Explore Duncan, 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 Duncan, 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 Duncan.
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 | Duncan |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Greenlee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 32.749981 |
| Longitude | -109.0884 |
| Population | 694 |
| Density | 124.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 85534 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| County Seat | Clifton |
| School District | Duncan Unified District |
Duncan manifests as a solitary stretch of fertile earth where the Gila River carves a persistent green ribbon through the surrounding arid expanse. It lies 35.8 miles east-southeast of Safford, AZ (from Safford, AZ: bearing 102°T), and is situated 25.3 miles south-southeast of Clifton. The landscape is defined by the sharp, dramatic geology of Blackfield Canyon just a mile away, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Rim Rock anchors the horizon against a sky that burns with the intense, unfiltered clarity of the high desert. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain transitions into the rugged, open expanses of State Trust Land, where the silence is absolute and the light at dusk turns the dusty soil into a deep, bruised violet. This is a place where the air carries the dry scent of sun-baked stone and the occasional, fleeting moisture of a distant monsoon, leaving the land feeling both ancient and remarkably sparse.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Duncan, as the irrigation networks fed by the Gila River sustain fields that stand in stark, verdant contrast to the parched scrubland of the periphery. Generations have worked these soils, building a life that mirrors the quiet, deliberate pace of the river itself, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. While Freestone Tank offers a rare, still reflection of the clouds seven miles to the distance, the people here look primarily to the seasonal rhythms of harvest and the persistence required to thrive in a land that demands resilience. Life in Duncan is marked by these slow, enduring cycles, where the social fabric is stitched together by shared labor and the steady, unyielding presence of the desert sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Duncan, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.749981, -109.0884. 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 Duncan includes the ZIP code (85534), telephone area code (480), county seat of Greenlee County (Clifton), and school district assignment (Duncan 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. |