El Mirage Arizona Map

About El Mirage, Arizona

El Mirage is a locality in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of 36,088. The population density is 1397.0 people per km². El Mirage is located at 33.6131°N, 112.3246°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85335.

El Mirage unfolds under a vast, unforgiving sky, a landscape carved by the patient hand of the desert. It lies 1.3 miles south-south-east of Surprise, AZ (from Surprise, AZ: bearing 158°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-north-west of Glendale. The earth here is a study in muted ochres and sun-bleached umbers, a stark beauty that seeps into the very air, thin and dry with the promise of distant mountains. Scrub brush, tenacious and spiny, dots the terrain, clinging to the sandy soil that stretches towards horizons that shimmer with an almost tangible heat. The sunlight, when it descends, casts long, dramatic shadows, turning the mundane into something elemental, a quiet testament to the enduring power of the arid environment. The story of El Mirage is one of resilience and adaptation, a history whispered in the wind that sweeps across its open spaces. Once a place defined by agriculture, its fertile pockets nurtured crops that defied the arid climate, a testament to the ingenuity of those who first settled these lands. Today, while echoes of that agrarian past remain, El Mirage has evolved, its economy now a blend of light industrial endeavors and the steady pulse of a growing residential community. The legacy of its founding, a determined pursuit of life in a challenging environment, can still be felt in the straightforward character of its people, who navigate the vastness with a quiet pragmatism.

About This El Mirage Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Mirage, Arizona — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.613094, -112.324604. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on El Mirage and Maricopa County.

Detailed location data for El Mirage includes the ZIP code (85335), telephone area code (480), county seat of Maricopa County (Phoenix), and school district assignment (Dysart Unified District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct El Mirage is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.