Explore Happy Jack, 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 Happy Jack, 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 Happy Jack.
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 | Happy Jack |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Coconino County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 34.743355 |
| Longitude | -111.407368 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 86024 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| County Seat | Flagstaff |
Happy Jack emerges from the dense, high-altitude coniferous stands of the Coconino National Forest as a quiet clearing defined by the sharp, resinous scent of ponderosa pine. It lies 28.3 miles east-northeast of Camp Verde, AZ (from Camp Verde, AZ: bearing 64°T), and is situated 34.3 miles south-southeast of Flagstaff. The landscape here is defined by a rugged, elevated topography where the light at dusk turns a bruised violet, casting long, skeletal shadows across the floor of Mule Park. While the horizon is dominated by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim, the immediate terrain remains defined by the cooling breath of the deep woods. Water is a rare, precious presence in this landscape, gathered in the quiet basin of Tremaine Lake or moving with seasonal urgency through the narrow, rocky bed of Sawmill Wash.
Happy Jack maintains a tether to the land that reflects its origins as a center for timber production and the hard, rhythmic work of the Long Valley Ranger District. The economy has shifted from the loud cadence of mills to a more solitary existence, where the pace of daily life is dictated by the slow seasonal migration of elk and the shifting requirements of forest stewardship. Residents here recognize the value of a mile-deep silence, a quality that persists even as the modern world encroaches on the edges of the woods. It is a place where the history of the frontier is not celebrated with fanfare, but is instead held in the quiet endurance of those who choose to live among the trees, far from the frantic hum of larger centers.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Happy Jack, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.743355, -111.407368. 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 Happy Jack includes the ZIP code (86024), telephone area code (928), county seat of Coconino County (Flagstaff), and school district assignment.
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. |