Explore Chilchinbito, 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 Chilchinbito, 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 Chilchinbito.
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 | Chilchinbito |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Navajo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 36.492002 |
| Longitude | -110.049213 |
| Population | 769 |
| Density | 12.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 86033 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| County Seat | Holbrook |
| School District | Kayenta Unified District |
Chilchinbito reveals itself through the spare, high-desert geometry of the Colorado Plateau, where the earth is defined by the deep, silent incisions of Chilchinbito Canyon. It lies 127.1 miles northeast of Flagstaff, AZ (from Flagstaff, AZ: bearing 43°T), and is situated 16.8 miles southeast of Kayenta. The horizon is broken by the stoic, singular profile of Lone Sharp Hill, rising from a scrub-brushed expanse that stretches toward the infinite light of the Arizona sky. Water is a rare, precious articulation in this landscape, gathered occasionally by the path of Tyende Creek as it winds through the arid floor. During the late afternoon, the shadows lengthen into sharp, indigo blades, cooling the dust and pulling a profound, violet stillness over the plains that seems to hold the very heat of the day in suspension.
Chilchinbito serves as a quiet anchor for the Navajo people, maintaining a traditional rhythm that persists despite the shifting currents of the modern economy. Local life remains tied to the land and the seasonal cycles of grazing and small-scale agriculture, preserving a cultural continuity that predates the arrival of paved roads or neighboring facilities like the Kayenta Recreation Park. The school stands as a focal point for the younger generations, anchoring a community that values the slow, deliberate work of maintaining heritage in a vast, unforgiving climate. There is no urgency in the way the wind moves through the sagebrush or the way the day fades into night, only a steady, enduring presence that defines the character of Chilchinbito.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chilchinbito, Arizona. Coordinates: 36.492002, -110.049213. 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 Chilchinbito includes the ZIP code (86033), telephone area code (928), county seat of Navajo County (Holbrook), and school district assignment (Kayenta 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. |