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Washington Arkansas Map

Explore Washington, 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 Washington, Arkansas

How to Use This Washington, Arkansas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.772882
Longitude	-93.683293
Population	94
Density	36.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	72444, 71862
Area Code	501, 870
County Seat	Pocahontas
School District	Hope School District

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About Washington, Arkansas

Washington is a locality in Randolph County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 36.0 people per km². Washington is located at 33.7729°N, 93.6833°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Washington is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72444, 71862.

Washington occupies a quiet expanse of southwestern Arkansas, where the landscape transitions from open fields to the dense, tangled undergrowth of pine and hardwood timber. It lies 30.8 miles northwest of Paragould, AR (from Paragould, AR: bearing 317°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Pocahontas. The light at dusk here possesses a heavy, amber quality, casting long shadows across the red clay soil as the heat of the day dissipates into the cooling earth. While the terrain remains largely level, the distant silhouette of Gum Ridge rises against the horizon to the north, offering a faint, jagged contrast to the gentle, undulating plains that surround the area. Water sustains the land with quiet persistence, as Lemmons Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush only a mile away, and the still, reflective surface of R J Barnett Lake sits just two miles from the center of the settlement.

Washington carries the weight of a complex American narrative, having served as a vital crossroads and a temporary seat of the state government during the nineteenth century. The local economy, once tethered to the movement of stagecoaches and the labor of the frontier, has evolved into a stewardship of memory and preservation, where the architecture of the past remains carefully maintained against the slow encroach of time. Beyond the immediate village, the Robert Hankins/mud Creek Wildlife Demonstration Area provides a sanctuary for local flora and fauna, maintaining a natural silence that feels largely untouched by the velocity of modern industry. Life in Washington moves at a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the seasonal cycles of the woods and the persistent, quiet endurance of a place that remembers its own significance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hope Upland (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 094° E
Grandview Blackland Prairie (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 303° NW
Rick Evans/grandview Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 324° NW
Fair Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 152° SE
Virginia Clinton Kelley Memorial Garden (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 146° SE
Nacatoch Ravines Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 250° W
Millwood Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 272° W
Millwood Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 261° W
Crater Of Diamonds State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 004° N
Millwood State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 251° W
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.0 mi, 274° W · 55k acres
Scott Joplin (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 221° SW
Gurdon Light (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 067° NE
Texarkana (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 221° SW
Crossties (Public Artwork) — 31.8 mi, 220° SW
Hoo-Hoo International Office & Hoo-Hoo Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 072° E
Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 37.0 mi, 198° S
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 38.0 mi, 359° N · 1.8M acres
Foreman Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 41.1 mi, 264° W
Arkadelphia Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 43.3 mi, 056° NE
Rosemary Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 43.6 mi, 056° NE
Vining Arena (Stadium) — 43.7 mi, 056° NE
Eagle Rock Vista (Viewpoint) — 43.9 mi, 338° N
Caney Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.8 mi, 334° NW · 14k acres
3 Bostons Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 243° SW
McCollum-Chidester House Museum (Museum) — 50.0 mi, 105° E
Wegner Crystal Mines (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 003° N
Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana tri-state marker (Attraction) — 56.1 mi, 202° S
Elk Meadow Game Ranch (Attraction) — 57.9 mi, 244° SW
Evans Children's Adventure Garden (Attraction) — 58.5 mi, 038° NE

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