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Welcome to Hand Valley ...

Hand Valley is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Hand Valley is located in Marion County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hand Valley: Hand Vly. (or less commonly used: Hand Vally. or Hand Vlly.)

Hand Valley is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hand Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hand Valley: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Hand Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hand Valley.

  • Mountain Home
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gassville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bull Shoals
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Flippin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Yellville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cotter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lakeview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Summit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Summit is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
  • Norfork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Salesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hand Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hand Valley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hand Valley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hand Valley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hand Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Hand Valley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hand Valley ...

Looking for more information about Hand Valley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hand Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hand Valley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hand Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Hand Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Hand Valley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.