Alpine Arizona Map

About Alpine, Arizona

Alpine is a locality in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 146. The population density is 93.8 people per km². Alpine is located at 33.8481°N, 109.1431°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85920.

Alpine emerges from the high-altitude landscape as a collection of quiet structures defined by the cooling presence of the San Francisco River, which carves a path through the valley floor. It lies 51.0 miles east-southeast of Pinetop Lakeside, AZ (from Pinetop Lakeside, AZ: bearing 113°T), and is situated 20.1 miles south-southeast of Eagar. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, sharpening the silhouettes of the distant Profanity Ridge against the expansive, cloud-streaked sky. Sunlight at dusk catches the needles of the surrounding pines, casting long, violet shadows that stretch across the meadows and gather near the surface of Georges Tank. Life in Alpine moves in cadence with the seasons, where the transition from the golden warmth of late summer to the biting chill of winter dictates the slow, deliberate rhythm of the day.

Apache National Forest surrounds the periphery of the locality, providing a vast, untamed buffer that shapes the local economy and defines the character of those who reside here. The legacy of the land is preserved in the rugged tracks and the enduring silence of Long Canyon, while those who seek a physical connection to the terrain often traverse the Escudilla National Recreation Trail. Small-scale timber harvesting and the quiet trade of hospitality have long sustained the people, who maintain a rugged independence born from the isolation of the high country. Alpine remains a place where the weight of the modern world feels distant, replaced by the persistent, unadorned reality of the mountain timberlands and the steady, cold flow of the watershed.

About This Alpine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alpine, Arizona. Coordinates: 33.848108, -109.143132. 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 Alpine includes the ZIP code (85920), telephone area code (928), county seat of Apache County (St. Johns), and school district assignment (Alpine Elementary District).

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.