Elgin Arizona Map
Explore Elgin, 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.
Interactive Map of Elgin, Arizona
How to Use This Elgin, Arizona Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Elgin, 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 Elgin.
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 | Elgin |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Santa Cruz County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 31.666552 |
| Longitude | -110.532704 |
| Population | 162 |
| Density | 10.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 85611 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| County Seat | Nogales |
| School District | Patagonia Union High School District |
About Elgin, Arizona
Elgin is a locality in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 162. The population density is 10.5 people per km². Elgin is located at 31.6666°N, 110.5327°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85611.Elgin occupies a high, sun-drenched plateau where the earth wears the muted, dusty gold of dry grasses and the serrated silhouettes of the Mustang Mountains rise against the horizon like jagged teeth. It lies 13.0 miles northwest of Fort Huachuca, AZ (from Fort Huachuca, AZ: bearing 305°T), and is situated 14.9 miles west-northwest of Sierra Vista. The Babocomari River carves a ribbon of riparian green through this expanse, its winding path offering a cool, shadowed contrast to the arid scrub that stretches toward the distant, hazy heights. Beyond the river, the landscape shifts into the rugged, deepening shadows of Hay Canyon, where the light at dusk pools in violet hollows and turns the dry creek beds into veins of cooling bronze. Vast stretches of State Trust Land hold the horizon in a state of quiet, uncultivated stillness, interrupted only by the occasional flight of a raptor circling the thermal currents above the plains.
Elgin sustains a quiet, deliberate vitality through its viticulture, as the high-altitude climate and mineral-rich soil draw those who coax vines from the stubborn ground. This agrarian rhythm defines the local character, a legacy of land stewardship that persists in the space between the expansive cattle ranches and the rows of trellised grapes. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal pulses of the sun and the rare, transformative arrival of rain, far removed from the frantic pace of larger centers. While Finley Tank remains a solitary, quiet presence four miles distant, the true pulse of Elgin is found in the persistence of its people, who work the land with an awareness that they are merely the latest stewards of a terrain that has long measured time in the slow growth of shade and the patient accumulation of dust.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 138° SE
- Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 000° N · 49k acres
- Empire-Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.0 mi, 000° N
- Appleton-Whittell Research Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.6 mi, 176° S
- Sands Ranch (Local Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 021° N
- Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 180° S · 1.7M acres
- Camp Crittenden Historical Marker (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 267° W
- Sergeant William Alchesay, Indian Scout (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 128° SE
- Eyes Of The Army (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 129° SE
- Drop Tank Rocket Body (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 258° W
- Mt. Wrightson Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.0 mi, 272° W · 25k acres
- Mowry Mine Monument (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 236° SW
- Global Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 15.6 mi, 236° SW
- Mountain Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 16.1 mi, 040° NE
- Total Wreck Mine (Historic Ruins) — 16.4 mi, 348° N
- Railroad Bridge Abutment (Historic Ruins) — 16.5 mi, 236° SW
- Miller Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.9 mi, 151° SE · 20k acres
- Cinemark 10 (Cinema) — 18.6 mi, 121° SE
- Huachuca Art Association (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 119° SE
- Amphitheater (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 281° W
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About This Elgin Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elgin, Arizona. Coordinates: 31.666552, -110.532704. 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 Elgin includes the ZIP code (85611), telephone area code (520), county seat of Santa Cruz County (Nogales), and school district assignment (Patagonia Union High School 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. |
