Explore Willisville, 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 Willisville, 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 Willisville.
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 | Willisville |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County | Nevada County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.517064 |
| Longitude | -93.298226 |
| Population | 148 |
| Density | 35.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 71864, 71858 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| County Seat | Prescott |
| School District | Nevada School District |
Willisville occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in low, sun-drenched swells of clay and loam, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Brushy Creek just a mile to the west. It lies 17.6 miles north of Magnolia, AR (from Magnolia, AR: bearing 349°T), and is situated 19.8 miles east-southeast of Hope. The air here holds the heavy, humid weight of the inland plains, smelling of damp pine needles and the cooling iron of the soil as the afternoon shadows lengthen toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Cedar Ridge. To the north, the terrain dips into the quiet dampness of Stockton Bottom, while the proximity of the Falcon Bottoms Natural Area ensures that the landscape remains a tangled, verdant sanctuary for cedar and hardwood. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields into pools of amber and violet that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the horizon.
Willisville serves as a modest nexus of heritage and labor, where the rhythms of the day are dictated by the slow turning of the seasons and the demands of the surrounding timber and agricultural tracts. While the echoes of early settlement remain in the weathered wood of older structures, the economy continues to pulse with the quiet industry of those who work the land and the nearby reaches of Poison Springs State Forest. Life here moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its composure in the stillness of Lake Bradshaw and the steady, reliable patterns of the rural day. It is a place where the social fabric is stitched together by shared labor and the familiar, enduring geography of the Arkansas landscape, creating a permanence that feels as deep as the roots of the ancient timber stands.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Willisville, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.517064, -93.298226. 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 Willisville includes the ZIP code (71864, 71858), telephone area code (870), county seat of Nevada County (Prescott), and school district assignment (Nevada 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. |