Explore Dinnehotso, 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 Dinnehotso, 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 Dinnehotso.
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 | Dinnehotso |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Apache County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 36.845835 |
| Longitude | -109.846505 |
| Population | 780 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 86535, 86503 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| County Seat | St. Johns |
Dinnehotso emerges from the high desert floor as a expanse of sagebrush and sandstone, where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the passing hours. It lies 90.4 miles west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 276°T), and is situated 24.0 miles east-northeast of Kayenta. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the dust into a fine, gilded powder that drifts across the plains and settles in the creases of the earth. Six miles to the west, the flat, stark silhouette of Skinny Mesa commands the sky, providing a rigid anchor for the gaze in a landscape that otherwise slopes toward the distant, shallow bed of Laguña Creek. The air is thin and dry, carrying the scent of parched earth and the occasional sharp, resinous tang of juniper, while the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised purple, deepening the shadows that stretch across the open, quiet ground.
Dinnehotso preserves a rhythm dictated by the land, rooted in the Navajo heritage that informs the daily life and cultural endurance of its people. The local economy persists through a resilient blend of small-scale agriculture and livestock grazing, activities that have sustained families for generations across the arid, sprawling terrain. Five miles away, the subtle depression of Greasewood Flat marks the transition of the land, a place where the history of seasonal movement and traditional land stewardship remains visible in the sparse, hardy vegetation. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, reflecting a quiet patience as residents navigate the intersection of modern necessity and the timeless, expansive silence of the plateau.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dinnehotso, Arizona. Coordinates: 36.845835, -109.846505. 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 Dinnehotso includes the ZIP code (86535, 86503), telephone area code (928), county seat of Apache County (St. Johns), and school district assignment.
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. |