Explore Salem, 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 Salem, 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 Salem.
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 | Salem |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Fulton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.630899 |
| Longitude | -92.561492 |
| Population | 2,544 |
| Density | 312.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 71720, 72576, 71943, 72019 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Salem |
| School District | Bryant Public Schools |
Salem rises from the limestone bedrock of the Ozark plateau where the earth folds into quiet, intricate patterns. It lies 31.4 miles east of Mountain Home, AR (from Mountain Home, AR: bearing 85°T), and is situated 17.8 miles west-northwest of Cherokee Village. Town Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the local landscape, its waters feeding the verdant growth that spills into the nearby depression of Sweet Gum Hollow. Beyond the immediate terrain, the horizon is defined by the faint, jagged silhouette of Middle Ridge, standing twelve miles distant as a constant, weathered sentry against the sky. Langston Lake sits a mile away, its surface a mirror for the shifting clouds, while the deep, tangled canopy of the White River State Forest waits twelve miles out, holding the shadows of pine and hardwood in its dense interior. The light here at dusk possesses a singular clarity, turning the fields to a bruised violet and sharpening the edges of every fence line until the stars begin to assert themselves.
Salem emerged as a hub for the surrounding agricultural life, anchored by the resilience of those who worked the rocky soil into productivity. The local economy has long been defined by the steady, modest labor of timber harvesting, cattle grazing, and the small-scale commerce that keeps the main streets functional. Residents often venture toward the White Ranch Conservation Area, located ten miles away, to find a rare stillness in the managed wildness of the acreage. The character of the people is marked by an understated pragmatism, a byproduct of a life shaped by the seasonal variations of the inland climate and the deliberate, unforced tempo of the backroads. In Salem, the rhythm of the day is dictated not by the clock, but by the gradual cooling of the air as the sun leaves the hollows, signaling a return to the porches and the quiet industry of home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Salem, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.630899, -92.561492. 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 Salem includes the ZIP code (71720, 72576, 71943), telephone area code (870), county seat of Fulton County (Salem), and school district assignment (Bryant Public Schools).
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. |