Explore Sidney, 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 Sidney, 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 Sidney.
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 | Sidney |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Sharp County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.003127 |
| Longitude | -91.659864 |
| Population | 192 |
| Density | 35.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72577 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| County Seat | Ash Flat |
| School District | Cave City School District |
Sidney unfolds across a landscape of ancient, weathered earth where the persistent current of Sidney Creek carves a quiet path through the dense, tangled undergrowth of hardwoods and pine. It lies 16.2 miles north of Batesville, AR (from Batesville, AR: bearing 356°T), and is situated 7.5 miles northwest of Cave City. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the rugged, shadowed folds of Cooper Hollow, while the distant, hazy silhouette of The Backbone defines the western horizon under a sky that often turns the color of a bruised plum at twilight. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic calls of cicadas that seem to measure the slow passage of an afternoon. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the damp, leaf-strewn soil of the forest floor.
Sidney remains a place tethered to the cycles of the land, where the economy has long been dictated by the yield of the timber and the endurance of small-scale agriculture. The echoes of earlier settlers linger in the weathered siding of barns and the persistent, unhurried pace of those who tend to the surrounding fields. While the stillness of the woods dominates the perimeter, the influence of the wider region is felt in the occasional traveler moving toward the Batesville North Complex, a reminder of the vast, protected expanses that guard the natural heritage of the state. Life in Sidney follows a pattern as predictable as the seasonal shifts in the foliage, where the quietude of the rural landscape provides a stark, honest contrast to the clamor of more crowded places. Even the proximity of Lake Cave City offers little disruption to this solitude, serving merely as a reflective mirror for the sky that arches over the deep, silent woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sidney, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.003127, -91.659864. 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 Sidney includes the ZIP code (72577), telephone area code (501), county seat of Sharp County (Ash Flat), and school district assignment (Cave City 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. |