Explore Beaver Valley, Arizona, 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 Beaver Valley, Arizona. 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 Arizona 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 Beaver Valley.
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 | Beaver Valley |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Gila County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 34.3409 |
| Longitude | -111.2987 |
| Population | 226 |
| Density | 58.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 85541 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| County Seat | Globe |
| School District | Payson Unified District |
Beaver Valley holds its place along the persistent, cooling course of the East Verde River, where the water carves a verdant ribbon through the arid, sun-bleached earth. It lies 7.8 miles north of Payson, AZ (from Payson, AZ: bearing 11°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-northwest of Star Valley. The landscape rises in rugged tiers toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim, which anchors the northern horizon and gathers heavy monsoon thunderheads during the height of summer. Within the expansive boundaries of the Tonto National Forest, the land is marked by deep, quiet draws and the persistent scent of pine resin warming in the afternoon glare. Two miles away, the steep, rocky walls of Willow Spring Canyon reflect the amber light of dusk, casting long, violet shadows across the dry, scrub-dotted basin that defines the local terrain.
Beaver Valley remains a quiet outpost within the wider administration of the Payson Ranger District, where the economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the forest and the slow, deliberate work of land stewardship. Historically, the inhabitants have lived in a measured equilibrium with the surrounding wilderness, finding utility in the timber and the seasonal water flows that sustain this remote high-desert pocket. While the General George Crook National Recreation Trail lies seven miles away as a reminder of early transit and exploration through these rough uplands, daily life in Beaver Valley is defined by a more singular focus on the immediate, sun-drenched environment. The community persists as a modest collection of lives lived in the shadow of the forest, where the passage of time is measured less by industry and more by the gradual shifting of light across the canyon floors.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beaver Valley, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.3409, -111.2987. 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 Beaver Valley includes the ZIP code (85541), telephone area code (480), county seat of Gila County (Globe), and school district assignment (Payson Unified 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. |