Cedar Creek Arizona Map

About Cedar Creek, Arizona

Cedar Creek is a locality in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 8.4 people per km². Cedar Creek is located at 33.8914°N, 110.1957°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85941.

Cedar Creek carves a deliberate path through the sun-baked earth of Big Canyon, where the terrain yields to the relentless reach of the high desert. It lies 21.0 miles southwest of Pinetop Lakeside, AZ (from Pinetop Lakeside, AZ: bearing 216°T), and is situated 12.7 miles west-northwest of Whiteriver. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the horizon, revealing the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim sixty-three miles away. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light turns a deep, bruised amber, casting long shadows across the scrub brush and the pale, dusty soil of the basin. Two miles to the east, the surface of Cemetery Tank captures the fading sky, acting as a small, still mirror amidst the arid expanse of the surrounding plains.

Cedar Creek maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal pulse of the landscape and the lingering echoes of those who first settled these dry reaches. The local economy remains tethered to the rugged reality of the terrain, where agriculture and small-scale land management define the daily labor of its inhabitants. Eleven miles distant, the boundaries of Unknown Park offer a rare stretch of protected space where the native flora—saguaros and ocotillos—thrive in the heat shimmer. Life in Cedar Creek moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the scarcity of water, finding a quiet beauty in the resilience of the desert and the vast, silent stretches of land that demand patience from everyone who calls this corner of the world their own.

About This Cedar Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cedar Creek, Arizona. Coordinates: 33.891395, -110.195691. 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 Cedar Creek includes the ZIP code (85941), telephone area code (928), county seat of Gila County (Globe), and school district assignment (Whiteriver Unified 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.