MAPS and GIS
Interactive GIS Maps
Please click on any of the interactive maps displayed below to find out information and navigate the available data layers for the Northwest Arkansas region. You can access these maps on your desktop computer, tablet or smart phone using a standard internet browser.
Northwest Arkansas Base Map
This interactive map displays basic geographic information and boundaries for the NWARPC Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) which includes Benton and Washington counties in Arkansas and a portion of McDonald County in Missouri. The map layers include political boundaries, parcels, subdivisions, parks, roads, highways, hydrology features and most current aerial imagery.
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Northwest Arkansas Transportation Map
This interactive map displays the transportation network and projects in the 2023-2026 Transportation Improvements Program (TIP), the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, functionally classified roads, centerline file data and other transportation data and boundaries for the Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Transportation Planning area.
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Northwest Arkansas Demographic and Political Boundaries Map
This interactive map includes 2020 Census Data layers, Traffic Analysis Zones, Arkansas, county and local political boundaries, as well as Washington and Benton Counties boundaries and transportation layers.
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Northwest Arkansas Travel Forecasting Model
The Northwest Arkanas Travel Forecasting Model – Includes the 2018 base year model network, as well as 2025, 2035 and the 2045 forecast network featuring annual daily average volume data and selected demographic data by Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) in the Metropolitan Transportation Area (MPA) for the base and forecast years.
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Northwest Arkansas Environmental Map
This interactive map includes environmental data for the Northwest Arkansas region such as watersheds, karst sensitivity areas in the Cave Springs Karst area, water features as well as transportation networks (roads and trails).
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Northwest Arkansas Green Network CPRG Projects Map
This interactive map illustrates the Northwest Arkansas Green Network Projects in Northwest Arkansas as part of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) funded through the EPA’s Energy and Environment Innovation Plan in 2024. For more information about this grant award please see this press release.
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Cities
Bella Vista
Bentonville
Cave Springs
Centerton
Decatur
Elkins
Farmington
Fayetteville
Garfield
Gentry
Goshen
Gravette
Greenland
Highfill
Johnson
Lincoln
Lowell
Pea Ridge
Rogers
Siloam Springs
Springdale
Sulphur Springs
Tontitown
West Fork
Counties
Benton County Interactive Maps
Washington County Interactive Maps
Regional
Functional Classifications of Roads
NWA Trails and Bikeways
U of A Razorback Transit Route Maps
Ozark Regional Transit Route Maps
ARDOT Interactive Maps (including Average Daily Traffic Counts, Highway Speed Limit and the National Highway System)