| Official Name: | Monkey Run, Arkansas |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Baxter |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 712 |
| Pushpin Map: | Arkansas#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Monkey Run's position in Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 36.3453°N -92.48°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 77681 |
Monkey Run is an unincorporated community in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The community is on Arkansas Highway 126 approximately 1.5 mile (2.4 km) south of the Ozark Regional Airport and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Mountain Home via Arkansas Highway 178.[1]
The community's heyday was 1900 to the Great Depression. Seven different zinc mines operated around Monkey Run, with ore shipped by wagon to Cotter, Arkansas. The community was originally named Pilgrim's Rest, but was renamed by a storekeeper who watched a group of boys playing tag and exclaimed, "watch them monkeys run". A later attempt by a vegetable canning plant to change the name to Pleasant Valley never took hold.[2]