Explore Patterson, 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 Patterson, 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 Patterson.
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 | Patterson |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Woodruff County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.258973 |
| Longitude | -91.234957 |
| Population | 310 |
| Density | 105.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 72461, 72938, 72123 |
| Area Code | 479, 501 |
| County Seat | Augusta |
| School District | McCrory School District |
Patterson occupies a low-lying reach of flat, fertile earth where the Cache River curves through the landscape in a slow, deliberate migration. It lies 28.3 miles east of Searcy, AR (from Searcy, AR: bearing 89°T), and is situated 19.1 miles east of Bald Knob. The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge encompasses the surrounding bottomlands, where the silty soil supports dense stands of hardwood that turn a deep, burnished bronze when the autumn light grows thin and heavy. To the west, the faint silhouette of Pulltight Ridge rises against the horizon, a distant boundary that holds the sky above the expansive plains. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of river sediment and decaying leaves, a persistent reminder of the water that shapes the rhythm of the fields.
Patterson maintains a quiet economy tethered to the cycles of the harvest, where the labor of the seasons dictates the pace of the days. The proximity to the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge serves as a sanctuary for migratory birds, their seasonal passage marking the transition of the year more reliably than any calendar. Residents look toward the distant presence of Pulltight Ridge or the quiet waters of Brushy Lake, three miles away, as landmarks in a geography defined by its agricultural heritage and wide, open vistas. Life in Patterson unfolds in a steady, unadorned fashion, grounded by the heavy silence of the woods and the persistent, slow-moving currents of the river that have carved this path through the delta for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Patterson, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.258973, -91.234957. 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 Patterson includes the ZIP code (72461, 72938, 72123), telephone area code (479, 501), county seat of Woodruff County (Augusta), and school district assignment (McCrory 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. |