Explore Grand Canyon West, 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 Grand Canyon West, 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 Grand Canyon West.
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 | Grand Canyon West |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Mohave County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 36.004418 |
| Longitude | -113.804103 |
| Density | 0.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 86434 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| County Seat | Kingman |
| School District | Hackberry School District |
Grand Canyon West commands a stark, elevated plateau where the earth seems to exhale heat long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged horizon. It lies 51.0 miles north-northeast of New Kingman-Butler, AZ (from New Kingman-Butler, AZ: bearing 13°T), and is situated 56.1 miles north-northeast of Kingman. The landscape is defined by the severe, vertical architecture of the desert, where the ground gives way to the deep, shadowed fissures of Jeff Canyon. To the west, the arid expanse is punctuated by the occasional silhouette of Burnt Canyon Point rising in the distance, a silent sentinel over the dry, sun-baked scrub. At the golden hour, the light turns a bruised, glowing violet, catching the dust motes that dance in the stillness of the air and softening the harsh edges of the rock. It is a place of profound, ringing quiet, where the wind carries the scent of parched earth and the ancient, enduring patience of the high desert.
Grand Canyon West serves as a vital threshold for understanding the ancestral heritage of the Hualapai people, who have long acted as stewards of this rugged terrain. Economic life here is tethered to the vast, sweeping vistas, drawing visitors who seek to witness the raw power of the Colorado River as it carves its path through the stone far below. Nearby, the proximity of Lake Mead National Recreation Area—only a mile away—offers a stark contrast of shimmering, contained water against the relentless dryness of the surrounding plains. The local rhythm is dictated by the seasonal shift of the sun and the occasional, sudden arrival of monsoon clouds that gather like heavy, dark wool over the distance. Whether observing the steady flow of the Colorado River from the heights or reflecting on the proximity of Lake Mead, one senses that the history of Grand Canyon West is written not in ink, but in the slow, persistent transformation of the canyon walls themselves.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grand Canyon West, Arizona. Coordinates: 36.004418, -113.804103. 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 Grand Canyon West includes the ZIP code (86434), telephone area code (928), county seat of Mohave County (Kingman), and school district assignment (Hackberry 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. |