Greasewood Arizona Map

About Greasewood, Arizona

Greasewood is a locality in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 26.9 people per km². Greasewood is located at 35.5225°N, 109.8573°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 86505.

Greasewood stretches across a vast, high-desert expanse where the earth wears the color of dried clay and pale straw. It lies 88.2 miles north of Show Low, AZ (from Show Low, AZ: bearing 6°T), and is situated 32.9 miles north-northwest of Navajo. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the faint, jagged silhouette of the Mogollon Rim lingering in the distance like a hazy memory of higher country. Only a mile away, the Pueblo Colorado Wash cuts a shallow, meandering path through the scrub, its dry bed waiting for the sudden, brief violence of summer rains to stir the silt. Here, the light at dusk possesses a peculiar weight, turning the brush a deep, bruised violet while the air cools with a sudden, sharp clarity that settles over the sage and sand.

Greasewood sustains itself through a quiet, enduring connection to the land, rooted in the traditions of the Navajo people who have long shaped the rhythm of this territory. The economy remains modest and tethered to the patterns of the plateau, where livestock grazing and small-scale trade hold more sway than the frantic pace of the outside world. Eight miles to the west, the basin of Steamboat Wash cradles the silence, while the occasional traveler might turn toward the waters of Big Dam Reservoir to find a reprieve from the persistent, sun-bleached heat. Life in Greasewood moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, honoring a legacy that values the strength of the soil and the immense, uncrowded sky above.

About This Greasewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greasewood, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.522512, -109.857338. 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 Greasewood includes the ZIP code (86505), telephone area code (928), county seat of Navajo County (Holbrook), and school district assignment (Holbrook Unified 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.