of the woods that have sustained local families for generations. Farther afield, the deep depression of Norman Hollow shelters the land from the harsher winds, while the distant, historic path of the Butterfield Hiking Trail draws those who seek to traverse the ancient, challenging ridges. Life here moves with the deliberate gravity of the seasons, turning on the small, essential details: the sudden fragrance of blooming redbud in the spring and the way the evening mist settles into the lowlands to soften the edges of the world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountainburg, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.649625, -94.162407. 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 Mountainburg includes the ZIP code (72946), telephone area code (479), county seat of Crawford County (Van Buren), and school district assignment (Mountainburg Schools).
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. |