El Prado Estates Arizona Map

About El Prado Estates, Arizona

El Prado Estates is a locality in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 320. The population density is 127.5 people per km². El Prado Estates is located at 32.7062°N, 114.5215°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85365.

El Prado Estates anchors itself upon the sun-baked dust of the lower desert, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent to the passing of time. It lies 4.9 miles east-northeast of Desert View, AZ (from Desert View, AZ: bearing 71°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east-southeast of Yuma. The landscape surrounding El Prado Estates is defined by the flat, arid expanses of the North Gila Valley, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Yuma Mesa rising five miles to the south. Life here follows the pulse of the Main Outlet Drain, a steady, narrow artery that carves its way through the parched earth just a mile from the residential blocks. To the periphery, the raw, unadorned expanse of State Trust Land offers a stark reminder of the wilder, uncultivated desert that persists beyond the edge of the pavement. When the light shifts to the violet hues of dusk, the heat finally relents, pulling a long, cool shadow across the low-slung rooftops and the dry, cracked soil.

Agriculture serves as the quiet engine of this region, with the vast, irrigated fields of the valley floor providing a sharp, emerald contrast to the muted browns of the surrounding scrubland. While the waters of Mittry Lake lie eight miles away, the irrigation networks remain the true lifeblood of the local economy, sustaining the rows of produce that define the seasonal rhythm of the workers. El Prado Estates retains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the bustle of urban centers, where the silence of the desert is broken only by the irrigation pumps or the occasional rustle of wind through the brush. The people who call El Prado Estates home move with the deliberate pace of those accustomed to the weight of the sun, finding a steady, quiet dignity in the labor of the land and the vast, cloudless expanse of the Arizona sky.

About This El Prado Estates Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Prado Estates, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.7062, -114.5215. 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 El Prado Estates includes the ZIP code (85365), telephone area code (480), county seat of Yuma County (Yuma), and school district assignment (Yuma Elementary 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.