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Oil Trough Arkansas Map

Explore Oil Trough, 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 Oil Trough, Arkansas

How to Use This Oil Trough, Arkansas Map

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

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	Oil Trough
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	Independence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.630912
Longitude	-91.460411
Population	226
Density	381.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	72564
Area Code	501
County Seat	Batesville
School District	Cedar Ridge School District

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About Oil Trough, Arkansas

Oil Trough is a locality in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 226. The population density is 381.0 people per km². Oil Trough is located at 35.6309°N, 91.4604°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oil Trough is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72564.

Oil Trough stretches across the fertile, low-lying plains where the White River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 14.0 miles southeast of Batesville, AR (from Batesville, AR: bearing 133°T), and is situated 10.2 miles west of Newport. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that magnifies the golden quality of the afternoon light, casting long shadows across fields that reach toward the horizon. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Tucker Ridge provides a quiet boundary to the sky, while the damp earth near the riverbanks sustains a dense growth of hardwood trees. Four miles away, the quiet waters of Grassy Lake mirror the changing clouds, and the nearby expanse of Mills Hollow offers a gentle depression in the terrain, defining the transition between the bottomlands and the higher ground.

History lingers in the soil of Oil Trough, a place named for the rough-hewn troughs once used by early travelers and traders to store oil harvested from bear fat. This agricultural identity remains visible in the current rhythm of life, where the local economy finds its strength in the cultivation of the surrounding fields. Residents often travel a short distance to Jacksonport State Park, where the remnants of a once-bustling river port offer a physical connection to the era of steamboats and early commerce. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by the diligent work of harvest and the persistence of a culture deeply rooted in the river’s influence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jacksonport State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 084° E
Wayside Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 262° W
Jackson Guards Memorial (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 086° E
Surrender at Jacksonport (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 086° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 100° E
Arkansas Lime Co. No. 2 (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 312° NW
Jamestown (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 280° W
Batesville Confederate Monument (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 312° NW
Departee Creek (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 179° S
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.6 mi, 105° E · 148k acres
Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 193° S · 31k acres
Henry Gray/hurricane Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 181° S
Beeler House (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 214° SW
Bee Rock (Viewpoint) — 28.0 mi, 212° SW
155 Mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 209° SW
Cracked Tree (Public Artwork) — 30.4 mi, 210° SW
Searcy Art Gallery (Gallery) — 30.5 mi, 211° SW
Anthony and Wright Administration Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 210° SW
Ulrey Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 210° SW
Junk Car (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 252° W
Rock Garden (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 212° SW
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 39.4 mi, 294° NW · 1.1M acres
Arkansas State University Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 071° E
Hardy History Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 359° N
Shirley Centennial Museum (Museum) — 48.2 mi, 272° W
Leatherwood Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 58.4 mi, 304° NW · 17k acres
Buffalo National River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 62.1 mi, 300° NW · 35k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 65.2 mi, 013° N · 1.5M acres
John McConnell Stadium (Stadium) — 67.3 mi, 237° SW
Pentecostal Church (Historic Ruins) — 67.7 mi, 093° E

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