Explore Tupelo, 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 Tupelo, 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 Tupelo.
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 | Tupelo |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.39314 |
| Longitude | -91.230682 |
| Population | 70 |
| Density | 97.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 72169 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| County Seat | Newport |
| School District | Newport School District |
Tupelo emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Arkansas lowlands as a quiet intersection of earth and sky. It lies 30.2 miles east-northeast of Searcy, AR (from Searcy, AR: bearing 71°T), and is situated 14.9 miles south of Newport. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Pulltight Ridge that anchors the western view. Moisture hangs heavy in the air, a persistent weight that keeps the surrounding hardwoods and pine thickets in a state of verdant transition. To the east, the landscape softens toward the Cache River, where the water moves with a deliberate, muddy patience through the dense bottomlands. The light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, catching the dust of the fields and turning the entire atmosphere into a pale, bruised violet that lingers long after the sun has slipped away.
Tupelo remains a place defined by the rhythm of the soil, where the economy is inextricably bound to the cycles of planting and harvest. The nearby Cache River National Wildlife Refuge serves as a reminder of the wilder, untamed character of this region, preserving a sanctuary for migratory birds and the slow, submerged life of the wetlands. A few miles away, the stillness of Blue Hole offers a reflective contrast to the labor of the nearby agrarian plots. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring persistence of those who work the land, maintaining a steady, modest pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the modern world. Life in Tupelo moves with the quiet confidence of a place that understands its own value, tucked deep within the interior of a state that favors the grounded over the spectacular.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tupelo, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.39314, -91.230682. 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 Tupelo includes the ZIP code (72169), telephone area code (501), county seat of Jackson County (Newport), and school district assignment (Newport 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. |