Copper Hill Arizona Map

About Copper Hill, Arizona

Copper Hill is a locality in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 158. The population density is 8.3 people per km². Copper Hill is located at 33.4309°N, 110.7465°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85501.

Copper Hill emerges from the high, sun-bleached expanse of the Arizona desert as a testament to the persistent pull of mineral wealth and the rugged endurance of the landscape. It lies 40.5 miles east of Gold Canyon, AZ (from Gold Canyon, AZ: bearing 83°T), and is situated 2.8 miles north-northeast of Globe. Intense heat shimmers above the hard-packed earth, where the stark silhouettes of saguaro and ocotillo stand sentinel against a sky that often bruises with the purple weight of monsoon thunderheads building over the distant Mogollon Rim. To the west, the terrain drops into the quiet, parched depths of Dime Gulch, while the nearby slopes of Round Mountain Park offer a jagged, rocky reprieve from the flat, scrub-covered plains. The air here holds a dry, metallic clarity, especially when the afternoon light catches the dust kicked up from the track, casting long, lean shadows across the parched ground that seem to stretch toward the horizon.

Copper Hill maintains a character forged in the legacy of extraction, where the rhythm of life remains tethered to the deep, silent earth and the remnants of past industry. Residents often look toward the Globe Ranger District, a green, pine-scented promise of elevation that contrasts sharply with the arid reality of the lowlands. Water is a precious, fleeting commodity here, usually found only in the seasonal, meandering path of Ramboz Wash or the still, isolated surface of Scarborough Tank Number One. Life proceeds with a deliberate, sparse economy, defined by the grit of the desert floor and the fading echoes of those who once sought fortunes in the seams of the rock. It is a place where the passage of time is measured by the slow fading of light against the canyon walls and the persistent, quiet resilience of those who call this harsh, beautiful expanse their own.

About This Copper Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Copper Hill, Arizona. Coordinates: 33.430941, -110.746483. 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 Copper Hill includes the ZIP code (85501), telephone area code (480), county seat of Gila County (Globe), and school district assignment (Globe 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.