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Smithville Arkansas Map

Explore Smithville, 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 Smithville, Arkansas

How to Use This Smithville, Arkansas Map

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

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	Smithville
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	Lawrence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.079921
Longitude	-91.302675
Population	87
Density	50.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	71834, 71730, 72466
Area Code	870, 501
County Seat	Walnut Ridge
School District	Hillcrest School District

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About Smithville, Arkansas

Smithville is a locality in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 50.4 people per km². Smithville is located at 36.0799°N, 91.3027°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smithville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71834, 71730, 72466.

Smithville occupies a quiet expanse of northern Arkansas where the landscape settles into a series of wooded ridges and low-lying thickets. It lies 28.6 miles northeast of Batesville, AR (from Batesville, AR: bearing 41°T), and is situated 19.4 miles west of Walnut Ridge. Machine Creek carves a persistent path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy gravity that defines the hydrology of the immediate surroundings. To the west, the silhouettes of Van Wagoner Ridge rise against the sky, providing a permanent, jagged horizon that catches the violet light of late afternoon. Only a few miles distant, the still surface of Cooper Creek Site Six Reservoir reflects the shifting clouds, offering a cool, stagnant counterpoint to the restless movement of the creek. The air here carries a heavy, humid weight, thick with the scent of damp earth and the pervasive, sweet musk of decaying hardwood leaves.

Agriculture and timber have historically dictated the pulse of Smithville, grounding the lives of its residents in the slow, cyclical labor of the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the community, the protected bottomlands of Shirey Bay Rainey Brake serve as a sprawling sanctuary for wildlife, maintaining a wilder, more ancient character than the cleared fields that surround them. The nearby expanse of Dark Hollow remains a place of deep shadows and hushed acoustics, where the geography feels folded and concealed. Daily life in Smithville moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the practical needs of rural commerce and the enduring influence of the surrounding woods. It is a place where the seasons dictate the rhythm of the day, marked by the sharp, sudden flowering of dogwoods in the spring and the long, amber-hued stillness of the autumn harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shirey Bay Rainey Brake (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 136° SE
Lake Charles State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 093° E
Powhatan Bridge Pillars (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 089° E
Harold Alexander/spring River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 314° NW
Old Davidsonville State Park (State Park) — 14.4 mi, 070° E
Hardy History Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 329° NW
Guitar Walk (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 093° E
Iron Mountain Depot Restoration (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 092° E
Arkansas Lime Co. No. 2 (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 220° SW
Batesville Confederate Monument (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 223° SW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ar (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.6 mi, 124° SE · 1,326 acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 33.0 mi, 011° N · 1.5M acres
Eleven Point, Missouri Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 33.0 mi, 011° N · 15k acres
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.0 mi, 160° S · 148k acres
Arkansas State University Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 115° SE
11 Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 41.2 mi, 008° N
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 42.3 mi, 266° W · 1.1M acres
Irish Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.4 mi, 008° N · 17k acres
Blanchard Spring (Attraction) — 49.6 mi, 261° W
Blanchard Springs Caverns (Attraction) — 49.6 mi, 261° W
John Sappington Marmaduke Memorial Sign (Attraction) — 51.8 mi, 082° E
Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Wild & Scenic River) — 54.4 mi, 021° N · 53k acres
Leatherwood Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 57.3 mi, 272° W · 17k acres
Beeler House (Historic Ruins) — 58.8 mi, 204° SW
Searcy Art Gallery (Gallery) — 62.2 mi, 203° SW
Anthony and Wright Administration Auditorium (Theatre) — 62.3 mi, 203° SW
Ulrey Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 62.5 mi, 203° SW
Shirley Centennial Museum (Museum) — 64.0 mi, 243° SW
Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum (Museum) — 65.0 mi, 071° E
Pfeiffer Museum (Museum) — 65.0 mi, 071° E

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