Explore Rockwell, 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 Rockwell, 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 Rockwell.
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 | Rockwell |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Garland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.464256 |
| Longitude | -93.133793 |
| Population | 4,548 |
| Density | 536.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 71913 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Hot Springs |
| School District | Lake Hamilton School District |
Rockwell occupies a verdant expanse where the dense, shifting canopy of pine and hardwood meets the quiet, glassy reaches of Lake Hamilton. It lies 5.2 miles west-southwest of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 239°T), and is situated 2.7 miles south of Piney. Sunlight filters through the high branches in thin, golden needles, illuminating the dust motes that drift above the uneven floor of the Ouachita Mountains. To the west, the jagged silhouette of Music Mountain breaks the horizon, its dark, forested slopes serving as a constant, looming sentinel over the low-lying terrain. The air here carries a heavy, humid sweetness, particularly in the humid transition between afternoon and dusk when the heat rises from the earth, and the water of the lake turns the color of hammered lead.
Rockwell grew from the stubborn persistence of inland settlers who found value in the timber and the proximity to the Ouachita River, which winds through the landscape like a vein of cool, dark silt. Industry in Rockwell remains tied to the rhythms of the land and the modest commerce of a community that favors the shade of Hill Wheatley Park over the frenetic pace of urban centers. Residents navigate their days with a steady, deliberate motion, moving between the local trade routes and the deep, silent woods where the shadows grow long and cool. Even as the modern world encroaches, the collective memory of the region persists, anchored by the stillness of the water and the rugged, unyielding character of the hills that define the edge of every yard.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rockwell, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.464256, -93.133793. 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 Rockwell includes the ZIP code (71913), telephone area code (870), county seat of Garland County (Hot Springs), and school district assignment (Lake Hamilton 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. |