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Congress Arizona Map

Explore Congress, 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.

Interactive Map of Congress, Arizona

How to Use This Congress, Arizona Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Congress, 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 Congress.

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	Congress
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Yavapai County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	34.153356
Longitude	-112.865555
Population	1,811
Density	18.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	85332
Area Code	480
County Seat	Prescott
School District	Congress Elementary District

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About Congress, Arizona

Congress is a locality in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,811. The population density is 18.6 people per km². Congress is located at 34.1534°N, 112.8656°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85332.

Congress occupies a rugged expanse of high desert where the earth wears a coat of sun-bleached gravel and resilient scrub. It lies 34.0 miles southwest of Prescott, AZ (from Prescott, AZ: bearing 220°T), and is situated 15.1 miles north-northwest of Wickenburg. The horizon remains dominated by the stark, weathered silhouette of Tenderfoot Hill, which casts long, indigo shadows across the basin as the afternoon light begins to thin. Beneath the immense, cloudless sky, the land yields to the subtle erosion of Martinez Creek, a seasonal artery that carves shallow, pale veins through the rocky substrate. Expanses of State Trust Land stretch out in every direction, offering a quiet, unadorned wilderness where the ocotillo reach upward like skeletal fingers, grasping at the dry, electric heat of the air.

Gold once defined the ambition of Congress, drawing prospectors to the seams of quartz that run deep beneath the arid floor. While the clamor of the early mining camps has long since faded into the silence of the scrubland, the economy here maintains a slow, deliberate pulse, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger valleys. The distant, shadowed expanse of Fools Gulch serves as a reminder of the geologic forces that shaped this territory, creating a landscape that demands patience from those who inhabit it. Life in Congress moves with the sun, marked by the steady, dusty industry of people who find a particular, stark elegance in the way the twilight turns the desert floor into a vast, muted canvas of copper and gray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 000° N
Jesse Steed (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 055° NE
Travis Canter (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 055° NE
Clayton Whitted (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 055° NE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 045° NE
Fatality Site (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 047° NE
Yarnell Fire 19 Spot (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 043° NE
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 12.4 mi, 111° E · 12k acres
Cowboy on a Horse (Public Artwork) — 14.9 mi, 148° SE
Wickenburg Jail Tree (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 149° SE
Sayer Springs - Old Stage Coach stop. (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 116° SE
Vulture Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.6 mi, 168° S
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.9 mi, 300° NW · 130k acres
Prescott National Forest (National Forest) — 20.3 mi, 052° NE · 1.3M acres
Vulture City (Historic Ruins) — 23.2 mi, 175° S
Vulture Mine Tours / Vulture City Ghost Town (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 175° S
Three Rivers Riparian Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.7 mi, 304° NW
Morristown Store (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 146° SE
White Spar Watersheds, Plo 1852 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 28.7 mi, 041° NE · 1,028 acres
Sharlot Hall Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 040° NE
Van Gogh’s Ear (Gallery) — 35.0 mi, 040° NE
Western Heritage Center (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 040° NE
Mountain Spirit Gallery (Gallery) — 35.0 mi, 040° NE
Arts Prescott Gallery (Gallery) — 35.0 mi, 040° NE
Museum of Indigenous People (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 041° NE
Agua Fria National Monument (National Monument) — 41.0 mi, 092° E · 72k acres
Tonto National Forest (National Forest) — 45.9 mi, 092° E · 2.9M acres
Sonoran Desert National Monument (National Monument) — 66.2 mi, 168° S · 496k acres

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