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Rosston Arkansas Map

Explore Rosston, 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 Rosston, Arkansas

How to Use This Rosston, Arkansas Map

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

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.

CityRosston
StateArkansas (AR)
CountyNevada County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude33.588019
Longitude-93.286934
Population272
Density23.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code71858
Area Code870
County SeatPrescott
School DistrictNevada School District

About Rosston, Arkansas

Rosston is a locality in Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 23.8 people per km². Rosston is located at 33.5880°N, 93.2869°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rosston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71858.

Rosston sits quietly amidst a landscape defined by the persistent, winding path of Williams Creek, which cuts through the red-clay earth with a steady, unhurried purpose. It lies 22.6 miles north of Magnolia, AR (from Magnolia, AR: bearing 355°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east-southeast of Hope. The terrain surrounding Rosston is a mosaic of dense timber and open fields, where the humid air often hangs heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp soil. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Cedar Ridge marks the boundary of the world, while closer at hand, the terrain softens into the quiet, wooded tracts of the Poison Spring State Forest / Wildlife Management Area. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality, turning the dust motes into gold as they drift over the tall, unkempt grasses that border the local lanes.

Agriculture and the timber industry have long dictated the pace of life in Rosston, anchoring the residents to the seasonal rhythms of planting and harvest. The legacy of the land is thick with the stories of those who worked the soil long before the modern era, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the way neighbors greet one another on the porch. While the proximity to Barham Lake Number 1 provides a modest reprieve for those seeking the stillness of water, the true character of the place remains tied to the deep, shadowed thickets of the nearby Poison Springs State Forest. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, deliberate growth of the hardwoods and the shifting shadows cast by the afternoon sun across the flat, expansive fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Poison Spring State Forest / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 092° E
  • Poison Springs Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 053° NE
  • Falcon Bottoms Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 204° SW
  • White Oak Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 055° NE
  • Logoly State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 160° S
  • Virginia Clinton Kelley Memorial Garden (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 287° W
  • Gores Peak (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 035° NE
  • Hoo-Hoo International Office & Hoo-Hoo Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 019° N
  • McCollum-Chidester House Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 090° E
  • Gurdon Light (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 014° N
  • Camden Confederate Monument (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 090° E
  • Arkadelphia Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 39.1 mi, 020° N
  • Rosemary Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 39.4 mi, 020° N
  • Vining Arena (Stadium) — 39.7 mi, 020° N
  • Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 41.0 mi, 237° SW
  • Crossties (Public Artwork) — 44.9 mi, 255° W
  • Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 48.1 mi, 158° S · 607k acres
  • Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.9 mi, 287° W · 55k acres
  • Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 53.6 mi, 344° N · 1.8M acres
  • Chez Fur Fiber Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 58.7 mi, 028° NE
  • Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana tri-state marker (Attraction) — 58.7 mi, 228° SW
  • Perry Wildflower Overlook (Viewpoint) — 60.0 mi, 013° N
  • Evans Children's Adventure Garden (Attraction) — 60.2 mi, 013° N
  • Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.6 mi, 114° SE · 147k acres
  • Little Missouri, Arkansas Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 63.3 mi, 326° NW · 4,104 acres
  • Hot Springs National Park (National Park) — 63.7 mi, 009° N · 4,919 acres
  • Foreman Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 64.2 mi, 278° W
  • Justus Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 65.0 mi, 012° N
  • 3 Bostons Museum (Museum) — 65.7 mi, 263° W
  • Caney Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 68.8 mi, 322° NW · 14k acres

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About This Rosston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rosston, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.588019, -93.286934. 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 Rosston includes the ZIP code (71858), telephone area code (870), county seat of Nevada County (Prescott), and school district assignment (Nevada 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.