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Groom Creek Arizona Map

Explore Groom Creek, 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 Groom Creek, Arizona

How to Use This Groom Creek, Arizona Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Groom Creek, 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 Groom Creek.

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	Groom Creek
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Yavapai County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	34.475581
Longitude	-112.431279
Population	680
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	86303
Area Code	928
County Seat	Prescott

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About Groom Creek, Arizona

Groom Creek is a locality in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Groom Creek is located at 34.4756°N, 112.4313°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86303.

Groom Creek draws its character from the cool, high-altitude embrace of the Prescott National Forest, where the namesake Groom Creek carves a persistent path through the ponderosa pines. It lies 4.9 miles south-southeast of Prescott, AZ (from Prescott, AZ: bearing 155°T), and is situated 11.4 miles southwest of Prescott Valley. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in shifting amber shafts, illuminating a landscape defined by sharp, pine-scented air and the quiet resilience of the Bradshaw Ranger District. Beyond the immediate shade of the trees, the horizon opens toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim, standing as a silent anchor to the east. The terrain rises and falls in long, muscular slopes, marked by the dry, sandy drainage of nearby Sawmill Gulch and the persistent, quiet rhythms of the forest floor.

Groom Creek traces its origins to the rugged ambition of early prospectors who sought fortune in the hills, leaving behind a legacy of small-scale mining that eventually gave way to a tranquil, residential character. The local economy now leans into the quietude of high-country living, supported by those who find sanctuary in the woods and the seasonal visitors who seek out the Groom Creek Loop Trail. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the primary labor involves maintaining the health of the surrounding timber and tending to the modest homesteads that dot the landscape. During the height of summer, the local atmosphere is charged with the scent of sun-warmed needles and the sudden, heavy scent of ozone when monsoon clouds gather over the high country, cooling the dust and settling the silence once more.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prescott National Forest (National Forest) — 0.0 mi, 270° W · 1.3M acres
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 359° N
Lynx Creek Streamside Zone, Plo 5058 Streamside Zone Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 117° SE · 998 acres
Acker Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 339° N
Prescott P (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 002° N
Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 036° NE
White Spar Watersheds, Plo 1852 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 270° W · 1,028 acres
Bicentennial Tree (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 334° NW
Museum of Indigenous People (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 342° N
Cowboy at Rest (Public Artwork) — 5.0 mi, 334° NW
Western Heritage Center (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 334° NW
Van Gogh’s Ear (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 334° NW
Yavapai County Service Flag (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 335° NW
Mountain Spirit Gallery (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 334° NW
Arts Prescott Gallery (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 334° NW
Sharlot Hall Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 332° NW
Fort Whipple Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 346° N
Watson Woods Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 357° N
Skull Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.4 mi, 286° W
Granite Dells (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 006° N
Freedom Station Family Fun Center (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 035° NE
Heritage Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 9.5 mi, 355° N
Phippen Museum of Western Art (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 002° N
Montimer Farms (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 071° E
Granite Mountain Wilderness (Az) (Wilderness Area) — 11.9 mi, 327° NW · 9,808 acres
Castle Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.6 mi, 150° SE · 25k acres
Agua Fria National Monument (National Monument) — 21.4 mi, 125° SE · 72k acres
Tonto National Forest (National Forest) — 29.0 mi, 119° SE · 2.9M acres
Tuzigoot National Monument (National Monument) — 30.5 mi, 049° NE · 367 acres

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