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Whelen Springs Arkansas Map

Explore Whelen Springs, 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 Whelen Springs, Arkansas

How to Use This Whelen Springs, Arkansas Map

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

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	Whelen Springs
State	Arkansas (AR)
County	Clark County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.830939
Longitude	-93.126279
Population	47
Density	77.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	71743, 71772
Area Code	870
County Seat	Arkadelphia
School District	Gurdon School District

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About Whelen Springs, Arkansas

Whelen Springs is a locality in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 47. The population density is 77.6 people per km². Whelen Springs is located at 33.8309°N, 93.1263°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Whelen Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71743, 71772.

Whelen Springs holds a quiet stillness within the deep, wooded geography of the Arkansas interior, where the land rises in subtle, verdant swells toward the distant silhouette of Whetstone Mountain. It lies 20.5 miles south-southwest of Arkadelphia, AR (from Arkadelphia, AR: bearing 192°T), and is situated 14.8 miles east of Prescott. A sense of ancient patience defines the terrain, marked by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Rocky Branch as it carves a path through the red-clay soil just a mile away. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of pine and hardwood, casting long, amber shadows that catch the fine, suspended dust of the afternoon, turning the air into a shimmering, breathable gold. The atmosphere here is thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a perfume of the deep woods that lingers long after the sun dips below the horizon, cooling the heavy, humid heat of the day.

History in Whelen Springs remains tethered to the slow extraction of timber and the modest persistence of agriculture, industries that have shaped the lives of those who dwell in the shadow of the nearby Poison Spring State Forest / Wildlife Management Area. While the remnants of past endeavors are scattered like fallen timber through the brush, the present pace of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the quiet commerce of the road. Travelers passing through might glimpse the reflective, glassy surface of Barton Lake, a stillness that mirrors the deliberate, unhurried movements of the inhabitants. There is a profound integrity to the way the days unfold here, a life lived in direct contact with the soil and the cycles of the timberlands, where the most significant events are measured not in years, but in the slow, inevitable growth of the forest floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gores Peak (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 062° NE
Poison Spring State Forest / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 148° SE
Hoo-Hoo International Office & Hoo-Hoo Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 347° N
Wayside Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 337° NW
Gurdon Light (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 340° N
White Oak Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 176° S
Poison Springs Fee (Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 186° S
Arkansas Oak Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 191° S
Skirmish at Boseman's House (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 356° N
Arkadelphia Confederate Monument (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 012° N
Arkadelphia Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 20.4 mi, 012° N
Rosemary Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 012° N
Vining Arena (Stadium) — 21.0 mi, 012° N
McCollum-Chidester House Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 136° SE
Chez Fur Fiber Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 39.5 mi, 028° NE
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 41.1 mi, 339° N · 1.8M acres
Perry Wildflower Overlook (Viewpoint) — 41.9 mi, 006° N
Evans Children's Adventure Garden (Attraction) — 42.1 mi, 006° N
Hot Springs National Park (National Park) — 46.2 mi, 001° N · 4,919 acres
Justus Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 47.0 mi, 005° N
Wegner Crystal Mines (Museum) — 55.6 mi, 328° NW
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.9 mi, 268° W · 55k acres
Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 58.6 mi, 228° SW
Crossties (Public Artwork) — 59.7 mi, 242° SW
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.0 mi, 129° SE · 147k acres
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 62.0 mi, 172° S · 607k acres
Caney Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.7 mi, 307° NW · 14k acres
Flatside Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 69.3 mi, 005° N · 10k acres
Torii Hunter Baseball Complex (Stadium) — 69.9 mi, 065° NE
Saracen Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 71.3 mi, 068° E

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