Explore Rye, 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 Rye, 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 Rye.
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 | Rye |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Cleveland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.746216 |
| Longitude | -91.997916 |
| Population | 123 |
| Density | 10.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 71671 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Rison |
| School District | Woodlawn School District |
Rye emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed expanse of southern Arkansas as a quiet intersection of timberland and open fields. It lies 33.3 miles south of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 179°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Warren. The landscape surrounding Rye is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition of hardwood forests and level terrain, where the air holds the heavy, humid stillness common to these inland stretches. A mile away, the water of Boyd Branch carves a narrow, winding path through the silt, its presence marked by the darker green of water-loving oaks and the sudden, sharp trill of birds hidden in the thicket. Twelve miles to the west, the subtle rise of Gaster Hill breaks the horizon, a soft interruption in the otherwise level topography that catches the last, bruised light of a dying sun.
Agriculture and the harvest of timber have long dictated the pulse of life in Rye, grounding its people in the cycles of the soil and the slow maturation of the woods. Ten miles distant, the Warren Prairie 12 (Plum Creek) serves as a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged character of the region, protecting the native grasses and flora that once dominated this territory. Life here moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, shaped by the distance to Cane Creek Lake and the isolation that permits a rare, introspective silence. Whether by the quiet banks of Boyd Branch or amidst the vast, towering pines, Rye remains a place where the work of the day is measured not by the clock, but by the steady, persistent growth of the land itself.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rye, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.746216, -91.997916. 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 Rye includes the ZIP code (71671), telephone area code (870), county seat of Cleveland County (Rison), and school district assignment (Woodlawn 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. |